10/08/1856
A dispute over a British vessel sailing in Chinese waters leads to the second Anglo-Chinese War Foreign
03/26/1867
A Royal Navy attempt to search on southern Taiwan for American survivors of a massacre is driven off. Crime/Disasters
06/19/1867
A strong U.S. naval landing on southern Taiwan to punish Paiwan aboriginals is driven off. Battles/Soldiers
11/16/1856
American warships bombard Chinese forts in Canton Province Battles/Soldiers
07/26/1860
British and Force warships anchor at the port of Beitang in preparation for the latest landing in China US/the World
11/05/1860
British and French forces evacuate Beijing US/the World
04/21/1860
British and French forces occupy the strategic Chinese island of Chusan Foreign
10/06/1860
British and French forces reach the outskirts of the Chinese capital and sack the Summer Palace US/the World
03/08/1860
British and French send ultimatum to the Chinese Govenment threatening war US/the World
10/12/1860
British and French troops enter the Chinese capital US/the World
08/12/1860
British fire the world's first breech-loading rifled cannon in anger for the first time in China Science/Technology
11/04/1864
British naval vessel is shipwrecked on the Chinese coast with a very heavy loss of life Crime/Disasters
05/22/1860
British ship sinks in a Ceylon harbor during a squall Crime/Disasters
08/22/1861
Chinese Emperor Xian Feng dies at his summer palace in northern China, aged thirty US/the World
07/19/1864
Chinese Imperial forces capture Nanjing, breaking at last the resistance of the Taiping Rebellion US/the World
04/12/1847
Chinese students arrive in the United States Education/Culture
10/14/1859
- 10/15/1859
Emigrant ship carrying 850 Chinese sinks in the Indian Ocean and all the passengers are lost Crime/Disasters
06/26/1858
Great Britain and China sign the Treaty of Tientsin, ending the Anglo-Chinese War (1856-58) and opening Chinese ports Foreign
10/10/1850
Hong Xiuquan leads Taiping Rebellion in China Foreign
11/11/1861
In Beijing, Imperial China sets up its first office of foreign affairs US/the World
06/25/1859
In China, a British attack on the Taku Forts is repulsed with heavy losses Battles/Soldiers
07/17/1860
In China, American adventurer Frederick Ward and his men capture fortress of Sung-Chiang from Taiping rebels Battles/Soldiers
08/21/1860
In China, British and French troops capture the Taku Forts and open an advance on Beijing US/the World
08/01/1860
In China, British and French troops land at the port of Beitang in preparation for a march on Beijing US/the World
10/18/1860
Lord Elgin orders the destruction of the Summer Palace in Beijing as reprisal for murder of hostages US/the World
03/12/1867
On southern Taiwan, aboriginals massacre the survivors of an American shipwreck Crime/Disasters
11/14/1860
Russia obtains the Maritime Province, including the city of Vladivostok, from China. US/the World
09/06/1866
The close-run Great Tea Race between clipper-ships from China to London ends after ninety-nine days Business/Industry
10/24/1860
The Convention of Beijing opens China to Western trade and missionary activity US/the World
06/13/1858
Treaty signed between United States and China US/the World
06/13/1854
Yung Wing graduates from Yale, first Chinese graduate in the United States Cultural
