The Taiping Rebellion of 1850 to1864 between the Taiping Rebels of Hong Xuiquan and the Qing Dynasty of China. Here you will hear about every battle that took place such, who the key figures were and why the war ended the way it did. The technology, military structures, tactics and countless lost lives over what was a corrupt business that never should have began. This was the bloodiest conflict in world history until the Second World War. History Matters.