France and UK (Military Occupation)
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Polity that includes all territories militarly occupied by France and Great Britain that are not part of a specific military territory.
Establishment
May 1850: During the First Battle of Taku Forts on 20 May 1850, British forces led by Admiral Sir James Stirling successfully captured the forts in China. This was part of the larger conflict known as the Second Opium War, where Britain and France sought to expand their influence in the region.
Chronology
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A period (1839-1949) of foregin interventions in China resulting in the occupation, conquest or lease of large territories by foregin countries.
1.1.Opium Wars
Were two wars between Qing China and the Western powers. The first war was caused by the Chinese prohibition against opium trafficking by British merchants, and the conflicts took their name from this fact.
1.1.1.Second Opium War
Was a war that saw the Qing Dynasty fighting against the French and British Empires.
December 1857: In 1857, during the Second Opium War, the British army under Lord Elgin and the French army under Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros jointly attacked and occupied Canton. This military action was part of the efforts by the two Western powers to exert pressure on the Qing Dynasty in China.
August 1860: With 173 ships from Hong Kong, Anglo-French forces captured the port cities of Yantai and Dalian to seal the Bohai Gulf.
August 1860: Third Battle of Taku Forts.
August 1860: French General Charles Cousin-Montauban and British Admiral Sir James Hope led their respective forces to capture Tianjin on 23 August as part of the Second Opium War.
September 1860: Battle of Zhangjiawan.
September 1860: Battle of Palikao.
1.1.1.1.Four Treaties of Tientsin
In June 1858, the first part of the Second Opium War was ended with the four Treaties of Tientsin, which opened several Chinese ports to foreign trade.
July 1858: In June 1858, the first part of the Second Opium War ended with the four Treaties of Tientsin. The European powers and the U.S. evacuated most of the territories they had occupied in China.
1.1.1.2.Convention of Peking
Was an agreement comprising three distinct treaties concluded between the Qing dynasty of China and Great Britain, France, and the Russian Empire. It was signed at the end of the Second Opium War.
October 1860: After the Convention of Peking, France and Great Britain left most of the territories militarly occupied in China.
Disestablishment
August 1860: With 173 ships from Hong Kong, Anglo-French forces captured the port cities of Yantai and Dalian to seal the Bohai Gulf.
August 1860: Third Battle of Taku Forts.
August 1860: French General Charles Cousin-Montauban and British Admiral Sir James Hope led their respective forces to capture Tianjin on 23 August as part of the Second Opium War.
September 1860: Battle of Zhangjiawan.
September 1860: Battle of Palikao.
October 1860: After the Convention of Peking, France and Great Britain left most of the territories militarly occupied in China.
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