Events from the year 1865 in China. Incumbents Tongzhi Emperor (5th year) Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi Regent: Prince Gong Events Taiping Rebellion Battle of Fujian, Qing forces clear remnants of Taiping loyalists Nian Rebellion Siege of Beijing (1865) Miao Rebellion (1854–73) Dungan Revolt (1862–77) Panthay Rebellion Prince Gong steps down from regency but continues being head of the Grand Council Tongzhi Restoration Births Hü King Eng, second ethnic Chinese woman to attend university in the United States, became a famous physician Deaths Sengge Rinchen Qing commander killed by the forces of a minor rebel leader of the Nian Rebellion Li Shixian, Taiping commander, killed by his own troops after they surrender to the Qing