title: 1850 in China
text: # 1850 in China
  
  Events from the year 1850 in China.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Daoguang Emperor (30th year)
  * Xianfeng Emperor (1st year)
  
  ### Viceroys
  
  * Viceroy of Zhili — Nergingge
  * Viceroy of Min-Zhe
     * Liu Yunke
     * Yutai
  * Viceroy of Huguang
     * Yutai
  * Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Qishan
  * Viceroy of Liangguang — Xu Guangjin
  * Viceroy of Yun-Gui
     * Cheng Yucai
     * Wu Wenrong
  * Viceroy of Sichuan — Xu Zechun
  
  ## Events
  
  * 9 March - Xianfeng Emperor succeed Daoguang Emperor as Emperor of the Qing dynasty
  * Taiping Rebellion
     * December 1850 - Hong Xiuquan defeats Qing forces sent to quell an uprising in Guangxi
  * Admiral Amaral's head returned, after his assassination in 1849, by Edict of Viceroy
  
  ### Ongoing
  
  * Shen-kuang-szu Incident (1850–51)
  
  ## Births
  
  * Qu Hongji (1850 －1918, Hunan), was a politician of the Chinese Qing Dynasty who served in several ministerial positions.
  