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