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Northern Chinese Famine of 1876–79: 1876–1879 Mostly Shanxi (5.5 million dead), also in Zhili (2.5 million), Henan (1 million) and Shandong (0.5 million). [8] Drought 9.5 to 13 million [9] 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 ...
Estimates of mortality during the Great Chinese Famine Deaths (in millions) Researchers Year Comments 55 Yu Xiguang (余习广) 2015 Yu is an independent Chinese historian and a former instructor at the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party, estimated that 55 million people died due to the famine.
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.
Chinese famine of 1928–1930; Chinese famine of 1942–1943; C. China International Famine Relief Commission; Chinese famine of 1920–1921; G. Great Chinese Famine;
Events in the year 1894 in China. Incumbents. Guangxu Emperor (20th year) Events. July 25 - Battle of Pungdo; July 28–29 - Battle of Seonghwan;
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%.
1894: 1 August: First Sino-Japanese War: War was officially declared between Japan and the Qing dynasty. 1895: 17 April: First Sino-Japanese War: The Qing dynasty signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki, under which it recognized the independence of Joseon, granted Japan MFN status and ceded to it Penghu, Taiwan and the Liaodong Peninsula. 1898: 11 June
From 1333 to 1337 a famine in the north killed 6 million Chinese. The four famines of 1810, 1811, 1846, and 1849 cost perhaps 45 million lives. [28] [29] The period from 1850 to 1873 saw, as a result of the Taiping Rebellion, drought, and famine, the population of China drop by over 30 million people. [30]