War · March 18, 1839

First Opium War

Name: First Opium War
Start: 1839-03-18
Location: People's Republic of China, British India

187 years ago · People's Republic of China, British India

187th anniversary

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.

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1837–1908

Grover Cleveland

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1869–1940

Neville Chamberlain

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1858–1913

Rudolf Diesel

Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (English:, German:; 18 March 1858 – 29 September 1913) was a German inventor and mechanical engineer. He is best known for inventing the diesel engine, which burns diesel fuel.

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1936–2021

F. W. de Klerk

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1871

Paris Commune

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1961

Eurovision Song Contest 1961

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1962

Eurovision Song Contest 1962

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2018

2018 Russian presidential election

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