Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
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A massive rebellion or civil war lead to the creation of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The revolt was waged in China and commanded by Hong Xiuquan, the self-proclaimed brother of Jesus, the goals of the Taipings were religious, nationalist, and political in nature.
Establishment
January 1851: The Qing government defeated the Taiping Rebellion with the aid of French and British forces.
Chronology
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Was a civil war that waged in China between the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Hakka-led Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. .
September 1864: The Taiping Rebellion was a massive rebellion or civil war that was waged in China. Commanded by Hong Xiuquan, the self-proclaimed brother of Jesus, the goals of the Taipings were religious, nationalist, and political in nature. They sought the conversion of the Chinese people to the Taiping's syncretic version of Christianity, the overthrow of the ruling Manchu Dynasty and a transformation of the state. The Taipings established the Heavenly Kingdom as an oppositional state based in Tianjing.
A period (1839-1949) of foregin interventions in China resulting in the occupation, conquest or lease of large territories by foregin countries.
2.1.Concessions in China
During the XIX and XX century China was forced into treaties with foreign powers that established concessions (factually enclaves) in its territory.
September 1854: The American Concession in Shanghai is formally delineated.
March 1861: China leases a concession in Hankow to United Kingdom.
January 1862: Establishment of the British Concession in Jiujiang in accordance to the Treaty of Tientsin signed after China's defeat in the Second Opium War..
January 1862: Establishment of the British Concession in Zhenjiang in accordance to the Treaty of Tientsin signed after China's defeat in the Second Opium War..
Disestablishment
September 1864: The Taiping Rebellion was a massive rebellion or civil war that was waged in China. Commanded by Hong Xiuquan, the self-proclaimed brother of Jesus, the goals of the Taipings were religious, nationalist, and political in nature. They sought the conversion of the Chinese people to the Taiping's syncretic version of Christianity, the overthrow of the ruling Manchu Dynasty and a transformation of the state. The Taipings established the Heavenly Kingdom as an oppositional state based in Tianjing.
