Tianjing incident

Tianjing Incident
Part of Taiping Rebellion
Date September 2 — October, 1856 Location Tianjing, Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (modern Nanjing, Jiangsu, China) Result Massive setback of the Taiping Rebellion, Shi Dakai takes control of all five Taiping armies
Factions
Yang Xiuqing †	Wei Changhui † Qin Rigang †	Hong Xiuquan Shi Dakai
Strength
6,000	Unknown	100,000
Casualties and losses
6,000	Unknown	Unknown
27,000+ opposition soldiers

The Tianjing Incident^[1] (Chinese: 天京事變; pinyin: Tiānjīng Shìbiàn) was a major internal political conflict within the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom occurring during the late Qing dynasty from September 2 to October 1856. The conflict itself took place in the Taiping's capital city Tianjing. A few key leaders of the Taiping Rebellion were killed: the East King Yang Xiuqing, the North King Wei Changhui and the Yan King Qin Rigang. More than 27,000 other opposition rivals including soldiers perished in the conflict as well. The Tianjing Incident was said to be one of the factors which led to the eventual failure of the Taiping Rebellion, as well as the turning point in its fate.