← 1886 1885 1884 1883 1882 1887 in China → 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
See also:	Other events of 1887 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1887 in China.

Incumbents

• Emperor: Guangxu Emperor (13th year)

Viceroys

• Viceroy of Zhili — Li Hongzhang
• Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Yang Changjun
• Viceroy of Huguang — Yulu
• Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Tan Zhonglin
• Viceroy of Liangguang — Zhang Zhidong
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Cen Yuying
• Viceroy of Sichuan — Liu Bingzhang
• Viceroy of Liangjiang — Zeng Guoquan then Yulu then Zeng Guoquan

Events

• 6 July - Establishment of the Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Shensi^[1]
• September- 1887 Yellow River flood- an estimated 1-2 million people die and up to another 2 million die in a pandemic in the following months
• 1 December - Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking
• Census finds a population of 401,520,392