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Confiscation-Opium

Name: Confiscation-Opium – Great Britain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Great Britain · Warfare / Opium Wars, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1839Date range

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1Places

Chronological records

1839

William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd1839

Guangzhou · Warfare / Opium Wars, 1st

The Chinese Government confiscates 20,000 British crates of opium

Names involved

William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd

Provenance

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