The movement, known as the Taiping Rebellion, grew by first suppressing bandits and pirates and evolving into a guerrilla force. Soon Hong began to preach a fusion of Christianity, Confucianism, Daoism, and millenarianism. In such a climate, Hong read a pamphlet in 1843 from a Protestant Christian missionary and declared he now understood what his visions meant. Image Source: Wu Youruįollowing several natural disasters, economic problems, and defeat in the First Opium War, the Qing dynasty suffered great losses which it tried to mitigate by pressuring peasants.
By 1851, his armies of followers captured some of the wealthiest parts of Qing Empire. In 1837, after failing the imperial exams to become a scholar in civil service, Hong Xiuquan fell ill, experienced visions, and declared himself the younger brother of Jesus Christ sent to rid China of corrupt Qing dynasty. By July, the Christian community of an estimated 100 families fled the town. Around 16 homes and properties were pillaged, some were set on fire, and a church was also damaged. The fight over the shirt got to the point that a Christian burned a Muslim to death which resulted in a rampage by Muslims that the police failed to control. It soon escalated to sectarian violence, property destruction, and the entire Christian community fleeing the town. In 2012, a fight began between Christians and Muslims in the town of Dahshur over a badly ironed shirt. This started the English Civil War which saw Charles’ arrest in 1647, trial, and execution in 1649, and ended with the exile of his son Charles II in 1651. The attempt ruined the efforts of his supporters to portray him in a better light as no sovereign had ever breached parliamentary privilege.īy mid-1642, the parliament called for volunteers, and Charles raised an army through a commission of array.
However, they escaped before he entered with an armed guard. When, on January 3, 1642, the parliament did not give up its five members as he directed, Charles went to arrest them himself by force. Charles, on the other hand, heard rumors that his wife was going to be impeached on suspicion of supporting Irish rebels while he suspected the parliament is conspiring with Scots, probably correctly. When Charles called for funds to suppress the rebellion, many members of the House of Commons suspected he would use them later against the parliament. Image Source: Windsor Castleĭuring the Irish Rebellion of 1641, there was mutual distrust between Charles and the parliament. The botched arrest attempt led to his immediate downfall and began the English Civil War. In 1642, Charles I of England tried unsuccessfully to arrest five members of parliament suspecting that they were conspiring with the invading Scots.
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