APWH Timeline Assignment

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  • Hong Xiuquan establishes Taiping Kingdom, he becomes the leader.

    The Imperial Decree by God

  • The Jintian Uprising marks the beginning of the Taiping Rebellion.1

    奏摺 - Evidence

  • Taiping forces capture Nanjing, which becomes the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and is renamed Tianjing.

    Taiping Proclomations and Edicts.

  • Internal conflict leads to the Tianjing Incident, where Yang Xiuqing, a key leader, is assassinated.

    Qing Intelligence Reports on Yang Xiuqing and Hong Xiuquan

  • The Taiping forces attempt to capture Shanghai but are repelled by Qing troops with support from Western powers.

    British Admiralty Records

  • The "Ever Victorious Army," led initially by American Frederick Townsend Ward and later by British Charles Gordon, begins operations against the Taiping rebels.

    Letters and diaries of Charles Gordon

  • Nanjing falls to Qing forces, effectively marking the end of the Taiping Rebellion.

    Zeng Guofan’s Military Reports