Qing conquest of Nanjing

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The Qing conquest of Nanjing was a decisive 1645 military campaign in which Qing forces captured the Southern Ming capital, effectively ending the Nanjing-based Ming resistance and consolidating Qing control over much of China.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Qing capture of Nanjing ⓘ
belligerent Qing dynasty ⓘ
Southern Ming ⓘ
capitalOf Southern Ming Hongguang regime ⓘ
capturedCity Nanjing ⓘ
casusBelli Qing campaign to destroy remaining Ming loyalist regimes ⓘ
combatant Qing Banner forces ⓘ
linked to: Qing army

Southern Ming troops ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ming
commander Dodo ⓘ
Hongguang Emperor ⓘ
Ma Shiying ⓘ
Prince Yu (Dodo) ⓘ
conflict Ming–Qing transition ⓘ
country China ⓘ
date 1645 ⓘ
endDate 1645-06 ⓘ
followedBy Qing advance into Fujian ⓘ
Qing advance into Guangdong ⓘ
Qing advance into Zhejiang ⓘ
formerCapitalOf Ming dynasty ⓘ
historicalEra early Qing dynasty ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
location Jiangnan ⓘ
Nanjing ⓘ
opponent Southern Ming Hongguang regime ⓘ
partOf Qing conquest of China ⓘ
linked to: Ming–Qing wars

transition from Ming to Qing ⓘ
politicalConsequence dispersal of Ming loyalists to the south and southeast coast ⓘ
execution or flight of many Southern Ming officials ⓘ
rise of later Southern Ming courts in Fujian and Guangdong ⓘ
precededBy Qing conquest of Yangzhou ⓘ
region Lower Yangtze ⓘ
relatedEvent Southern Ming resistance ⓘ
Yangzhou massacre ⓘ
fall of Beijing (1644) ⓘ
result Qing victory ⓘ
collapse of the Hongguang regime ⓘ
consolidation of Qing control over much of China ⓘ
end of Nanjing-based Southern Ming resistance ⓘ
fall of Nanjing ⓘ
significance decisive blow to Southern Ming resistance ⓘ
enabled Qing to claim legitimacy over former Ming heartland ⓘ
secured Qing control of the lower Yangtze region ⓘ
startDate 1645-05 ⓘ
year 1645 ⓘ

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Nanjing regime of Southern Ming → endCause → Qing conquest of Nanjing ⓘ
Emperor Yi → relatedTo → Qing conquest of the Ming dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Qing conquest of Nanjing
Qing conquest of Nanjing → precededBy → Qing conquest of Yangzhou ⓘ
linked to: Qing conquest of Nanjing
Qing conquest of Nanjing → followedBy → Qing advance into Fujian ⓘ
linked to: Qing conquest of Nanjing
Qing conquest of Nanjing → alsoKnownAs → Qing capture of Nanjing ⓘ
linked to: Qing conquest of Nanjing
Qing rule in Jiangnan → precededByEvent → Qing capture of Nanjing ⓘ
linked to: Qing conquest of Nanjing