Events from the year 1860 in China.
Incumbents
- Xianfeng Emperor (10th year)[1]
Events
- Nian Rebellion
- 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.
- October 18 Destruction of the Old Summer Palace[3]
- October 24 Sino-British Treaty of Beijing signed.
- 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.
- Battle of Jiangnan (1860)
- 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
- ^ Wang, Jiawei; Nyima, Gyaincain; 尼玛坚赞 (1997). The Historical Status of China's Tibet. ISBN 9787801133045.
- ^ a b Platt, Stephen R. (2012). Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War. New York: Knopf. ISBN 9780307271730.
- ^ Collecting and Displaying China's “Summer Palace” in the West
This page was last edited on 27 June 2023, at 20:16