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Famous People Who Died in September 1856

  • Sep 2 Yang Xiuqing [Yang Hsiu-ch'ing], Chinese commander-in-chief of Taiping Rebellion, killed for trying to usurp Hong Xiuquan at 34 or 355
  • Sep 24 Henry Hardinge, British army officer and politician, 1st viscount Hardinge of Lahore, Governor-General of India (1844-48), dies at 71