10/8 Milestones 2

1643: Fulin ascends the throne as Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, becoming the Shunzhi Emperor. 1645: Jennie Mans opens the first lay hospital in North America. 1683: Following the Battle of Penghu, Koxinga's son Zheng Keshuang shaves his head and changes his clothes, marking the official fall of the Ming Zheng regime that occupied Taiwan. 18th Century Edit 1745: Empress Elizabeth of Russia agrees to aid the Electorate of Saxony against Prussia, but the agreement comes too late. 1813: Tianli Sect follower Lin Qing launches an uprising in Beijing, leading his followers to storm the imperial palace. 1821: The Peruvian Navy is established during the War of Independence. 1829: Robert Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials. 1856: The Qing Dynasty's Guangdong Navy arrests 12 Chinese sailors working on the British-registered Arrow, sparking the Second Opium War. 1862: American Civil War: The Confederacy's invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville. 1871: Five major fires occur in the United States, including the Great Chicago Fire in Illinois and the Peshtigo Fire in Wisconsin, the latter being the deadliest fire in American history. 1879: War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy decisively defeats the Peruvian Navy at the Battle of Angamos, resulting in the death of the Peruvian naval commander.