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