1856 in China
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Events from the year 1856 in China.
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Incumbents
- Xianfeng Emperor (6th year)
Viceroys
- Viceroy of Zhili â Guiliang
- Viceroy of Min-Zhe â Wang Yide
- Viceroy of Huguang â Guanwen
- Viceroy of Shaan-Gan â Yi Tang then Yue Bin
- Viceroy of Liangguang â Ye Mingchen
- Viceroy of Yun-Gui â Hengchun
- Viceroy of Sichuan â Huang Zonghan then Wu Zhenyu
- Viceroy of Liangjiang â Yiliang
Events
- Nian Rebellion
- Second Opium War begins
- Authorities in Canton order attacks on Thirteen Factories, which are subsequently destroyed in a fire
- Merchant ship Arrow seized by Qing authorities
- Battle of Canton (1856)
- Capture of the French Folly Fort
- Battle of the Bogue (1856)
- November â Battle of the Barrier Forts
- Taiping Rebellion
- Battle of Jiangnan (1856), Qing forces twice fail to re-take Nanjing
- Tianjing incident, internal conflict within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
- Miao Rebellion (1854â73)
- Panthay Rebellion
- Red Turban Rebellion (1854â1856) ends
Deaths
- Yang Xiuqing in Tianjing
- Jirhangga, Qing commander in Battle of Jiangnan (1860)
- Xiang Rong, Qing commander in Battle of Jiangnan (1860)
- Hu Jiumei, Chinese rebel in the Taiping Rebellion