Fall of Nanjing
July 19, 1864
After an eleven-year siege during which the Heavenly Kingdom's capital had become a hunger-haunted shell, Qing forces under Zeng Guofan stormed Nanjing. Hong Xiuquan was already dead, probably of poisoning. Thousands were massacred in the aftermath. The Taiping Rebellion was effectively over; twenty million or more had perished in it.
In context
Also in 1864 (5 other events on record)
- Sherman's March to the Sea · North America · War
- First International Founded · Europe · Politics
- First Geneva Convention · Europe · Politics
- Sand Creek Massacre · North America · War
- Arlington Cemetery Founded · North America · Culture
Before and after in East Asia
Before and after in War
- Before: July 4, 1863: Vicksburg Falls
- After: April 9, 1865: Appomattox
Era
Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.