1858 in China
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Events from the year 1858 in China.
Incumbents
- Xianfeng Emperor (9th year)
Events
- Nian Rebellion
- Second Opium War
- Taiping Rebellion
- Miao Rebellion (1854–73)
- Amur Acquisition
- Treaty of Aigun, unequal treaty between the Russian Empire, and the empire of the Qing Dynasty that reversing the Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689) by transferring the land between the Stanovoy Mountains and the Amur River from China (Qing Empire) to the Russian Empire establishing much of the modern border between the Russian Far East and Manchuria (the original homeland of the Manchu people and the Qing Dynasty), which is now known as Northeast China.[1]
- Panthay Rebellion
- Loke Yew leaves China for British Malaya
- Opium is legalized[2]
Births
Deaths
- Li Xubin, Xiang Army commander killed in the Battle of Sanhe
References
- ^ "Russia and China end 300 year old border dispute". BBC News. 1997-11-10. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ^ "The opium wars, opium legalization and opium consumption in China".
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