Assertion: empire's capital | /r/HasProperty | beijing
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text: On 21 September 1860 it defeated the army of the Chinese emperor at the Battle of Palikao and seized the capital Beijing.
text: As Ming control disintegrated, peasant rebels led by Li Zicheng conquered the capital Beijing in 1644.
text: In April 1644, the capital, Beijing, was sacked by a coalition of rebel forces led by Li Zicheng, a former minor Ming official, who established a short-lived Shun dynasty.
text: The Viceroy of Zhili, who was responsible for the area surrounding the capital Beijing, is usually considered as the most honorable and powerful viceroy among the eight.
text: In 1860, during the Second Opium War, the capital Beijing was captured and the Summer Palace sacked by a relatively small Anglo-French coalition force numbering 25,000.