Tianjing incident
1856 internal conflict in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Tianjing Incident[1] (Chinese: 天京事變; pinyin: Tiānjīng Shìbiàn) was a major internal political conflict within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom occurring during the late Qing dynasty from September 2 to October 1856. The conflict itself took place in the Taiping's capital city Tianjing. A few key leaders of the Taiping Rebellion were killed: the East King Yang Xiuqing, the North King Wei Changhui and the Yan King Qin Rigang. More than 27,000 other opposition rivals including soldiers perished in the conflict as well. The Tianjing Incident was said to be one of the factors which led to the eventual failure of the Taiping Rebellion, as well as the turning point in its fate.
Tianjing Incident | ||||||||
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Part of Taiping Rebellion | ||||||||
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Factions | ||||||||
Yang Xiuqing † | ||||||||
Strength | ||||||||
6,000 | unknown | 100,000 | ||||||
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6,000 | unknown | unknown | ||||||
27,000+ opposition soldiers |