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The Start of it All
The small scale battle started in December of 1850 -
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Taiping Revolution
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Taiping Rebels moved out of Kwangs
Moved toward the central part of the country. -
Capturing Towns
Captures 3 towns in Wuhan in January of 1853 -
Captured Nanking
Captured Nanking making it their capital and renamed it Tianjing. -
Hong Xiuquan
Hong Xiuquan withdrew from active control of policies. -
Yang and family put to death
Yang and his family were put to death of Hong's followers -
Went off to the Southwest
Some rebels led by Shih Tork'ai went to the Southwest. -
Developed a plan
Hong Rengan developed a plan to expand Kingdom's boundaries. -
Shanghai
In 1860 an attempt to take Shanghai was repelled by the United States. -
Captured the southern part of Kiangsu Province
The Taiping forces inflicted a number of crushing defeats on the enemy and captured the southern part of Kiangsu Province. -
Lost the Anking Fortress
They lost the important Anking fortress but they occupied most of Chekiang Province -
Great Britain and France
Great Britain and France joined the military struggle against the Taiping Forces. -
Surrounded Nanjing
By 1862, Chinese forces under Zeng Guofan had surrounded Nanjing -
Lost all territory
The insurgents lost all territory they had previously won north of Yangtze River, most of the territory of Chekiang, and important positions in Southern Kiangsu. -
The end of the Revolution
Victory by the Qing Dynasty, fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, The city fell