1860 in China

Events from the year 1860 in China.

Incumbents

Xianfeng Emperor

Events

Nian Rebellion
Second Opium War
* Battle of Palikao
* Battle of Zhangjiawan
* August 1 — Allied fleet lands at Beitang.
* August 22 — Battle of Taku Forts (1860), British and French forces capture Taku forts in north China.
* September 22 — The Xianfeng emperor abandons the capital.
* October 13 — British and French troops occupy Beijing.
* October 18 Destruction of the Old Summer Palace
* October 24 Sino-British Treaty of Beijing signed.
Taiping Rebellion
* Battle of Jiangnan (1860)
** June 2 — Taiping forces under the Loyal King capture Suzhou
* Taiping forces defeat a Qing army surrounding Tianjing, breaking the siege
* June–September — Battle of Anqing, Qing forces capture Anqing
* May — Taiping armies rout imperial siege troops at Nanjing.
* Issachar Roberts arrives in Nanjing.
* Frederick Townsend Ward enlists foreigners for rifle corps in Shanghai.
* Zeng Guofan appointed acting Viceroy of Liangjiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, and Jiangsu; receives full appointment on August 10.
* July 15 — The Loyal King sends letter stating that the Taiping won't harm foreigners at Shanghai.
* July 16 — Frederick Townsend Ward's militia captures Songjiang
* July 28 — Zeng Guofan sets up headquarters in Qimen.
* July 30 — Taiping forces defeat Frederick Townsend Ward at Qingpu.
* August 2 — Joseph Edkins and Griffith John arrive in Suzhou to meet Hong Rengan.
* August 19 — British and French forces attack Taiping rebels at Shanghai.
Miao Rebellion (1854–73)
Convention of Peking
* Amur Annexation, the annexation of the current southeast corner of Siberia into Russia in 1858–1860
Panthay Rebellion
Approximate beginning of the Tongzhi Restoration

Births

Deaths

Lam Qua, painter who specialized in Western-style portraits intended largely for Western clients
Luo Zundian, Qing commander who was forced to commit suicide after losing
Zhang Guoliang, Qing commander drowned trying to escape in the Jiangnan campaign