Timeline Saturday 19 March 1853

Events on Saturday 19 March 1853 1

• 1853 Taiping forces capture Nanjing Rebels establish Heavenly Capital Taiping rebel forces captured the city of Nanjing on 19 March 1853 and declared it the Heavenly Capital of their rebel state, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The city would remain the movement's capital for eleven years. The Taiping Rebellion against the Qing dynasty became one of the deadliest conflicts of the 19th century.