1860 in China

none January 2017 1860 Events from the year 1860 in China. Incumbents Xianfeng Emperor (10th year)https://books.google.com/books?id=ak3SQTVS7acC&q=twelfth+year+of+the+xianfeng+emperor&pg=PA74 The Historical Status of China's Tibet 9787801133045 Wang Jiawei Nyima Gyaincain 尼玛坚赞 1997 Events Nian Rebellion Second Opium War Platt Stephen R. 2012 Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War Knopf New York 9780307271730 none registration https://archive.org/details/autumninheavenly00plat 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. October 18 Destruction of the Old Summer PalaceCollecting and Displaying China's “Summer Palace” in the West October 24 Sino-British Treaty of Beijing signed. Taiping Rebellion 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 Zhu Jiabao Gu Zhongchen Zheng Xiaoxu 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 1860