Qianlong Abdicates
February 1796
After sixty years on the throne - refusing to exceed his grandfather Kangxi's reign - Qianlong formally abdicated to his son Jiaqing. He kept real power until his death three years later. The empire he handed over was vast, immensely populous, and already being hollowed out by the White Lotus rebellion in the interior.
In context
Also in 1796 (5 other events on record)
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- Washington's Farewell Address · North America · Politics
- Napoleon's Italian Campaign · Europe · War
- White Lotus Rebellion Begins · East Asia · War
- Laplace's Exposition du système du monde · Europe · Science
Before and after in East Asia
Before and after in Politics
- Before: 1795: Treaty of Greenville
- After: April 15, 1797: Spithead Mutiny
Era
Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.
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