Taiping Rebellion
Taiping Rebellion ( 1850 – 64 )Revolt against the Chinese Qing dynasty. Led and inspired by Hong Xiuquan ( 1813 – 64 ), who claimed to be the younger brother of Jesus Christ, the Taiping Rebellion began in Guangxi province. It developed into the most serious challenge to the Qing, bringing most of the central and lower Yangtze region under rebel control, and costing 20 million lives. The rebels captured Nanjing in 1853 and established their capital there before launching an unsuccessful attack on Beijing. Taiping resistance was crushed with the capture of Nanjing in 1864 , Hong Xiuquan having died in the siege, but the Qing regime never really recovered from the long civil war.
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