1856 in China

none July 2018 1856 Events from the year 1856 in China. Incumbents Xianfeng Emperor (6th year) Viceroys Viceroy of Zhili — Guiliang Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Wang Yide Viceroy of Huguang — Guanwen Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Yi Tang then Yue Bin Viceroy of Liangguang — Ye Mingchen Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Hengchun Viceroy of Sichuan — Huang Zonghan then Wu Zhenyu Viceroy of Liangjiang — Yiliang Events Nian Rebellion several Nian bands formed an alliance led by Zhang Lexing, organizing themselves into a loose confederation of five armies Perry Elizabeth J. Elizabeth J. Perry Rebels and Revolutionaries in North China, 1845-1945 1980 Stanford University Press Stanford, CaliforniaMichael Dillon China: A Modern History https://books.google.com/books?id=4aAk2rduE9wC&q=nian+five+banner&pg=PA85 15 September 2012 I.B.Tauris 978-1-78076-381-1 85– 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 a massacre of at least 4,000 Muslims organized by a Qing Manchu official responsible for suppressing the revolt in the provincial capital of Kunming sparked a province-wide multi-ethnic insurgency.https://books.google.com/books?id=h_x9AAAAMAAJ&q=In+1856,+at+the+behest+of+a+Manchu+official,+between+two+and+three+thousand+Muslims+in+the+provincial+capital+of+Kunming+were+massacred Revolution and its past: identities and change in modern Chinese history R. Keith Schoppa 2002 Prentice Hall 79 0-13-022407-3 2010-06-28The Cambridge History of China John King Fairbank Denis Crispin Twitchett 1980 Cambridge University Press https://books.google.com/books?id=pEfWaxPhdnIC&pg=PA213 213 0521220297 24 April 2014 Red Turban Rebellion (1854–1856) ends Deaths Yang Xiuqing in Tianjing Jirhangga, Qing commander in Battle of Jiangnan (1860) Xiang Rong, Qing commander in Battle of Jiangnan (1860) Hu Jiumei, Chinese rebel in the Taiping Rebellion References 1856