1849 in China

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Decades:	1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s
See also:	Other events of 1849 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1849 in China.

• Daoguang Emperor (29th year)

• 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

• 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^[1]
• 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^[2]

• 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.