The Rise and Fall of the Qing Dynasty By facebooker_2420042991469755 Period: Mar 23, 1600 to Mar 24, 1650 MANCHU CONQUEST Mar 23, 1610 Nurhaci breaks from Ming Mar 23, 1635 East India Company begins trade with China Mar 23, 1636 "Qing" declared Mar 23, 1644 The Ming Dynasty Falls Mar 23, 1645 Yangzhou Massacre Period: Mar 23, 1660 to Mar 24, 1730 PAX MANJURICA Period: Mar 23, 1661 to Mar 24, 1722 Emperor Kangxi Mar 23, 1689 Treaty of Nerchinsk First Russo-Chinese Treaty Period: Mar 23, 1720 to Mar 24, 1800 HIGH QING + LOCAL GOVT Period: Mar 23, 1723 to Mar 24, 1735 Emperor Yongzheng Period: Mar 23, 1735 to Mar 24, 1799 Emperor Qianlong Period: Mar 23, 1750 to Mar 24, 1815 WESTERN BARBARIANS Period: Mar 23, 1790 to Mar 24, 1860 OPIUM WARS + DREAMS Mar 23, 1793 Macartney Mission Mar 23, 1796 Qianlong Abdicates Period: Mar 23, 1820 to Mar 24, 1870 RELIGION, REBELLION, + TAIPINGS Period: Mar 23, 1840 to Mar 24, 1842 First Opium War Mar 23, 1842 Treaty of Nanjing Mar 23, 1843 Hong fails for the last time and interprets his visions Mar 23, 1851 “Heavenly Kingdom” declared Period: Mar 23, 1853 to Mar 24, 1864 Taipings Hold Nanjing Mar 23, 1858 Second Opium War Period: Mar 23, 1860 to Mar 24, 1900 SELF-STRENGTHENING Mar 23, 1864 Taiping Rebellion End Mar 23, 1872 Chinese Education Mission first dispatched Mar 23, 1881 CEM recalled and disbanded Mar 23, 1885 Sino-French War, Qing defeated by France over Vietnam Period: Mar 23, 1890 to Mar 24, 1912 FALL OF THE QING Mar 23, 1895 Sino-Japanese War, Qing defeated by Japan over Korea Mar 23, 1898 100 Days Reforms Mar 23, 1899 Boxer movement spreads, drought begins Mar 23, 1900 Boxer Uprising Mar 23, 1901 Late Qing Reforms Mar 23, 1911 Wuchang Uprising Mar 23, 1912 End of the Qing