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First Opium War
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Date 1839 - August 29, 1842
Location China
Participants China • United Kingdom
Context Opium Wars

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Lin Zexu, statue in Chinatown, New York City.
Lin Zexu
Chinese official
Sir Hugh Gough
British military officer
Daoguang
emperor of Qing dynasty

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Louis IX of France (St. Louis), stained glass window of Louis IX during the Crusades. (Unknown location.)
World Wars
D-Day. American soldiers fire rifles, throw grenades and wade ashore on Omaha Beach next to a German bunker during D Day landing. 1 of 5 Allied beachheads est. in Normandy, France. The Normandy Invasion of World War II launched June 6, 1944.
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