Empress Dowager Cixi
Consort of the Xianfeng Emperor who controlled the Qing government for almost half a century and crushed the reform movement of 1898.
| Lived | 1835 – 1908 |
| Known as | De facto ruler of Qing China |
| Birthplace or main place | Beijing |
| Places on the map | Beijing |
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Who ruled these places in his lifetime
| Place | At birth (map of 1815) | At death (map of 1900) |
|---|---|---|
| Beijing | Manchu Empire | same |
From the border maps nearest to each date; borders are approximate.
Events in his lifetime
| Year | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing | Beijing |
Battles and sites of the time
- Battle of Weihaiwei · 1895
- Battle of Tsushima · 1905
- Battle of Mukden · 1905
Further reading
Contemporaries
| Lived | Person | |
|---|---|---|
| 1828 – 1910 | Leo Tolstoy | Writer |
| 1819 – 1901 | Queen Victoria | Queen of the United Kingdom |
| 1844 – 1913 | Menelik II | Emperor of Ethiopia |
| 1815 – 1898 | Otto von Bismarck | Chancellor of Germany |
| 1825 – 1891 | Pedro II of Brazil | Emperor of Brazil |
| 1852 – 1912 | Emperor Meiji | Emperor of Japan |
| 1853 – 1910 | Chulalongkorn (Rama V) | King of Siam |
| 1840 – 1893 | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Composer |
| 1856 – 1939 | Sigmund Freud | Founder of psychoanalysis |
| 1802 – 1885 | Victor Hugo | Writer |
Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.