1864 In China
Events from the year 1864 in China. Incumbents * Tongzhi Emperor (4st year) ** Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi ** Regent: Prince Gong Events * Taiping Rebellion ** Battle of Fujian ** Battle of Hubei ** July 1864 - Third Battle of Nanking, Fall of Tianjing, Taiping Rebellion mostly ends ** Battle of Changzhou * Nian Rebellion * Miao Rebellion (1854–73) * Dungan Revolt (1862–77) * Panthay Rebellion * Tongzhi Restoration Deaths * Hong Xiuquan Hong Xiuquan (1 January 1814 – 1 June 1864), born Hong Huoxiu and with the courtesy name Renkun, was a Chinese revolutionary who was the leader of the Taiping Rebellion against the Qing dynasty. He established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdo ... {{Year in Asia, 1864 ...
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ...
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