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Northern Chinese Famine of 1901 1901 Shanxi, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia The drought from 1898-1901 led to a fear of famine, which was a leading cause of Boxer Rebellion. The famine eventually came in Spring 1901. [15] 0.2 million in Shanxi, the worst hit province. Chinese famine of 1906–1907: 1906-07 northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu 20 to 25 ...
Northern Chinese Famine in Spring 1901, caused by drought from 1898-1901. The famine was one of the causes of the anti-imperialist Boxer rebellion. [109] China (Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces) and Inner Mongolia: 200,000 in Shaanxi province. 1904–1906: Famine in Spain [110] [111] [112] Spain: 1906–1907: Chinese famine of 1906–1907: China
The 1894 Hong Kong plague, part of the third plague pandemic, was a major outbreak of the bubonic plague in Hong Kong.While the plague was harshest in 1894, it returned annually between 1895 and 1929, and killed over 20,000 in total, with a fatality rate of more than 93%.
Other events of 1894 History of China • Timeline • Years: Events in the year 1894 in China. Incumbents. Guangxu Emperor (20th year) Events. July 25 ...
Frederick Charles Roberts (9 September 1862 – 6 June 1894) was an English physician and medical missionary who served with the London Missionary Society in Mongolia and China. Roberts spent his entire career as a practicing physician in East Asia, dying in China after seven years of mission work.
China is defeated in the First Sino-Japanese War, revealing the severe weaknesses of the Qing state, and the power of the modernised Japanese Empire. 1895: The Furen Literary Society is merged into the Hong Kong chapter of the Revive China Society, with Yeung Ku-wan as president and Sun Yat-sen as Secretary. 1895
12–15 million (India and China) [154] [155] 1855–1857 Montevideo yellow fever epidemic 1855–1857 Montevideo, Uruguay: Yellow fever: 3,400 (first wave; 900, second wave; 2,500) [156] 1857 Lisbon yellow fever epidemic 1857 Lisbon, Portugal Yellow fever: 6,000 [133] 1857 Victoria smallpox epidemic 1857 Victoria, Australia Smallpox: Unknown [157]
The oldest references to this tradition are from a siege in the 6th century BCE; the most recent ones from the Great Chinese Famine triggered by the Great Leap Forward (1958–1962). [28] It has also been recorded from various other famines in Chinese history, including other sieges, the Northern Chinese Famine of 1876–1879, and famines in ...