• Daoguang Emperor (28th year)

Viceroys edit

• Viceroy of Zhili — Nergingge
• Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Wang Yide
• 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 — Li Xingyuan

• In January 1848, God-Worshipping Society leader Feng Yunshan was arrested and banished to Guangdong by local authorities^[1]
• January — California Gold Rush starts as gold discovered at Sutters mill. Inspires thousands of Chinese to travel to America to search for gold^[2]
• The first horse race is organized in Shanghai (see Shanghai Race Club)
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guangzhou established

• Sun Yirang (孫詒讓; Sūn Yíràng; 1848–1908) philologist, scholar of the Mozi
• Cheng Tinghua (程廷華; 1848–1900) was a renowned master of Chinese neijia (internal) martial art baguazhang.