of the Qing Dynasty, which was used for thirty years. On the 26th day of the first month of Dào Guāng's thirtieth year,
ascended to the throne and continued using this era name until the following year when he changed it to Xián Fēng.
Change of Era Names
• Jiāqìng 25th Year — In July, Emperor Rénzōng passed away. On the 27th day of August, Emperor Xuanzong Mínnín ascended to the throne and issued an edict that the era name would be changed to Dào Guāng in the following year.
• Dào Guāng 30th Year — In the first month, Emperor Xuanzong passed away. On the 26th of the same month, Emperor Wenzong Yìzhǔ ascended to the throne, and issued an edict that the new era name would be Xián Fēng in the following year.
Major Events
• In Dào Guāng's 8th Year, the rebellion led by Zhāng Gé'ěr, which had lasted for eight years in southwestern Xinjiang, was quelled. Trade between Xinjiang and the Khanate of Kokand, which supported the White Mountain faction and Zhāng Gé'ěr's anti-Qing rebellion, was strictly prohibited.
• In Dào Guā ng's 11th Year, the Khanate of Kokand sent envoys to negotiate peace and tribute.
• In Dào Guăng's 12th Year, trade between Xinjiang and the Khanate was reopened.
• On July 23rd of Dào Guāng's 13th Year, an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 struck Songming in Yunnan Province. It destroyed 48,888 houses and 38,733 grass huts, resulting in over 6,700 deaths.
• In the intercalary fourth month of Dào Guāng's18th Year, Huáng Juézī submitted a memorial requesting that all opium users within the empire be sentenced to death. In November, Lín Zéxú was appointed as an imperial commissioner to Guangdong to investigate and ban opium.
• On April 22nd of Dào Guāng's nineteenth year, the destruction of opium at Humen began.
• On May 29th of Dào Guāng's twentieth year, British warships blockaded the Pearl River estuary in Guangzhou, marking the official start of the Opium War. The British fleet sailed north and captured Dinghai in Zhejiang in June, reached Tianjin by July, and then returned to Guangdong. In September, Lín Zéxú was dismissed from his post. Qíshàn negotiated with the British representative Elliot, who unilaterally announced the Treaty of Chuanbi in December. That same year, the Kingdom of Ladakh, located in southeastern Kashmir, faced the threat of extinction as it was attacked by the Jammu Raja Gulab Singh's forces led by General Zolawar Singh Khatri. Ladakh sent envoys to seek aid from Qing officials stationed in Tibet but was refused.
• In the first month of Dào Guàng's 21st Year, British forces occupied Hong Kong Island. Emperor Daoguang did not recognize the Treaty of Chuanbi, and Qíshàn was dismissed and brought back to the capital for trial in February. In May, General Zolawar Singh Kahluri of the Sikh Empire's Jammu-Kashmir region led his forces to invade Qing-controlled Tibetan Ali region, sparking the Sino-Sikh War (known as the Dogra War by Tibetans).
• In July of Dào Guāng's twenty-second year, British forces reached Nanjing, and the Qing court agreed to negotiate peace, leading to the signing of the Treaty of Nanjing. In winter, the Sino-Sikh war in northwest Ali region ended with the death of General Zolawar Singh Kahaluri and his troops retreating.
• In August of Dào Guāng's thirteenth year, the Charter of the Five Ports for British Commerce was established.
• In Dào Guá ng's 24th Year, China and the United States signed the Treaty of Wangxia.
• Also in Dào Guāng's 24th Year, China and France signed the Treaty of Huangpu.
• In January of Dào Guā ng's 26th Year, the ban on Christianity was officially lifted.
• In Dào Guang's 27th Year, a rebellion led by seven Khwajas in southwestern Xinjiang was quelled.
• On the first day of Dào Guāng's thirty-first year, Emperor Daoguang passed away at the Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan).
Correlation with Gregorian Calendar
Era Names of Other Contemporary Regimes
• China
• Tiānyùn (1832): During the Qing Dynasty — Era name used by Zhāng Bǐng
• Vietnam
• Ming Mệnh (1820–1841): Nguyễn Dynasty — Era name of Shengzu Nguyễn Phúc Miễu
• Shao Trị (1841–1848): Nguyễn Dynasty — Era name of Xianzu Nguyễn Phúc Chân
• Sĩ Đức (1848–1883): Nguyễn Dynasty — Era name of Yi Zong Nguyễn Phúc Thọ
• Japan
• Bunsei (1818–1830): Era name of Emperor Ninkō
• Tenpō (1830–1844): Era name of Emperor Ninko
• Kōka (1844–1848): Era names of Emperors Ninkō and Kōmei
• Kaei (1848–1754): Era name of Emperor Kōmei
• Southeast Asia
• Lanfang (1777–1884): Era name of the Republic of Lanfang
• Ganxing (1846): Era name of the Republic of Lan Fang
References
• 道光 (Chinese)
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Dào Guāng (ᡩᠣᡵᠣᡝལᡩᡝᠨᡤᡝ | v=doro eldengge | a=doro eldengge) is the era name of Emperor Xuanzong Mínníng of the Qing Dynasty, which was used for thirty years. On the 26th day of the first month of Dào Guāng's thirtieth year, Emperor Wenzong ascended to the throne and continued using this era name until the following year when he changed it to Xián Fēng.