• Events from the year 1839 in China. Daoguang Emperor (19th year) Viceroy of Zhili — Qishan Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Zhong Xiang then Zhou Tianjie then Guiliang...
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    the British Empire and the Qing dynasty of China between 1839 and 1842. The immediate issue was the Chinese enforcement of their ban on the opium trade...
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    Destruction of opium at Humen (category 1839 in China)
    to declare war on Qing China. What followed is now known as the First Opium War (1839–1842), a conflict that initiated China's opening for trade with...
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    Sons at Millwall. Launched in 1839, the Nemesis was deployed to China – arriving late 1840 – and used to great effect in the First Opium War by Captain...
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  • China's Response To The West: A Documentary Survey, 1839-1923 is a volume of historical documents translated from the Chinese, edited and with an introduction...
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    Opium Wars (category Articles containing simplified Chinese-language text)
    century. The First Opium War was fought from 1839 to 1842 between China and Britain. It was triggered by the Chinese government's campaign to enforce its prohibition...
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    Governor John Colborne, and was applied in the district of Montreal until August 24, 1839. In China, martial law in the Beiyang government could be dated...
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    Battle of Chuenpi (category 1839 in China)
    the entrance of the Humen strait (Bogue), Guangdong province, China, on 3 November 1839 near the beginning of the First Opium War. The battle began when...
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  • in the year 1839 in India. Major events include the reduction of the Khanate of Kalat to a subsidiary ally of the British, and the capture of Aden in...
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    Battle of Kowloon (category 1839 in China)
    Kowloon (Chinese: 九龍海戰) was a skirmish between British and Chinese vessels off the Kowloon Peninsula, China, on 4 September 1839, located in Hong Kong...
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  • A Priest in 1839 (French: Un prêtre en 1839) is an unfinished novel by Jules Verne. Written around 1845-1848, it was published in 1992, long after the...
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  • to: Lin Qi (politician) (林启; 1839–1900), Chinese politician and educator Lin Qi (businessman) (林奇; 1981–2020), Chinese businessman, founder of Yoozoo...
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    in China part of the century of humiliation that began with the First Opium War (1839–1842) and ended with China established as a great power in 1945...
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    The Republic of China (ROC), or simply China, was a sovereign state based in mainland China from 1912 until its government's retreat in 1949 to Taiwan...
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    Lai Afong (category Articles containing Chinese-language text)
    Lai Afong (Chinese: 黎芳; c. 1838 or 1839 – 1890) was a Chinese photographer who established Afong Studio, considered to be the most successful photographic...
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    Lin Zexu (category Articles containing Chinese-language text)
    Daoguang Emperor of the Qing dynasty best known for his role in the First Opium War of 1839–42. He was from Fuzhou, Fujian Province. Lin's forceful opposition...
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  • First Opium War (1839–1842) the Second Opium War (1856–1860) 1967 Opium War, conflict between marooned elements of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)...
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    1830s (redirect from 1830–1839)
    and ended on December 31, 1839. In this decade, the world saw a rapid rise of imperialism and colonialism, particularly in Asia and Africa. Britain saw...
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  • to the mid-1800s conflicts between Western powers and China including the First Opium War (1839–1842) and the Second Opium War (1856–1860). Opium War(s)...
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    Foreign concessions in China were a group of concessions that existed during the late Imperial China and the Republic of China, which were governed and...
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    1839–1976. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0313264573. Lew, Christopher R.; Leung, Edwin Pak-wah (1996), Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Civil...
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    celebrated by ethnic groups as such in Taiwan Area only. Traditional Chinese holidays Public holidays in China Public holidays in Japan Camaron Kao (May 14, 2012)...
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    Shanghai (redirect from Shanghai, China)
    direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River...
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    events, see History of China. See also the list of Chinese monarchs, Chinese emperors family tree, dynasties of China and years in China. Dates prior to 841...
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    1834 (India, China, Indo-China) Kalidasa (Indo-China) Lycorma (Indo-China) Neolieftinckana Lallemand, 1963 (PNG) Omalocephala Spinola, 1839 Penthicodes...
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    Southeast Asia, known as Nanyang (Chinese: 南洋; pinyin: nán yáng; lit. 'Southern Ocean'), namely the British Colonial ruled ports in the Malay Peninsula and the...
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    Hong Kong (redirect from Hong Kong, China)
    Indian opium to China. Faced with a drug crisis, Qing officials pursued ever more aggressive actions to halt the opium trade. In 1839, the Daoguang Emperor...
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  • change it. In the late 19th and 20th centuries, China experienced military and political crises at home and abroad. The Opium Wars of 1839-42 and 1856-60...
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    Century of humiliation (category Propaganda in China)
    was a period in Chinese history beginning with the First Opium War (1839–1842), and ending in 1945 with China (then the Republic of China) emerging out...
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