← 1846 1845 1844 1843 1842 1847 in China → 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852
Decades:	1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s
See also:	Other events of 1847 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

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^[1]
• August 27 — Hong Xiuquan returned to the Thistle Mountains from Hua County, the God Worshipers numbered over 2,000.^[2][3] At this time, most God Worshippers were peasants and miners.^[3]
• 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