1908 in China explained

Events from the year 1908 in China.

Incumbents

• Emperor

Guangxu Emperor

Viceroys

• Viceroy of Zhili — Yang Shixiang^[1]
• Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Songshou^[2]
• Viceroy of Huguang — Chen Kuilong then Ruicheng
• Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Shengyun then Changgeng
• Viceroy of Liangguang — Zhang Renjun then Yang Shuxun^[3] then Zengqi^[4]
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Xiliang then Li Jingxi
• Viceroy of Sichuan — Zhao Erxun then Duanfang
• Viceroy of Liangjiang — Duanfang then Fan Zengxiang then Zhang Renjun

Events

• March 4  - One of earlier financial service founded in this nation, China Bank of Communications was founded.^[5]
• July 22 — The Qing government issues the Outline of Imperial Constitution, based on the Meiji Constitution of Japan, which establishes a framework for local and national legislative elections to be held.
• December 2 — Aisin Gioro Puyi ascended the throne at the age of three as the Xuantong Emperor, the twelfth and final ruler of the Qing dynasty.

Births

• Yin Linping
• Zhao Shangzhi
• Zhou Yang

Deaths

• November 14 - Guangxu Emperor (b. 1871)^[6]
• November 15 - Empress Dowager Cixi (b. 1835)^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 直隶总督、北洋大臣•杨士骧故居-宅院故居-文史淮安全球资讯网-淮安最大的文史门户网站 . 2024-09-22 . www.wshuaian.org . Chinese.
2. Web site: 清史稿 . 2024-09-22 . www.guoxue.com . Chinese.
3. Web site: 大闹会审案：《申报》与袁树勋_华文库—报刊数据库,《申报》电子版,《申报》数据库,《人民日报》电子版,近代报刊,《光明日报》电子版,《晋察冀日报》,近代文献资料 . 2024-09-22 . huawenku.cn . Chinese.
4. Book: Deren, Liu . 中国少数民族名人词典 . 四川辞书出版社 . 1989 . 7805430330 . 203 . Chinese.
5. Web site: 交通银行 - 交银金融网 . 2024-09-22 . www.bankcomm.com . Chinese.
6. Web site: Guangxu emperor of Qing dynasty . Encyclopedia Britannica . 25 March 2019 . en.
7. Book: Kögel . Eduard . The Grand Documentation: Ernst Boerschmann and Chinese Religious Architecture (1906–1931) . 2015 . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG . 9783110401349 . 290 . en.