1897 in China

Events from the year 1897 in China.

← 1896 1895 1894 1893 1892 1897 in China → 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902
Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
See also:	Other events of 1897 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

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^[1]

Births

• January 15 — Xu Zhimo, romantic poet and writer of modern Chinese poetry (d. 1931)
• February 16 — Wei Lihuang, general (d. 1960)
• April 28 — Ye Jianying, 3rd Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (d. 1986)
• May 28 — Dai Li, lieutenant general and spymaster (d. 1946)
• June 1 — Yang Zhongjian, paleontologist and zoologist (d. 1979)^[2]
• June 7 — Tan Lark Sye, founder of the Nanyang University (d. 1972)
• July 23 — Tang Feifan, medical microbiologist (d. 1958)
• August 24 — Cheng Fangwu, politician (d. 1984)
• September 19 — Zhu Guangqian, esthetician, modern literary theorist and scholar (d. 1986)
• October 25 — Wu Yun An, surgeon and soldier (d. 1993)
• November 26 — Zhang Guotao, founding member of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1979)
• December 21 — Luo Jialun, historian, diplomat and political activist (d. 1969)

Dates unknown

• He Zhuguo, general (d. 1985)

Deaths

• July 31 — Li Hongzao, government official (b. 1820)
• Yang Changjun, 88th & 91st Viceroy of Shaan-Gan (b. 1825)
• Zhang Zhiwan, statesman and painter (b. 1811)