British vessels open fire on Chinese war…

September 1839 CE

British vessels open fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community in China on September 4, 1839, in the first armed conflict of the First Opium War.

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Kowloon (Jiulong) Hong Kong China View →

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Daoguang Emperor View → Lin Zexu View →

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Chinese Empire, Qing (Manchu) Dynasty View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → France, constitutional monarchy of View →

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Opium War, First View → Kowloon, Battle of View →

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Strategic metals View → Narcotics View →

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Commerce View → Conflict View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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