1860 in China

Events from the year 1860 in China.

Incumbents

 * Xianfeng Emperor (10th year)

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

 * Zhu Jiabao
 * Gu Zhongchen
 * Zheng Xiaoxu

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