Episode 1 of 3
Signing of the Treaty of Tientsin
- When
- June 1858
- Where
- Tianjin
Western powers signed unequal treaties with the Qing dynasty in Tianjin, ending the first phase of the Second Opium War.
In June 1858, Britain, France, Russia, and the United States signed the Treaty of Tientsin at Tianjin. These agreements were ratified later in 1860. The signing followed the capture of the Taku Forts and the threat to Beijing, forcing the Qing court to seek peace.
Sources
- Treaty of Tientsin Wikipedia
- Second Opium War Wikipedia
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.