1858
Siege of Beijing
The Chines Emperor refuses to ratify the Treaty of Tianjin & Beijing is occupied
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Beijing in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The Chines Emperor refuses to ratify the Treaty of Tianjin & Beijing is occupied
Present at the capture of Peking
The Treaty of Tianjin is accepted by China at the Convention of Bejing
China forbids the existance of embassies in Beijing leading to Anglo-French occupation
11 Chinese ports are re-opened & Kowloon is ceded to Britain
The Treaty of Tianjin is accepted by China at the Convention of Bejing
Commands the land force which relieves Peking
Organises British participation in legation defence.
Attempts to reach the besieged legations by railway.
Boxers attack the Allied naval force south of Peking
His customs residence is destroyed during the crisis.
Becomes senior diplomatic organiser inside the legations.
Commands British marines during the siege.
British troops are among the first to reach the legations.
Allied forces enter Beijing and relieve the legations.
Signs the Hong Kong agreement in Peking, Hong Kong will return to China by 1997
Negotiates for Wham! to become the first ever Western pop artist to play in communist China, they eventually play a concert there in April 1985 at the Workers Stadium in Beijing
Begins 7 day Royal visit to China at Peking
Wins a gold medal in the 4km Individual Pursuit, defending his title from four years earlier. In doing so he became the first rider ever to successfully defend his pursuit title at the Olympics
Hoy beomes the first British Olympian for 100 years to claim three golds at one games at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, when he wins the mens keirin, the mens team sprint and also the mens individual sprint
Member of Olympic team pursuit squad which breaks the world record in the heats with a time of 3:55:202, beating their Russian opponents comfortably to go through to the final ride-off for silver and gold
On their way to winning the gold medal, the British Team pursuit break their own world record in a time of 3:53:314, beating their Danish competitors by 6.7 seconds
On their way to winning the gold medal, the British Team pursuit break their own world record in a time of 3:53:314, beating their Danish competitors by 6.7 seconds
Provenance
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