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 Aug 1856 Famous Deaths by Year Oct 1856 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning