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Approximately how many people died in the 1850-1864 Taiping Rebellion?
Modern demographic estimates centre on approximately 20 million dead — the deadliest civil war in human history. Hong Xiuquan, who started it after a vision following his fourth civil-service exam failure, believed he was Jesus Christ's younger brother.
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The Failed Civil Service Candidate Who Decided He Was the Younger Brother of Jesus Christ and Started a Civil War That Killed 20 Million People Hong Xiuquan failed the Qing civil service examination four times. After his 1837 nervous breakdown he became convinced he was the second son of the Christian God and the younger brother of Jesus. The 1850-1864 Taiping Rebellion he led against the Qing dynasty killed approximately 20 million people — the deadliest civil war in human history.
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