What the records say
- When
- 1645
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 800,000
- Coordinates
- 32.39° N, 119.44° E
- Description
- 1645 mass killing of Chinese civilians by Manchu forces
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Yangzhou massacre
1645 mass killing of Chinese civilians by Manchu forces
The Yangzhou Massacre refers to the mass killing of people in Yangzhou, China, in May, 1645. Commanded by the Manchu prince Dodo, following the collapse of the Ming dynasty, Qing dynasty forces carried out the attack on the port city and its inhabitants, defended by remaining southern Ming forces. The massacre itself lasted a total of six days, which afterwards the burning of bodies continued.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Yangzhou massacre, one of the most destructive massacres in history”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “扬州十日，扬州平民遭到清军大屠杀，死亡人数约为80万（有争议）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page