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Emperor Wenzong begins a ten-year reign. The Taiping Rebellion against the Manchu dynasty begins in China; Christian rebels are led by the mystic Hung Hsiu-ch'iian, who proclaims himself related to Jesus Christ.
Rama IV becomes the king of Siam and opens the country to Western influence and ideas. He builds roads, introduces the printing press, creates a currency, and attempts to reform slavery. To educate his children, Rama hires an English governess, who later writes a memoir of her experiences on which the book by Margaret Landon, Anna and the King of Siam (1944), and the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I (1951) are based.
12 February Gold is discovered in Australia.
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