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Declaration of War

Name: Declaration of War – Great Britain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Great Britain · Warfare / Opium Wars, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records

1856–1857Date range

1Named people

0Places

Chronological records

1856

Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rd1856

Warfare / Opium Wars, 2nd

2nd of the 2 Opium Wars between China & Britain

1857

Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rd1857

Warfare / Opium Wars, 2nd

The British & Frernch launch a joint military attack against China

Names involved

Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rd

Provenance

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