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1856 in China

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List of events

← 1855 1854 1853 1852 1851 1856 in China → 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861
Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s
See also:	Other events of 1856 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1856 in China.

Incumbents[edit]

• Xianfeng Emperor (6th year)

Viceroys[edit]

• 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[edit]

• Nian Rebellion
  • several Nian bands formed an alliance led by Zhang Lexing, organizing themselves into a loose confederation of five armies^[1][2]
• 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.^[3][4]
• Red Turban Rebellion (1854–1856) ends

Deaths[edit]

• Yang XiuqinginTianjing
• 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

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