Hong Kong Treaty of Tientsin
September 24, 1858
Under the guns of Anglo-French forces that had taken the Taku forts, the Qing signed the Tientsin treaties: more treaty ports, a permanent British minister in Beijing, the legalization of opium, and indemnities. The emperor refused ratification. War would resume the following year, culminating in the burning of the Summer Palace.
In context
Also in 1858 (4 other events on record)
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Era
Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.
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