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Siege of Summer Palace

China · House / House of Ching. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1860Date range
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Chronological records

1860

Hsien Feng18 October 1860

Beijing · House / House of Ching

The Treaty of Peking is signed as a result of the Second Opium War under military and diplomatic pressure of British and French troops (who were burning the Old Summer Palace at the time)

Names involved

Hsien Feng

Provenance

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