• Events from the year 1872 in China. Tongzhi Emperor (12th year) Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi Viceroy of Zhili — Li Hongzhang Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Li Henian...
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  • Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1872. 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on...
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    under the auspices of the Chinese Ministry of Transport. Founded in 1872 as the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company in Shanghai, the firm has developed...
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  • dynasty appeared to recover in the Tongzhi Restoration (1860–1872), led by Manchu royal family reformers and Han Chinese officials such as Zeng Guofan...
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    Högquist, born 18 June 1839 in Hamburg, died 1874 in London. Max Högquist, born 12 August 1840 in Stockholm, died 1872 in China. By Countess Jaquette Löwenhielm...
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    The China Review: Or, Notes and Queries on the Far East was an academic journal published in Hong Kong from 1872 to 1901 as an outlet for scholarly writings...
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  • Homosexuality has been documented in China since ancient times. According to one study by Bret Hinsch, for some time after the fall of the Han dynasty...
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    princely peerage used in China during the Manchu-led Qing dynasty (1644–1912). It was also one of the 12 "iron-cap" princely peerages in the Qing dynasty,...
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    Taotie (category Articles containing Chinese-language text)
    collect food to feed their queen. Four Symbols (China) Four Perils Legge, James (1872). The Chinese Classics. Vol. 5. Trubner. Woolf, Greg (2007). Ancient...
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    Hudson Taylor (category British expatriates in China)
    Tigre arrived on 28 November 1872 in Shanghai, China Baby son (twin) Taylor was born on 13 April 1873 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Baby daughter (twin) Taylor...
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  • been called "the first officially recorded dumb blonde" Sai Jinhua (1872–1936), Chinese courtesan Sophia Baddeley (1745–1786), British courtesan Støvlet-Cathrine...
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    Hundun (redirect from Chaos (chinese god))
    Hundun (Chinese: 混沌; pinyin: Hùndùn; Wade–Giles: Hun4-tun4; lit. 'muddled confusion') is both a "legendary faceless being" in Chinese mythology and the...
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    The Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871 was a racial massacre targeting Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles, California, United States that occurred on...
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  • founded in 1991. The predecessor of the parent company was established in 1872 and was the preeminent industrial and commercial group in mainland China. Before...
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    The Indian Contract Act, 1872 prescribes the law relating to contracts in India and is the key act regulating Indian contract law. Then the principles...
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    Zhang Lan (category 1872 births)
    Lan (simplified Chinese: 张澜; traditional Chinese: 張瀾; pinyin: Zhāng Lán; 1872 – February 1955), courtesy name Biaofang (表方), was a Chinese political activist...
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    Ryukyu Kingdom (category Former countries in Chinese history)
    the tribute mission of 1874 was perceived as a show of submission to China. In 1872, Emperor Meiji unilaterally declared that the kingdom was then Ryukyu...
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    The Chinese Educational Mission (1872–1881) was the pioneering but frustrated attempt by reform-minded officials of the Qing dynasty to let a group of...
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    original text related to this article: Acts of Parliament, 1872 Events from the year 1872 in Canada. Monarch – Victoria Governor General – John Young,...
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    Throughout history, castration often served a specific social function. In China, castration included removal of the penis as well as the testicles (see...
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  • named or related to "China". In July 1949, a contest was announced for a national flag for the newly founded People's Republic of China (PRC). From a total...
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    Tse Tsan-tai (category 1872 births)
    Tse Tsan-tai (Chinese: 謝纘泰 or 謝贊泰; pinyin: Xiè Zàntài; Sidney Lau: Je6 Juen2 Taai3; 16 May 1872 – 4 April 1938), courtesy name Sing-on (聖安), art-named...
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  • Kemp in 1863, Nicholas B. Denny in 1866, Charles A. Saint in 1867 (the year the newspapers became a daily), George Murray Bain in 1872, and by China Mail...
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  • were written in written vernacular Chinese, an evolution from the preeminence of Literary Chinese patterned off the language of the Chinese classics. The...
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    The Chinese telegraph code, Chinese telegraphic code, or Chinese commercial code (simplified Chinese: 中文电码; traditional Chinese: 中文電碼; pinyin: Zhōngwén...
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    History of the China Navigation Company (1964, China Navigation Company Ltd) The China Navigation Company Limited: A Pictorial History, 1872-2012, Charlotte...
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    The Sino–Indian War, also known as the China–India War or the Indo–China War, was an armed conflict between China and India that took place from October...
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  • of the Qing dynasty in China: Prince Chun (純), created in 1674 Prince Chun (淳), created in 1709 Prince Chun (醇), created in 1872 This disambiguation page...
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    /mɑːtˈ-, mɑːdˈziːni/, Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe matˈtsiːni]; 22 June 1805 – 10 March 1872) was an Italian politician, journalist, and activist for the unification...
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    Yixuan, Prince Chun (category Articles containing Chinese-language text)
    Yixuan held this title from 1850 to 1872. Prince Chun of the First Rank (simplified Chinese: 醇亲王; traditional Chinese: 醇親王; pinyin: Chún Qīnwáng), simplified...
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