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First Opium War

The First Opium War (Chinese: 第一次鴉片戰爭; pinyin: Dìyīcì yāpiàn zhànzhēng), also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought between the British Empire and Qing China between 1839 and 1842.

First Opium War
First Opium War · Edward Duncan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
18 Mar 1839 – 29 Aug 1842
Where
People's Republic of China
Era
Modern

Topics

China1,046 BCE – todayBritish India1700 – 1947

Before and after

First Anglo-Afghan War1839 – 1842Tanzimat1839 – 1876Show on timeline

Text from the Wikipedia article First Opium War, CC BY-SA 4.0