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Battle of Nanjing

Battle of Nanjing was a battle fought in 1853 at Nanjing, in what is now China. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Nanjing. It was part of the Taiping Rebellion, which ran from 1851 to 1864. The recorded result: Taiping victory. Recorded strength: 40,000–60,000 men (included Eight Banners 20,000) against 550,000 men.

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Fought1853
WhereNanjing, China32.061N, 118.779E, placed at the location, approximate
OutcomeTaiping victory
BelligerentsQing Dynasty; Green Standard Army; Eight BannersagainstTaiping Heavenly Kingdom
Casualties and losses~30,000and10,000
Part ofTaiping Rebellion1851 to 1864

Where it sits in the Taiping Rebellion

Jintian Uprising, 1851Battle of Changsha, 1852Battle of Wuchang, 1852Battle of Nanjing, 1853Battle of Muddy Flat, 1854Battle of Sanhe, 1858Battle of Jiangnan (1860), 1860Battle of Shanghai, 1861Battle of Anqing, 1861Occupation of Ningbo, 1861Battle of Cixi, 1862Siege of Suzhou, 1863Third Battle of Nanking, 186418511864Battle of Nanjing, 1853
13 placed engagements of the Taiping Rebellion in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1853 (year precision)
to 1853
PlaceNanjing, China
32.061N, 118.779E
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Territorial changeFall of Nanjing
Strength40,000–60,000 men (included Eight Banners 20,000)550,000 men
Casualties and losses~30,00010,000; ~30,000 families of Manchu bannermen killed + 40,000 other Local Chinese merchants or civilian
Commanders
  • Lu Jianying
  • Imperial Commissioner (China)
  • Xiang Rong
  • Qin Rigang
  • Yang Xiuqing
  • Wei Changhui
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Placed at Nanjing; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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Battle of Nanjing is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 339 in present-day People's Republic of China.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871859, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Nanjing (1853), revision 1370451284, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.