title: 1880 in China
text: # 1880 in China
  
  A list of historical events that took place in China in the year 1880.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Guangxu Emperor (6th year)
     * Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi
  
  ### Viceroys
  
  * Viceroy of Zhili — Li Hongzhang
  * Viceroy of Min-Zhe — He Jing (何璟)
  * Viceroy of Huguang — Li Hanzhang
  * Viceroy of Shaan-Gan
     * Zuo Zongtang
     * Yang Changjun
  * Viceroy of Liangguang
     * Yukuan (裕寬) – through 20 May 1880 (acting)
     * Zhang Shusheng
  * Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Liu Changyou
  * Viceroy of Sichuan — Ding Baozhen
  
  ## Events
  
  * Muslim women are forbidden to marry non-Muslims in Islamic law
  
  ## Establishments
  
  * Chefoo School
  
  ## Births
  
  * Chen Yuan (historian), (1880–1971) historian and educator
  * He Peirong (何佩瑢; 1880 – 1942) was a military personnel and politician in the Republic of China. He belonged to the Beijing Government, Anhui clique.
  * Bin Bucheng (賓步程; 1880- 1943) politician and educator, became the President of Hunan University
  * Wan Fulin (Wan Fulin (Chinese: 万福麟; 1880–1951) the military governor of Heilongjiang province from 1928 and part of the Fengtian clique
  * Zhu Xingyuan (Chinese: 祝惺元; born 1880-1945?) was a politician and diplomat in the Republic of China. He was an important politician during the Provisional Government of the Republic of China and the Wang Jingwei regime
  * Jia Deyao (賈德耀; 1880–1940) was a Chinese military commander and politician, member of the Anhui clique during the Beiyang Government.
  * Leong Sin Nam 梁燊南(1880–1940) was a Malaysian businessman
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * Ng Akew, Chinese opium smuggler and house owner in Hong Kong
  