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List of events
Events from the year 1860 in China.
Incumbents
Events
- Nian Rebellion
- Second Opium War[2]
- Taiping Rebellion[2]
- Battle of Jiangnan (1860)
- June 2 — Taiping forces under the Loyal King capture Suzhou
- Taiping forces defeat a Qing army surrounding Tianjing, breaking the siege
- June–September — Battle of Anqing, Qing forces capture Anqing
- May — Taiping armies rout imperial siege troops at Nanjing.
- Issachar Roberts arrives in Nanjing.
- Frederick Townsend Ward enlists foreigners for rifle corps in Shanghai.
- Zeng Guofan appointed acting Viceroy of Liangjiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, and Jiangsu; receives full appointment on August 10.
- July 15 — The Loyal King sends letter stating that the Taiping won't harm foreigners at Shanghai.
- July 16 — Frederick Townsend Ward's militia captures Songjiang
- July 28 — Zeng Guofan sets up headquarters in Qimen.
- July 30 — Taiping forces defeat Frederick Townsend Ward at Qingpu.
- August 2 — Joseph Edkins and Griffith John arrive in Suzhou to meet Hong Rengan.
- August 19 — British and French forces attack Taiping rebels at Shanghai.
- Miao Rebellion (1854–73)
- Convention of Peking
- Amur Annexation, the annexation of the current southeast corner of Siberia into Russia in 1858–1860
- Panthay Rebellion
- Approximate beginning of the Tongzhi Restoration
Births
Deaths
- Lam Qua, painter who specialized in Western-style portraits intended largely for Western clients
- Luo Zundian, Qing commander who was forced to commit suicide after losing
- Zhang Guoliang, Qing commander drowned trying to escape in the Jiangnan campaign
References
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