1856 in China
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Events from the year 1856 in China.
Incumbents
- Xianfeng Emperor (6th year)
Viceroys
Events
- Nian Rebellion
- Second Opium War begins
- Authorities in Canton order attacks on Thirteen Factories, which are subsequently destroyed in a fire
- Merchant ship Arrow seized by Qing authorities
- Battle of Canton (1856)
- Capture of the French Folly Fort
- Battle of the Bogue (1856)
- November — Battle of the Barrier Forts
- Taiping Rebellion
- Battle of Jiangnan (1856), Qing forces twice fail to re-take Nanjing
- Tianjing incident, internal conflict within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
- Miao Rebellion (1854–73)
- Panthay Rebellion
- Red Turban Rebellion (1854–1856) ends
Births
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Deaths
- Yang Xiuqing in Tianjing
- Jirhangga, Qing commander in Battle of Jiangnan (1860)
- Xiang Rong, Qing commander in Battle of Jiangnan (1860)
References
- ^ Perry (1980), pp. 128–132.
- ^ Michael Dillon (15 September 2012). China: A Modern History. I.B.Tauris. pp. 85–. ISBN 978-1-78076-381-1.
- ^ R. Keith Schoppa (2002). Revolution and its past: identities and change in modern Chinese history. Prentice Hall. p. 79. ISBN 0-13-022407-3. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- ^ Fairbank, John King; Twitchett, Denis Crispin, eds. (1980). The Cambridge History of China. Cambridge University Press. p. 213. ISBN 0521220297. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
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