← 1864 1863 1862 1861 1860 1865 in China → 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870
Decades:	1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s
See also:	Other events of 1865 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

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^[1]