AD 1959 in Taiwan is ...

Minguo 48

AD 1959 is also...

Tongzhi 98

Guangxu 85

Xuantong 51

Minguo 48

"The Republic of China calendar (Chinese: 中華民國曆) or Minguo calendar (Chinese: 民國紀年) is the official calendar used in Taiwan since 1945, and also adopted by Overseas Chinese and Taiwanese communities." -Wikipedia

Age Lookup

Year	Local year	Age	Ganzhi	Zodiac
1956	Minguo 45	68	bing shen	Monkey
1957	Minguo 46	67	ding you	Rooster
1958	Minguo 47	66	wu shu	Dog
1959	Minguo 48	65	ji hai	Pig
1960	Minguo 49	64	geng tse	Rat
1961	Minguo 50	63	xin chou	Ox
1962	Minguo 51	62	ren yin	Tiger