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The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a civil war in China between the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Hakka-led Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The conflict lasted 14 years, from its outbreak in 1850 until the fall of Taiping-controlled Nanjing —which they had renamed Tianjing "heavenly capital ...
Second Opium War [2] Battle of Palikao; Battle of Zhangjiawan; August 1 — Allied fleet lands at Beitang. August 22 — Battle of Taku Forts (1860), British and French forces capture Taku forts in north China. September 22 — The Xianfeng emperor abandons the capital. October 13 — British and French troops occupy Beijing.
This article provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899.Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America, the Taiping Rebellion in Asia, the Paraguayan War in South America, the Zulu War in Africa, and the Australian frontier wars in Oceania.
Second China War Medal, with Taku Forts 1860 bar. French medal of the China Campaign ("Médaille de la Campagne de Chine"), 1861, in the Musée de la Légion d'Honneur. The Chinese characters inscribed on the ribbons read 'Beijing'. Both Britain (Second China War Medal) and France (Commemorative medal of the 1860 China Expedition) issued ...
The Sino-Indian War between China and India occurred in October–November 1962. A disputed Himalayan border was the main cause of the war. There had been a series of violent border skirmishes between the two countries after the 1959 Tibetan uprising, when India granted asylum to the Dalai Lama.
The unsuccessful war it waged against the Qing is known as the Taiping Rebellion. A self-proclaimed younger brother of Jesus Christ [3] and convert to Protestant Christianity, Hong Xiuquan led an army that controlled a significant part of southern China during the middle of the 19th century, eventually expanding to a size of nearly 30 million ...
This rebellion came as the Qing rulers were establishing themselves after their conquest of China in 1644 and was the last serious threat to their imperium until the 19th-century conflicts that ultimately brought about the end of the dynasty in 1912. The revolt was followed by almost a decade of civil war which extended across the breadth of China.
Pages in category "1860 in China" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... Second Opium War; P. Battle of Palikao; S. Battle of Jiangnan (1860) T.