Modern era · 1851

Jintian Uprising

The Jintian Uprising was an armed revolt formally declared by Hong Xiuquan, founder and leader of the God Worshippers, on 11 January 1851 during the late Qing dynasty of China. The uprising was named after the rebel base in Jintian, a town in Guangxi within present-day Guiping. It marked the beginning of the Taiping Rebellion.

Jintian Uprising
Jintian Uprising · (清)吳友如繪, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
11 Jan 1851
Where
Site of the Jintian Uprising
Era
Modern

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