Historical place archive

Tientsin in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Tientsin in China. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records2 event labels3 people1885–1937

Historical events in Tientsin

1885

9 June 1885
Treaty of Tientsin
Tzu Hsi · French Indochina War

The status quo is restored, France returns occupied areas in Formosa & Pescadores

1924

1924
Capture of Tientsin
Chang Hsueh-Liang · Military

Captures Tientsin

1937

30 July 1937
Capture of Tientsin
Chiang Kai-Shek · Sinoese War

Japanese forces capture Tianjin as resistance in the Beiping-Tianjin area collapses.

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match China and Tientsin. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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