Qing conquest of Ming China

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Were a series of military campaign by the Qing against the the Ming that saw the fall of the latter.

Chronology

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June 1644: Li Zicheng left Beijing on June 4th.
January 1659: In late January 1659, a Qing army led by the Manchu prince, Doni, captured the capital of Yunnan.
January 1651: The new Qing armies managed to recapture the central provinces of Huguang, Jiangxi, and Guangdong in 1649 and 1650.
December 1631: Battle of Dalinghe.
January 1643: Battle of Song-Jin.
October 1619: Battle of Xicheng.
December 1621: Battle of Fort Zhenjiang.
December 1621: Battle of Fort Zhenjiang.
June 1621: Battle of Shen-Liao.
January 1651: Both Milayin and Ding Guodong were captured and killed in 1648, and in 1650 Muslim rebels were crushed in campaigns that inflicted heavy casualties on them.
January 1647: A small Qing force, led by former Southern Ming commander Li Chengdong, captured Guangzhou.
February 1647: Chengdu was taken in early 1647.
September 1619: Battle of Tieling.
October 1619: Battle of Xicheng.
July 1619: Battle of Kaiyuan.
October 1645: End of the Shun Dynasty.
May 1645: On May 13, 1645, Ming Dynasty general Shi Kefa and Qing Dynasty forces led by Prince Dodo converged on Yangzhou.
June 1645: The Qing Dynasty, led by Emperor Shunzhi, arrived at the gates of Nanjing in 1645. The Hongguang Emperor, leader of the Southern Ming Dynasty, had already fled the city. As a result, Nanjing surrendered to the Qing forces without resistance on June 16.
September 1634: Siege of Lüshun.
January 1645: The Qing Dynasty conquered Shanxi and Shaanxi.
May 1645: The Qing army, led by the Manchu prince Dodo, captured the key city of Xuzhou, north of the Huai He River, in early May 1645.
June 1645: On June 1, 1645, the Qing armies led by the Manchu prince Dodo crossed the Yangtze River and easily captured the garrison city of Zhenjiang from the Ming Dynasty forces.
May 1645: The Qing army, led by the Manchu prince Dodo, captured the key city of Xuzhou, north of the Huai He River, in early May 1645.
November 1646: Milayin, a muslim chief at Ganzhou, led a rebellion against the Qing rule.
September 1618: Battle of Qinghe.
March 1622: Battle of Guangning.
September 1634: Siege of Lüshun.
June 1648: Li Chengdong mutinied against the Qing, and the concurrent rebellion of another former Ming general in Jiangxi helped the Yongli regime retake most of southern China.
January 1643: Battle of Song-Jin.
May 1618: Battle of Fushun.
October 1645: Jiangyin held out against some 10,000 Qing soldiers for 83 days but on October 9, 1645, its walls were finally breached.
May 1645: On May 13, 1645, Ming Dynasty general Shi Kefa and Qing Dynasty forces led by Prince Dodo converged on Yangzhou.
January 1659: In late January 1659, a Qing army led by the Manchu prince, Doni, captured the capital of Yunnan.
September 1646: The Longwu court left its Fujian base.
July 1619: Battle of Kaiyuan.
September 1619: Battle of Tieling.
August 1652: Most of the commanders who had supported the Qing in Guangxi reverted to the Ming side.
June 1645: On June 1, 1645, the Qing armies led by the Manchu prince Dodo crossed the Yangtze River and easily captured the garrison city of Zhenjiang from the Ming Dynasty forces.
September 1618: Battle of Qinghe.
July 1645: The Jiangnan region is pacified by the Qing.
March 1646: In February 1646, Qing armies conquered the land west of the Qiantang River from the Lu regime.
June 1621: Battle of Shen-Liao.
June 1645: The Qing Dynasty, led by Emperor Shunzhi, arrived at the gates of Nanjing in 1645. The Hongguang Emperor, leader of the Southern Ming Dynasty, had already fled the city. As a result, Nanjing surrendered to the Qing forces without resistance on June 16.
April 1644: Wu Sangui's departure from Ningyuan Stronghold had left all territory outside the Great Wall under Qing control.