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1857 In China
Events from the year 1857 in China. Incumbents * Xianfeng Emperor (7th year) Viceroys * Viceroy of Zhili — Guiliang (- Jan.), Tan Tingxiang (Jan. - ) * Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Wang Yide * Viceroy of Huguang — Guanwen * Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Yue Bin * Viceroy of Liangguang — Ye Mingchen * Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Hengchun (viceroy), Hengchun then Wu Zhenyu (viceroy), Wu Zhenyu * Viceroy of Sichuan — Wu Zhenyu (viceroy), Wu Zhenyu then Wang Qingyun (viceroy), Wang Qingyun * Viceroy of Liangjiang — Zhao Dezhe then He Guiqing Events * Nian Rebellion * Second Opium War ** January 4 — Battle of Macao FortFurther Papers Relating to the Proceedings of Her Majesty's Naval Forces at Canton'. London: Harrison and Sons. 1857. pp. 27–31. ** December 28–31 — Battle of Canton (1857) * Taiping Rebellion * Miao Rebellion (1854–73) * Panthay Rebellion * Ningpo massacre * April 20 — James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin appointed List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after India, representing 17.4% of the world population. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and Borders of China, borders fourteen countries by land across an area of nearly , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest country by land area. The country is divided into 33 Province-level divisions of China, province-level divisions: 22 provinces of China, provinces, 5 autonomous regions of China, autonomous regions, 4 direct-administered municipalities of China, municipalities, and 2 semi-autonomous special administrative regions. Beijing is the country's capital, while Shanghai is List of cities in China by population, its most populous city by urban area and largest financial center. Considered one of six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Qingyun (viceroy)
Qingyun Wang or Wang Qing-yun or Qing-Yun Wang or Wang Qing Yun or Qing Yun Wang or variation, is a Chinese name. People with this name include: Persons * (王青雲, born 1983), Chinese figure skater, bronze medalist at the 1998 and 2002 Chinese Figure Skating Championships * Wang Qingyun (王擎云), paraskier who competed for China at the 2022 Winter Paralympics * (王慶雲, 6th century), Chinese rebel leader who rebelled against Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei and fought general Erzhu Tianguang, * (王慶雲; 1798-1862), Chinese bureaucrat, ancestor of Wang Shizhen (physician); who was Viceroy of Sichuan and Viceroy of Liangguang * Wang Qingyun (王青云), Chinese bureaucrat, 21st century political commissar at the Zhengzhou Joint Logistics Support Center Characters * Wang Qingyun (王青雲) a fictional character from the TV show '' The Unforgettable Memory'' See also * Wang (other) * Qing (other) * Yun (other) Yun may refer to: *Yǔ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ambassadors Of The United Kingdom To China
The British ambassador to China is the United Kingdom's foremost Diplomat, diplomatic representative in the People's Republic of China, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in China. The ambassador's official title is His Brittanic Majesty's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China. The UK recognized the People's Republic of China in 1950, although the PRC did not agree to the exchange of ambassadors until 1972. Prior to this, the United Kingdom had sent ministers to the Qing Empire and variously ministers and ambassadors to the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China. The Embassy of the United Kingdom, Beijing, Embassy offices have been located in Peking (Beijing), Nanking (Nanjing), or both. Currently the British Ambassador to China is Caroline Wilson (diplomat), Caroline Wilson, she became ambassador in September 2020. List of heads of mission 1792–1794: George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney 1815-1817: William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst Envoys ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bruce, 8th Earl Of Elgin
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, (20 July 181120 November 1863) was a British colonial administrator and diplomat. He served as Governor of Jamaica (1842–1846), Governor General of the Province of Canada (1847–1854), and Viceroy of India (1862–1863). In 1857, he was appointed High Commissioner and Plenipotentiary in China and the Far East to assist in the process of opening up China and Japan to Western trade. In 1860, during the Second Opium War in China, he ordered the destruction of the Old Summer Palace in Beijing, an architectural wonder with immeasurable collections of artworks and historic antiques, inflicting incalculable loss of cultural heritage. Subsequently, he compelled the Qing dynasty to sign the Convention of Peking, adding Kowloon Peninsula to the British crown colony of Hong Kong. Early life and education Lord Elgin was born in London on 20 July 1811, the son of the 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ningpo Massacre
The Ningpo Massacre was a massacre of Portuguese pirates by Cantonese pirates led by Ah Pak around the city of Ningbo. During the Qing dynasty, in the 19th century, the Ningbo authorities contracted Cantonese pirates to eliminate by extermination Portuguese pirates who raided Cantonese shipping around Ningbo. The campaign was "successful", with 40 Portuguese dead and only two Chinese dead, being dubbed "The Ningpo Massacre" by an English correspondent, who noted that the Portuguese pirates had behaved savagely towards the Chinese, and that the Portuguese authorities at Colonial Macau, Macau should have reined in the pirates. Battle and Massacre Portuguese pirates who raided Cantonese shipping in the early 19th century were eliminated by Cantonese forces around Ningbo. The people from Ningbo supported the Cantonese massacre of the Portuguese pirates and the attack on the Portuguese consul. The Ningbo authorities had made an agreement with a Cantonese pirate named A'Pak to extermi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panthay Rebellion
The Panthay Rebellion (1856–1873), also known as the Du Wenxiu Rebellion (Tu Wen-hsiu Rebellion), was a rebellion of the Muslim Hui people and other (Muslim as well as non-Muslim) ethnic groups against the Manchu-led Qing dynasty in southwestern Yunnan Province, as part of a wave of Hui-led multi-ethnic unrest. The name " Panthay" is a Burmese word, which is said to be identical with the Shan word ''Pang hse''. It was the name by which the Burmese called the Chinese Muslims who came with caravans to Burma from the Chinese province of Yunnan. The name was not used or known in Yunnan itself. The rebellion referred to itself as the Pingnan Kingdom, meaning Pacified Southern Kingdom. Background In 1856, a massacre of 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. The Manchu official who started the anti-Muslim massacre was Shuxing'a, who developed a deep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miao Rebellion (1854–73)
There have been several rebellions among the Miao people (also known as the Hmong) in Chinese history: * Miao rebellions in the Ming dynasty (14th–15th centuries) * Bozhou rebellion (1589–1600) * Miao Rebellion (1735–36) * Miao Rebellion (1795–1806) * Miao Rebellion (1854–73) See also * Hmong rebellion {{set index Wars involving Imperial China Rebellions in the Ming dynasty Rebellions in the Qing dynasty Miao people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiping Rebellion
The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a civil war in China between the Qing dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The conflict lasted 14 years, from its outbreak in 1850 until the fall of Taiping-controlled Nanjing—which they had renamed Tianjing "heavenly capital"—in 1864. The last rebel forces were defeated in August 1871. Estimates of the conflict's death toll range between 20 million and 30 million people, representing 5–10% of China's population at that time. While the Qing ultimately defeated the rebellion, the victory came at a great cost to the state's economic and political viability. The uprising was led by Hong Xiuquan, an ethnic Hakka who proclaimed himself to be the brother of Jesus Christ. Hong sought the religious conversion of the Han people to his God Worshipping Society, syncretic version of Christianity, as well as the political overthrow of the Qing dynasty, and a general transformation of the mech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Canton (1857)
The Battle of Canton () was fought by British and French forces against Qing China on 28–31 December 1857 during the Second Opium War. The British High Commissioner, Lord Elgin, was keen to take the city of Canton (Guangzhou) as a demonstration of power and to capture Chinese official Ye Mingchen, who had resisted British attempts to implement the 1842 Treaty of Nanking. Elgin ordered an Anglo-French force to take the town and an assault began on 28 December. Allied forces took control of the city walls on 29 December but delayed entry into the city itself until 5 January. They subsequently captured Ye and some reports state they burnt down much of the town. The ease with which the allies won the battle was one of the reasons for the signing of the Treaty of Tientsin in 1858. Prelude The British had been permitted access to Canton (Guangzhou) at the end of the First Opium War under the terms of the 1842 Treaty of Nanking, but were being illegally barred from entry by its vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Macao Fort
The Battle of Macao Fort was fought between British and Chinese forces in the Pearl River, Guangdong, China on 4 January 1857 during the Second Opium War The Second Opium War (), also known as the Second Anglo-Chinese War or ''Arrow'' War, was fought between the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and the United States against the Qing dynasty of China between 1856 and 1860. It was the second major .... Macao Fort was located on an islet about south of Canton (Guangzhou). Gallery File:Canton River, 26 May 1841.jpg, Larger map of the Canton River, showing Macao Fort File:Yellow Pagoda Fort.jpg, Macao Fort, c. 1841 File:Macao Fort, 1857.jpg, The Union Jack on the fort, 1857 File:Macao Fort, Canton River.jpg, Watercolour sketch of the fort, 1858 References {{reflist Further reading *King-Hall, Louise, ed. (1936). Sea Saga, Being the Naval Diaries of Four Generations of the King-Hall Family'. London: V. Gollancz. p. 234. 1857 in China January 1857 Macao Fort Macao Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Opium War
The Second Opium War (), also known as the Second Anglo-Chinese War or ''Arrow'' War, was fought between the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and the United States against the Qing dynasty of China between 1856 and 1860. It was the second major conflict in the Opium Wars, which were fought over the right to import opium to China, and resulted in a second defeat for the Qing and the forced legalisation of the opium trade. It caused many Chinese officials to believe that conflicts with the Western powers were no longer traditional wars, but part of a looming national crisis. On 8 October 1856, Qing officials seized the ''Arrow'', a British-registered cargo ship, and arrested its Chinese sailors. The British consul, Harry Parkes, protested, upon which the viceroy of Liangguang, Ye Mingchen, delivered most of the sailors to the British on 22 October, but refused to release the rest. The next day, British gunboats shelled the city of Canton. The British government decided to seek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nian Rebellion
The Nian Rebellion () was an insurrection against the Qing dynasty in northern China from 1851 to 1868, contemporaneously with the Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864) in southern China. The rebellion was suppressed, but the population and economic losses contributed to the collapse of the empire in the early 20th century. Origin Nian is a word borrowed from the Huaibei dialect, a form of Central Plains Mandarin, where it was used to refer to loosely affiliated gangs or groups or “ bandits”. The Nian movement was formed in the late 1840s by Zhang Lexing and, by 1851, numbered approximately 2000. Unlike the Taiping Rebellion movement, the Nian initially had no clear goals or objectives, aside from criticism of the Qing government. Their slogan was "'kill the rich and aid the poor.'" However, the Nian were provoked into taking direct action against the Imperial regime following a series of environmental disasters. The 1851 Yellow River flood deluged hundreds of thousands of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
