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Siege of Guangzhou

Name: Siege of Guangzhou – Great Britain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

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

2Records

1840Date range

2Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1840

William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd1840

Guangzhou · Warfare / Opium Wars, 1st

Palmerston sends 16 British warships to Guangzhou

Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rd1840

Guangzhou · Warfare / Opium Wars, 1st

Palmerston sends 16 British warships to Guangzhou

Names involved

Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rdWilliam Lamb Melbourne, 2nd

Provenance

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