title: 1897 in China
text: # 1897 in China
  
  Events from the year 1897 in China.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Guangxu Emperor (23rd year)
  
  ### Viceroys
  
  * Viceroy of Zhili — Wang Wenshao
  * Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Bian Baoquan
  * Viceroy of Huguang — Zhang Zhidong
  * Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Tao Mo
  * Viceroy of Liangguang — Tan Zhonglin
  * Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Songfan
  * Viceroy of Sichuan — Lu Chuanlin then Gongshou then Li Bingheng then Yulu
  * Viceroy of Liangjiang — Liu Kunyi
  
  ## Events
  
  * Red Revenue incident, Chinese revenue stamps were overprinted (surcharged) and subsequently used as postage stamps in 1897
  
  ## Births
  
  * Yang Zhongjian
  * Liu Zongxiang
  * He Zhuguo
  * Wu Yun An
  * Cheng Fangwu
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * Li Hongzao
  * Yang Changjun
  