1847 in China
# 1847 in China

Events from the year 1847 in China.

## Incumbents

* Daoguang Emperor (27th year)

### Viceroys

* Viceroy of Zhili — Nergingge
* Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Yang Yizeng
* Viceroy of Huguang — Yutai
* Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — ?
* Viceroy of Liangguang — Qiying
* Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Lin Zexu, Lin Xingyuan
* Viceroy of Sichuan — Qishan
* Viceroy of Liangjiang:
   * Bichang (21 January 1845 - 30 April 1847)
   * Lu Jianying (8 March 1847 - 30 April 1847, Stand-in as Provincial Governor of Jiangsu)
   * Li Xingyuan (30 April 1847 – 26 April 1849, Left office due to illness)

## Events

* March — Treaty of Canton, the first treaty made between Sweden-Norway and the Chinese Empire
* August 27 — Hong Xiuquan returned to the Thistle Mountains from Hua County, the God Worshipers numbered over 2,000. At this time, most God Worshippers were peasants and miners.
* The Presbyterian Church of England founded and resolved to establish a mission in China. The Rev. William Chalmers Burns went first to Hong Kong and then to Amoy
* American Methodist Episcopal Society (North) entered the field of China

## Births

* Au Fung-Chi (1847–1914), the secretary of the Hong Kong Department of Chinese Affairs
