The Opium Wars were two conflicts waged between the Qing dynasty of China and Western powers during the mid-19th century. The First Opium War (4 September 1839 - 29 August 1842) pitted the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the British East India Company against the Qing dynasty and ended in a British victory sealed by the Treaty of Nanking, which ceded Hong Kong Island to Britain. The Second Opium War (8 October 1856 - 24 October 1860) pitted the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing dynasty and ended in an Anglo-French victory sealed by the Treaty of Tientsin and the Convention of Peking, under which the Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutters Island were ceded to British Hong Kong and Outer Manchuria was ceded to Russia. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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CombatantsUnited Kingdom and the British East India Company (First Opium War), joined by the Second French Empire (Second Opium War), against the Qing dynasty of China 1 OutcomeBritish victory in the First Opium War (Treaty of Nanking, Hong Kong Island ceded); Anglo-French victory in the Second Opium War (Treaty of Tientsin, Convention of Peking) 1 Classification
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Qing dynasty forces organized under the Eight Banners system fought the First and Second Opium Wars against Britain
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The Royal Navy's gunboats and warships carried Britain's military effort in the Opium Wars against Qing China
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The Opium Wars (simplified Chinese: 鸦片战争; traditional Chinese: 鴉片戰爭; pinyin: Yāpiàn zhànzhēng) were two conflicts waged between the Qing dynasty and the Western powers during the mid-19th century.
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The First Opium War was fought from 1839 to 1842 between China and the British Empire.
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The Second Opium War was waged by Britain and France against China from 1856 to 1860, and resulted in China being forced to legalise opium.
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; British East India Company ... British Empire; Second French Empire
Body: Results by war
British victory ... Anglo-French victory
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The Opium Wars (simplified Chinese: 鸦片战争; traditional Chinese: 鴉片戰爭; pinyin: Yāpiàn zhànzhēng) were two conflicts waged between the Qing dynasty and the Western powers during the mid-19th century.
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The Opium Wars (simplified Chinese: 鸦片战争; traditional Chinese: 鴉片戰爭; pinyin: Yāpiàn zhànzhēng) were two conflicts waged between the Qing dynasty and the Western powers during the mid-19th century. The First Opium War was fought from 1839 to 1842 between China and the British Empire.
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