1880 in China
# 1880 in China

A list of historical events that took place in China in the year 1880.

## Incumbents

* Guangxu Emperor (6th year)
   * Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi

### Viceroys

* Viceroy of Zhili — Li Hongzhang
* Viceroy of Min-Zhe — He Jing (何璟)
* Viceroy of Huguang — Li Hanzhang
* Viceroy of Shaan-Gan
   * Zuo Zongtang
   * Yang Changjun
* Viceroy of Liangguang
   * Yukuan (裕寬) – through 20 May 1880 (acting)
   * Zhang Shusheng
* Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Liu Changyou
* Viceroy of Sichuan — Ding Baozhen

## Events

* Muslim women are forbidden to marry non-Muslims in Islamic law

## Establishments

* Chefoo School

## Births

* Chen Yuan (historian), (1880–1971) historian and educator
* He Peirong (何佩瑢; 1880 – 1942) was a military personnel and politician in the Republic of China. He belonged to the Beijing Government, Anhui clique.
* Bin Bucheng (賓步程; 1880- 1943) politician and educator, became the President of Hunan University
* Wan Fulin (Wan Fulin (Chinese: 万福麟; 1880–1951) the military governor of Heilongjiang province from 1928 and part of the Fengtian clique
* Zhu Xingyuan (Chinese: 祝惺元; born 1880-1945?) was a politician and diplomat in the Republic of China. He was an important politician during the Provisional Government of the Republic of China and the Wang Jingwei regime
* Jia Deyao (賈德耀; 1880–1940) was a Chinese military commander and politician, member of the Anhui clique during the Beiyang Government.
* Leong Sin Nam 梁燊南(1880–1940) was a Malaysian businessman

## Deaths

* Ng Akew, Chinese opium smuggler and house owner in Hong Kong
