Events from the year 1849 in China.
Incumbents Daoguang Emperor (29th year)
Viceroys Viceroy of Zhili — Nergingge Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Liu Yunke Viceroy of Huguang — Yutai Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Qishan (Acting Viceroy) Viceroy of Liangguang — Xu Guangjin Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Cheng Yucai Viceroy of Sichuan: Qishan Xu Zechun Viceroy of Liangjiang — Li Xingyuan
Events 6 April — Shanghai French Concession created Jianmoda Monastery built in modern Qinghai August — The Passaleão incident, a conflict between Portugal and China over Macau in August 1849 28–29 September — Battle of Tysami, a military engagement involving a warship from the British China Squadron and the Chinese pirates of Chui A-poo
Births Lu Zhongyi (18 May 1849 – 26 February 1925) was the seventeenth patriarch of Yiguan Dao Hong Tianguifu (23 November 1849 – 18 November 1864), son of Hong Xiuquan, the second and last king of the Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping Sir Boshan Wei Yuk, CMG JP (1849 – 16 December 1921) a prominent Hong Kong businessman and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Wong Nai Siong (1849—1924) as a Chinese revolutionary leader and educator from Minqing county in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China.
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