Taiping Rebellion
1851 CE – 1864 CE · 13 years
The deadliest civil war in human history — a millenarian Christian uprising led by Hong Xiuquan against the Qing Dynasty killed an estimated 20–30 million people, devastating southern China for over a decade.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Qing Dynasty
- Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Key moments
Defining events in the Taiping Rebellion.
- 1853 Capture of Nanjing
- 1858 Battle of Sanhe
- 1864 Third Battle of Nanjing
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Ha Long Bay
3000 BCE – still standingDated moments inside this span
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Image credits8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Taiping RebellionWu Youru · Public domain
- YakushimaNASA · Public domain
- Flag of China (1889–1912)Original: zh:清朝政府 Vector: Sodacan · Public domain
- Tea Horse RoadRedgeographics · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Great Wall of ChinaSeverin.stalder · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Flag of RussiaPeter the Great · Public domain
- Second Opium WarÉmile Bayard · Public domain
- Hạ Long BayTaewangkorea · CC BY-SA 4.0
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