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Events on Thursday 22 August 1861 1
1831 – 1861Xianfeng Emperor (1831-1861)Died 22 August 1861, aged 30The Xianfeng Emperor, ruler of Qing China during the Second Opium War and the Taiping Rebellion, died at the Chengde Mountain Resort. His death set off a succession struggle that brought his consort, the future Empress Dowager Cixi, toward power. His young son succeeded him as the Tongzhi Emperor.