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    Henri Laurent Rivière (1827–1883) was a French naval officer and a writer who is chiefly remembered today for advancing the French conquest of Tonkin...
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    Sino-French War (category Wars involving the Qing dynasty)
    source needed] Rivière jubilantly reacted: 'This will force them to take forward their Tonkin Question!'[This quote needs a citation] Rivière had perfect...
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    French conquest of Vietnam (category Wars involving the Qing dynasty)
    1873 and 1886. French ambitions to subjugate Tonkin were opposed by the Qing dynasty, the region being part of the Chinese sphere of influence. The French...
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    Tang Jingsong (category Qing dynasty generals)
    Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885), and made an important contribution to Qing dynasty China's military effort in Tonkin (northern Vietnam) by persuading...
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    to attack Rivière. On 19 May 1883, the Black Flags ambushed and beheaded Rivière at the Second Battle of Cầu Giấy. When news of Rivière's death reached...
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    2011, p. 41. Tsien 1985, p. 373. Twitchett 1998b, p. 636. Rivière (1966, pp. 577–578) Rivière (1966, pp. 578–579) Hyun, Jeongwon (2013). Gift Exchange...
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    the dominant styles were a velvet ribbon with suspended pendants and the rivière necklace, a single row of large precious stones. By mid-century colorful...
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    dispatch of the French expeditionary force to Tonkin under Commandant Henri Rivière in 1882. The resulting clashes between the French and the Black Flag Army...
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    Liu Yongfu (category Qing dynasty generals)
    French adventure in Tonkin. In April 1882, the French naval captain Henri Rivière captured the citadel of Hanoi, again disclosing French colonial ambitions...
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    Tumen, has been a boundary contention between Russia and North Korea. The Qing Dynasty ceded the island to Russia as part of the Primorsky Maritimes (East...
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    He pioneered the use of telegrams for diplomatic correspondence between Qing legations and its foreign ministry, the Zongli Yamen. Zeng Jize (1839–90)...
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  • : 17 : 336  was wealthy merchant from Fujian province, China, during the Qing dynasty period.: 50  He arrived in British Mauritius in 1816: 50  and was...
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  • Oliveira  Brazil Evgeniia Galaktionova  Neutral Paralympic Athletes F33 Wu Qing  China Gilda Guadalupe Cota Vera  Mexico Svetlana Krivenok  Neutral Paralympic...
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    on 25 April 1882, was the illegal capture by French naval captain Henri Rivière, acting without his superiors' orders. The French handed the city back...
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    Behind a screen on the second floor of the establishment, the artist Henri Rivière worked with up to 20 assistants in a large, oxy-hydrogen back-lit performance...
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    of the instructions of his superiors, Rivière stormed the citadel of Hanoi on 25 April 1882. Although Rivière subsequently returned the citadel to Vietnamese...
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    March 26, 1883, which threatened to kill Henri Rivière. Worried about the possible conflict with Rivière, Huế court ordered Hoàng Kế Viêm and another mandarin...
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  • Monzaemon – The Battles of Coxinga (国姓爺合戦, Kokusen'ya Kassen) Charles Rivière Dufresny – La Coquette de village John Gay – The What D'Ye Call It Benjamin...
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  • (1819–1822) Tibet Tibet under Qing rule (Qing emperors / Dalai Lamas) – Manchu overlordship, 1720–1912 For details see the Qing dynasty under Eastern Asia...
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    A.; Provost, S; Montplaisir, JY; Xiong, L; St-Onge, J; Thibodeau, P; Rivière, JB; Desautels, A; Turecki, G; Dubé, M. P.; Rouleau, G. A. (2006). "A novel...
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  • Beijing and restores the monarchy, installing Puyi, last emperor of the Qing dynasty, to the throne. The restoration is reversed just shy of two weeks...
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    ami chinois de Château-Thierry qui s'était suicidé en se jetant dans une rivière. Many sources claim it comes from the Chinese transliteration of Mikhail...
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  • In a brief campaign in the last week of March 1883, Commandant Henri Rivière captured the citadel of Nam Định, the second-largest city in Tonkin, with...
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  • February 13, 1843: Charles Rivière-Hérard overthrew Jean-Pierre Boyer. May 3, 1844: Philippe Guerrier overthrew Charles Rivière-Hérard. 1840s: Rivierists'...
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  • Zhihong; Zhang, Jiachao; Guo, Zhuang; Zheng, Yi; Hou, Qiangchuan; Yu, Jie; Qing, Yanting; Kwok, Lai-Yu; Menhe, Bilige; Zhang, Heping (2015-08-15). "Assessment...
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    Espartero regency. 1844 Haitian coup d'état: While Haitian president Charles Rivière-Hérard led a campaign against the Dominican Republic, a coup deposed him...
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    e00143–16. doi:10.1128/mSystems.00143-16. PMC 5080407. PMID 27822559. La Rivière, Marie; Garrabou, Joaquim; Bally, Marc (2015-12-01). "Evidence for host...
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  • Yeung; amateur, (bio-it) W. K. Y. Yeung; W. K. Yeung; W. K. YEUNG (40776) Qing-zhu Yin 1 n.a.–pres. Q. Yin; UC Davis Q. Yin — M. Yoshimi 1 n.a. M. Yoshimi;...
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    Francis Garnier, attracting much attention in France. In 1883, Captain Henri Rivière, leading another French expedition into Vietnam was also killed by the...
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