Charles Elliot

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2 related events

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   1839Lin Zexu Seizes and Destroys the Opium at Humenrelated figure

   In 1839 Imperial Commissioner Lin Zexu blockaded the foreign factories at Canton, forced the surrender of more than 20,000 chests of British opium, and destroyed it on the shore at Humen with lime and salt, flushing it into the sea.

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   1841British Occupation of Hong Kong Islandcommander

   In January 1841 British forces, led by the iron steamer Nemesis, destroyed the Chuanbi forts and on 26 January landed on Hong Kong Island and raised the flag. The island was ceded to Britain the following year by the Treaty of Nanjing.

People who appear alongside

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  Lin Zexu1785 – 1850

  Qing official who, as imperial commissioner at Canton, seized and destroyed British opium, setting off the Opium War

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  Daoguang Emperor1782 – 1850

  Eighth Qing emperor (r. 1820–1850), who sent Lin Zexu to Canton to stamp out opium but lost the Opium War and signed the Treaty of Nanjing

Themes this person appears in

• The Opium Wars1757 – 1864

  From the single gate at Canton to the burning of the Old Summer Palace — a century in which a trade in tea, silver and opium became the First and Second Opium Wars, forcing China open and costing it territory