Events from the year 1860 in China.
Incumbents
Events
- Nian Rebellion
- Second Opium War
- Battle of Palikao
- Battle of Zhangjiawan
- August 1 â Allied fleet lands at Beitang.
- August 22 â Battle of Taku Forts (1860), British and French forces capture Taku forts in north China.
- September 22 â The Xianfeng emperor abandons the capital.
- October 13 â British and French troops occupy Beijing.
- October 18 Destruction of the Old Summer Palace
- October 24 Sino-British Treaty of Beijing signed.
- Taiping Rebellion
- Battle of Jiangnan (1860)
- June 2 â Taiping forces under the Loyal King capture Suzhou
- Taiping forces defeat a Qing army surrounding Tianjing, breaking the siege
- JuneâÂÂSeptember â Battle of Anqing, Qing forces capture Anqing
- May â 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 â The Loyal King sends letter stating that the Taiping won't harm foreigners at Shanghai.
- July 16 â Frederick Townsend Ward's militia captures Songjiang
- July 28 â Zeng Guofan sets up headquarters in Qimen.
- July 30 â Taiping forces defeat Frederick Townsend Ward at Qingpu.
- August 2 â Joseph Edkins and Griffith John arrive in Suzhou to meet Hong Rengan.
- August 19 â British and French forces attack Taiping rebels at Shanghai.
- Miao Rebellion (1854âÂÂ73)
- Convention of Peking
- Amur Annexation, the annexation of the current southeast corner of Siberia into Russia in 1858âÂÂ1860
- 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
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