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Trade war (1,079 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

policy to foreign trade. The First Opium War which started after the Qing government blockaded its ports, confiscated opium contraband and confined British

British Hong Kong (7,084 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the Treaty of Nanking of 1842, signed in the aftermath of the First Opium War, the island of Hong Kong was ceded in perpetuity to Great Britain. It

The Dream of an Opium Fiend (435 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Dream of an Opium Fiend (French: Le Rêve d'un fumeur d'opium) is a 1908 French silent trick film credited to and featuring Georges Méliès. It was

Treaty of Nanking (2,872 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Treaty of Nanking was the peace treaty which ended the First Opium War (1839–1842) between Great Britain and the Qing dynasty of China on 29 August

Protestant missions in China (7,428 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the First Opium War missionaries were granted the right to live and work in five coastal cities. In 1860, the treaties ending the Second Opium War with

Playboi Carti (5,696 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

his recording career, Carter founded the record label and rap collective Opium in 2019, through which he has signed aesthetically-similar fellow Atlanta-based

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1,603 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) is an autobiographical account written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum addiction and its effect

Matt Berry (3,639 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the audible "Hey". Berry has recorded nine studio albums: Jackpot (1995), Opium (self-released, 2008), Witchazel (2011), Kill the Wolf (2013), Music for

Raymond Aron (2,247 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

known for his 1955 book The Opium of the Intellectuals, the title of which inverts Karl Marx's claim that religion was the opium of the people; he argues

Korea under Japanese rule (19,440 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

small amount of opium during the earlier years of the colonial period, but by the 1930s, Korea became a major exporter of both opium and narcotics, becoming

Peter Buck (2,865 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(Mississippi) 2012 I Am Back to Blow Your Mind Once Again (Mississippi) 2014 Opium Drivel (Mississippi) 2014 Warzone Earth (Mississippi) 2015 Dear December

Charles Rigault de Genouilly (1,318 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

naval officer. He fought with distinction in the Crimean War and the Second Opium War, but is chiefly remembered today for his command of French and Spanish

1850s (627 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

colonization towards the Far East, which also sparked conflicts like the Second Opium War. In the meantime, the United States saw its peak on mass migration to

Opium (KMFDM album) (487 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Opium is a demo album by German industrial band KMFDM from 1984, officially released in 2002 by Firstworld. It is one of only two KMFDM studio albums

Henry Kellett (581 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Belcher in the East Indies, and as captain of HMS Starling in the First Opium War with China during which he was promoted to commander in 1841 and post-captain

2003 Lejay firefight (403 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

American intelligence analysts assert that the village is the focus of the opium trade. Vehicles approaching the village report being fired on. In response

Humen Town (546 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

linked to the First Opium War (1839–1842). It was at Humen that Lin Zexu supervised the destruction of large quantities of seized opium in 1839. Some major

Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) (3,801 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

AllMusic wrote that tracks, such as "The Blister Exists", "Three Nil", and "Opium of the People", combine the two extremes of their recognizable metal edge

Achin District (294 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

UNDCP recorded 130 poppy-growing villages in Achin, making it the greatest opium growing district in eastern Afghanistan that year. "MRRD Provincial profile

Gideon Nye (790 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and pamphlets as an eye witness to the events which led up to the First Opium War, based on his acquaintance with both Chinese people and foreigners living

Guns & Gulaabs (922 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

second season. In the cartel-controlled town of Gulaabgunj, a high-stakes opium deal entangles a tough city cop and a romantically troubled mechanic in

Presidency armies (1,292 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Maratha and Sikh wars) and beyond (the Burma, Afghan, First and Second Opium Wars, and the Expedition to Abyssinia). The presidency armies, like the

The Opium War (film) (1,021 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

The Opium War (鸦片战争) is a 1997 Chinese historical epic film directed by Xie Jin. The winner of the 1997 Golden Rooster and 1998 Hundred Flowers Awards

Convention of Peking (1,186 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Russian Empire in 1860. On 18 October 1860, at the culmination of the Second Opium War, the British and French troops entered the Forbidden City in Peking

Xianfeng Emperor (2,083 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rebellions including the Taiping Rebellion, the Nian Rebellion, and the Second Opium War. He was the last Chinese emperor to exercise sole power. The fourth

Ken Carson (1,200 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

his label Opium in 2019. Carson was also the first to be signed to Opium out of Destroy Lonely, and Homixide Gang. After signing with Opium in 2019, Carson

Cannabis in Sri Lanka (905 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

country, who tend to come from higher socio-economic strata. The Poisons, Opium and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance of 1935 criminalised cannabis. An amendment

William Jardine (merchant) (4,532 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

William Jardine (24 February 1784 – 27 February 1843) was a Scottish opium trader and physician who co-founded the Hong Kong–based conglomerate Jardine

The Gambler, the Nun, and the Radio (323 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

musicians tells Frazer: "Religion is the opium of the poor." The musician then says that he has never tried opium because "It seems it is very bad. One commences

CIA transnational anti-crime and anti-drug activities (7,768 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

paratroopers fighting with hill tribes collected the opium and French aircraft would fly the opium down to Saigon and the Sino-Vietnamese mafia that was

Lord John Hay (Royal Navy officer, born 1827) (1,085 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Navy officer and politician. After seeing action in 1842 during the First Opium War, he went ashore with the Naval Brigade and took part in the defence

Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (2,312 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the War of 1812, he commanded the 98th Regiment of Foot during the First Opium War and then commanded a brigade during the Second Anglo-Sikh War. He went

John Jacob Astor (3,078 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

investor. Astor made his fortune mainly in a fur trade monopoly, by exporting opium into China, and by investing in real estate in or around New York City.

Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (2,284 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1858 during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He also served in the Second Opium War as commander of the 2nd division of the expeditionary force which took

China War Medal (1842) (603 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

to members of the British and Indian forces who took part in the First Opium War (1839–42). The medal was designed by William Wyon. The China War Medal

The Opium General and other stories (494 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Opium General and other stories by Michael Moorcock was a hardcover collection of novellas, short stories, and articles. It was published in 1984

Richard Saunders Dundas (1,168 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

part in the capture of the Bogue forts in January 1841, during the First Opium War. He was appointed to the command of the Fleet in the Baltic Sea, in

Henry Frederick Stephenson (1,269 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Navy Service years 1855–1904 Rank Admiral Conflict(s) Crimean War Second Opium War Indian Rebellion of 1857 Fenian raids Awards Knight Grand Cross of the

Hope Grant (854 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Army officer. He served in the First Opium War, First Anglo-Sikh War, Indian Rebellion of 1857, and Second Opium War. Grant was the fifth and youngest

Black Market (Rick Ross album) (897 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Wonder 4:40 8. "Ghostwriter" Roberts II Richardson D. Rich 4:27 9. "Black Opium" (featuring DJ Premier) Roberts II Byron Forest II Christopher Martin Alessandro

Dragon's blood (1,631 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

New Year. Dragon's blood incense is also occasionally sold as "red rock opium" to unsuspecting would-be drug buyers. It actually contains no opiates,

Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (1,761 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

serving as commander-in-chief of the British forces in China during the First Opium War, he became Commander-in-Chief, India and led the British forces in action

James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (2,415 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

opening up China and Japan to Western trade. In 1860, during the Second Opium War in China, he ordered the destruction of the Old Summer Palace in Beijing

Kent Ridge (421 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The ridge contains Bukit Chandu, alternatively known as Opium Hill (in Malay), after the opium processing factory owned by the British East India Company

Frederick Grey (779 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1878) was a Royal Navy officer. As a captain he saw action in the First Opium War and was deployed as principal agent of transports during the Crimean

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001) (6,677 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

officially banned opium cultivation and drug trafficking in Afghanistan; the Taliban succeeded in nearly eradicating the majority of the opium production (99%)

Richard Vesey Hamilton (1,032 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

took part in the Battle of Fatshan Creek in June 1857 during the Second Opium War. Later in his career he became commander-in-chief at China Station and

Auguste Chapdelaine (1,324 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Chinese officials–– as a casus belli for its participation in the Second Opium War. Chapdelaine was born on a farm in La Rochelle-Normande, France. By

Frederick Grey (779 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1878) was a Royal Navy officer. As a captain he saw action in the First Opium War and was deployed as principal agent of transports during the Crimean

HMS Wellesley (1815) (1,278 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

1815. She captured Karachi for the British, and participated in the First Opium War, which resulted in Britain gaining control of Hong Kong. Thereafter

Anthony Hoskins (882 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in December 1857 and the Battle of Taku Forts in May 1858 during Second Opium War. Once promoted to flag officer rank, he acted as Second-in-Command of

Battle of Kowloon (2,707 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Guangdong province. The skirmish was the first armed conflict of the First Opium War and occurred when British boats opened fire on Chinese war junks enforcing

Second China War Medal (296 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the British and Indian armies and Royal Navy who took part in the Second Opium War of 1857 to 1860 against China. The medal was designed by William Wyon

New Guangxi clique (1,343 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

opium trade. Later he expanded his control to Wuzhou, thus controlling the routes through which opium both entered and left Guangxi. With his opium revenue

Shan State Army (2,740 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Burma (CPB), Kuomintang soldiers sponsored by the CIA in Myanmar, and opium smugglers in Shan State. The SSA however, could not fulfill its goals, and

John Elliott Ward (202 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

John Elliott Ward (October 2, 1814 – November 30, 1902) was an American politician and diplomat. John Elliott Ward was born in Sunbury, Georgia on October

HMS Curlew (1812) (2,839 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Curlew was sold in 1822 in Bombay. She then had a 13 or so year career as an opium runner for James Matheson, one of the founders of the firm Jardine Matheson

Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, of Shenstone (1,204 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

naval support at various actions between 1841 and 1842 during the First Opium War. Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in February 1845

Rouge (film) (329 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

their romance would never be accepted, the couple committed suicide by opium overdose in order to be together in the afterlife. Pragmatic Yuen and Chor

Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao (525 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Branch/service French Army Years of service 1817–1870 Rank General Battles/wars French conquest of Algeria Crimean War Second Opium War Franco-Prussian War

44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot (1,820 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

cemetery. The regiment embarked for China in 1860 for service in the Second Opium War. It took in the capture of the Taku Forts on 21 August 1860 as part

Robert Biddulph (British Army officer) (306 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Commands Gibraltar Cyprus Battles / wars Crimean War Indian Mutiny Second Opium War Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross

Esing Bakery incident (3,678 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

early history of British Hong Kong. On 15 January 1857, during the Second Opium War, several hundred European residents were poisoned non-lethally by arsenic

Bihsud District (1,418 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

both types of institution in the case of small problems, such as youth opium addiction, and perhaps less in more important cases. On the other hand,

Felice Beato (4,985 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

provides images of such events as the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the Second Opium War, and represents the first substantial body of photojournalism. He influenced

Poppy (1982 musical) (773 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Poppy is a 1982 musical comedy play set during the First Opium War. The play takes the form of a pantomime, complete with Dick Whittington (played as

History of Hong Kong (1800s–1930s) (2,999 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

new crown colony of Hong Kong under the British Empire. After the First Opium War, the territory was ceded by the Qing Empire to the United Kingdom of

Surkh-Rōd District (1,036 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Region[dead link‍] United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Afghanistan Opium Survey 2003 October 2003. International Federation of Red Cross and Red

Henry Loch, 1st Baron Loch (1,287 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Asia, was present at the taking of Canton (Guangzhou) during the Second Opium War, and in 1858 brought home the Treaty of Yedo. In April 1860, Loch accompanied

Crime in Laos (528 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

one of the world's largest opium producers, Laos now no longer has that strong an opium industry, with some 94% of the opium farms being wiped out from

Battle of Palikao (988 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Baliqiao by Anglo-French forces against the Qing Empire during the Second Opium War on the morning of 21 September 1860. It allowed Western forces to take

Frederick Richards (1,138 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was a Royal Navy officer. He commanded a paddle-sloop during the Second Opium War in 1860 and, as senior officer on the Cape of Good Hope and West Coast

Robert Thom (translator) (555 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Matheson & Co. and was seconded to the British armed forces during the First Opium War (1839 – 1842). For his literary works Thom used Sloth as a nom de plume

Henry George Hart (929 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

remainder of 1840 to the end of 1842, the regiment took part in the First Opium War where they were engaged in the battles of Canton, Amoy, Chusan, Chinhai

History of Hong Kong (7,924 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Nanjing, ending the First Opium War. Hong Kong then became a British crown colony. Britain also won the Second Opium War, forcing the Qing Empire to

Farah District (664 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Farah City District is a district in Farah province, Afghanistan, containing the main city of Farah.The city of Farah has a population of 54,000 (in 2015)

Battle of Taku Forts (1860) (1,260 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Battle of Taku Forts (Chinese: 第三次大沽口之戰) was an engagement of the Second Opium War, part of the British and French 1860 expedition to China. It took place

Battle of Amoy (338 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Xiamen Island, Fujian, in the Qing Empire on 26 August 1841 during the First Opium War. The British captured the forts at Xiamen and on nearby Gulangyu Island

Qing dynasty (18,810 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the damage that opium smoking was causing to his subjects, ordered Lin Zexu to end the opium trade. Lin confiscated the stocks of opium without compensation

The Chinese Repository (248 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

charge. Lazich, Michael C. (June 2006). "American Missionaries and the Opium Trade in Nineteenth-Century China". Journal of World History. 17 (2): 197–223

Isensua (86 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

firm is also known for producing a vodka called Opium on the British market. Isensua Vodka Isensua Opium Isensua VX Concord Grape and Passion Fruit (PPS)

Century of humiliation (2,492 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of humiliation was a period in Chinese history beginning with the First Opium War (1839–1842), and ending in 1945 with China (then the Republic of China)

Battle of Amoy (338 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Xiamen Island, Fujian, in the Qing Empire on 26 August 1841 during the First Opium War. The British captured the forts at Xiamen and on nearby Gulangyu Island

Prince Gong (4,643 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

role of a political aide rather than a ruler. In 1860, during the Second Opium War, when the British and French forces invaded Beijing, Yixin was entrusted

Henry George Hart (929 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

remainder of 1840 to the end of 1842, the regiment took part in the First Opium War where they were engaged in the battles of Canton, Amoy, Chusan, Chinhai

Henry Pottinger (1,639 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

negotiated the terms of the Treaty of Nanking (1842), which ended the First Opium War and ceded Hong Kong Island to the United Kingdom. Pottinger wrote in

Battle of Taku Forts (1860) (1,260 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Battle of Taku Forts (Chinese: 第三次大沽口之戰) was an engagement of the Second Opium War, part of the British and French 1860 expedition to China. It took place

Sengge Rinchen (888 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Battle of Taku Forts and at the Battle of Baliqiao during the Second Opium War and his contributions in helping the Qing Empire suppress the Taiping

Battle of Fatshan Creek (184 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Creek British rowboats Battle of Escape Creek "Second Anglo-Chinese War ("Opium war") of 1856 - 1860". William Loney. Archived from the original on 3 May

Papaver (2,984 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

globular ovary. The style is characteristically absent for the type species opium poppy, and several others, although those with a style do exist. The sessile

Casus belli (3,198 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Nanking from the First Opium War. France used the execution of Auguste Chapdelaine as a casus belli for the Second Opium War. On February 29, 1856

The Opium Smugglers (89 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Opium Smugglers is a 1948 book by Ion Idriess. It was one of a number of books he wrote for children. "For The Young". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 31

James Fitzjames (3,842 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the 1830s, and in combat during the Egyptian–Ottoman War and the First Opium War. In 1845, Fitzjames was tapped by Sir John Barrow as a potential leader

Battle of Pasir Panjang (1,948 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

position sited at Bukit Chandu. Bukit Chandu (meaning "Opium Hill" in Malay) was so named after an opium-processing factory located at the foot of the hill

Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (2,845 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

– Deluxe edition – Disc two No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length 1. "Opium" (featuring EarthGang) Albarn Kabaka Olu Fann · Eian Parker Isong Gorillaz

The Man with the Twisted Lip (1,785 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

because her husband, who is addicted to opium, has gone missing. Watson helps her pull him out of the opium den and sends him home. Watson is surprised

Henry Keppel (1,859 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Indies and China Station he was deployed in operations during the First Opium War and in operations against Borneo pirates. He later served as commander

Narayangarh, Mandsaur (240 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

main crops are garlic, soya bean, isabgol, wheat and opium. The town is known for its quality opium production. It has an average elevation of 434 metres

Silver Dragon (coin) (950 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

what is known as the Opium War, where most of the country's silver was exported to Europe and India due to the purchase of opium. The silver content of

Cannabis policy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration (176 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

advocated that the United States apply the rulings of the International Opium Convention, which along with opiates also restricted the non-medicinal use

HMS Cornwallis (1813) (383 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

equipment overboard in order to escape. After China's defeat in the First Opium War, representatives from the British and Qing Empires negotiated a peace

Tasmanian Alkaloids (234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Extractas Bioscience (before called Tasmanian Alkaloids) is the largest opium poppy processing company in the Australian state of Tasmania. Approximately

History of Jardine Matheson & Co. (11,540 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Scotsmen William Jardine and James Matheson as senior partners. Trafficking opium in Asia, while also trading cotton, tea, silk and a variety of other goods

Wa people (3,383 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Communist Party of Burma, which was very active in the area. During that time opium cultivation and sales grew and the ancient traditional life became disrupted

Poppyseed oil (659 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

obtained from poppy seeds (specifically seeds of Papaver somniferum, the opium poppy). Poppy seeds yield 45–50% oil. Like poppy seeds, poppyseed oil is

1857 United Kingdom general election (370 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

government over his approach to the Arrow affair which led to the Second Opium War. There is no separate tally of votes or seats for the Peelites. They

Treaty of Canton (473 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

unequal treaties between Western powers and China that followed the First Opium War. The treaty was actually never ratified by Chinese representatives,

1875 in China (1,334 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

political, economic, and social transformation in the years to come. the Second Opium War from 1856 to 1860, China experienced far-reaching consequences that

HMS Herald (1824) (1,897 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

in the First Anglo-Chinese War (1839–1842), known popularly as the First Opium War. Herald was paid off at Chatham in 1842. Herald was converted at Sheerness

Charles Elliot (2,266 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

correspondence. On 16 November 1839, Elliot wrote to Palmerston regarding the opium trade: "No man entertains a deeper detestation of the disgrace and sin of

1839 in China (211 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

eradicating the opium trade. He bans the trade of opium and writes a letter to Queen Victoria asking her to stop the illegal importation of opium early July

Auguste Léopold Protet (247 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(Chinese: 卜羅德; 1808 – 1862) was a French Navy admiral. He fought in the Second Opium War, and was killed in the Taiping Rebellion at the Fengxian District of

Revenger (TV series) (1,741 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

connected to the local opium trade. Liu (劉, Ryū) Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa Chinese gang leader attempting to root out the source of the opium in Nagasaki before

Wei Yuan (506 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Harper Parker as the Chinese Account of the Opium War. Wei also wrote a separate narrative on the First Opium War (《道光洋艘征撫記》, Dàoguāng Yángsōu Zhēngfǔ Jì)

East India Squadron (2,487 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

American citizens living in China suffered personal attacks during the First Opium War from xenophobic locals. Commodore Kearny was given command of a squadron

Mohammad Daoud (governor) (754 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Helmand in Afghanistan until he was removed from his post for his ties to the opium trade. Daoud was appointed in December 2005, and replaced in December 2006

Harry Rawson (1,146 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and took part in the capture of the Taku Forts in 1860 during the Second Opium War. Promoted to captain in 1877, he was given command of HMS Minotaur.

Sherard Osborn (1,254 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of HMS Furious, he took a prominent part in the operations of the Second Opium War, and performed a piece of difficult and intricate navigation in taking

Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gros (347 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

August 1870 Paris, France Awards Knight Order of Santiago (1839) Grand-croix, Legion of Honour (1861) Military service Battles/wars Second Opium War

Indonesian units of measurement (787 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

A number of units of measurement were used in Indonesia to measure length, mass, capacity, etc. Metric system adopted in 1923 and has been compulsory in

Patricio Lynch (906 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Cruz. Next, he sought a wider field, and saw active service in the First Opium War on board the British frigate HMS Calliope and the third rate ship of

Battle of Taku Forts (1858) (318 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

along the Hai River in Tianjin, China, on 20 May 1858, during the Second Opium War. The British and French sent a squadron of gunboats, under Rear-Admiral

Muang Sing (2,252 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mountains and rivers. Historically, Muang Sing has been a major producer of opium and still has problems with drugs and smuggling, due to its proximity to

Mark Walker (British Army officer) (485 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Regiment of Foot 3rd Regiment of Foot Battles / wars Crimean War Second Opium War Awards Victoria Cross Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Order

Mường Lói (101 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

commune are occupied in agriculture with low levels of education. Smoking opium addiction and drug use is a major problem in the commune. "Khởi sắc Mường

Battle of Chapu (425 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(present-day Zhapu) on the northern shore of Hangzhou Bay during the First Opium War. Before the attack, the British commander, Major General Hugh Gough

Opium (perfume) (981 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Opium is an Oriental-spicy perfume for women, created for the French fashion house Yves Saint Laurent by perfumers Jean Amic and Jean-Louis Sieuzac. Introduced

Resm-i dönüm (479 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

haşhâş, a tax applied to opium growers in place of Ashar, at a rate of 1 krş per dönüm - although the detailed accounts of opium production recorded in

National emblem of North Macedonia (1,189 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Macedonia depicts two curved garlands of sheaves of wheat, tobacco leaves and opium poppy fruits, tied by a ribbon decorated with embroidery of traditional

Thomas Francis Wade (1,459 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Qing China and landed at Hong Kong in June 1842. The scene of the First Opium War had at that time been transferred to the Yangtze River and Wade was

Shanghai History Museum (629 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

relics are from 6,000 years ago. It features a cannon used in the first Opium War, a sedan chair, and two bronze lions that used to adorn the Hongkong

Levant Company (3,365 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Connection". The New York Times. "Opium Throughout History: The Opium Kings". PBS. 1998. M. Kienholz (2008). Opium Traders and Their Worlds – Volume One:

Battle of Canton (1857) (1,264 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

French forces against Qing China on 28–31 December 1857 during the Second Opium War. The British High Commissioner, Lord Elgin, was keen to take the city

Qishan (official) (636 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Chuanbi on behalf of the Qing government with the British during the First Opium War of 1839–42. Qishan was a Khalkha Mongol by birth and was from the Borjigit

Nemesis (1839) (1,071 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

deployed to China – arriving late 1840 – and used to great effect in the First Opium War by Captain William Hutcheon Hall and later in 1842 by Captain Richard

A Moonlight Serenade (245 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Astronomer's Dream (1898), A Trip to the Moon (1902), and The Dream of an Opium Fiend (1908), the Moon appears in two personifications: the clownlike face

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (9,289 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was treated for these conditions with laudanum, which fostered a lifelong opium addiction. Coleridge had a turbulent career and personal life with a variety

Albert Hastings Markham (2,770 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham KCB (11 November 1841 – 28 October 1918) was a British explorer, author, and officer in the Royal Navy. In 1903 he

Second Battle of Chuenpi (2,465 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

River Delta, Guangdong province, China, on 7 January 1841 during the First Opium War. The British launched an amphibious attack at the Humen strait (Bogue)

Peter Lumsden (1,660 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Frontier, Lumsden served as quartermaster general in 1860 during the Second Opium War, where he participated in the capture of both Tang-ku and the Taku Forts

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (9,289 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was treated for these conditions with laudanum, which fostered a lifelong opium addiction. Coleridge had a turbulent career and personal life with a variety

Zhoushan Island (784 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was the site of the first and second capture of Chusan during the First Opium War. When referred to as a port, the Port of Zhoushan (舟山市) refers to the

Manchuria Opium Squad (1,224 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Manchuria Opium Squad (Japanese: 満州アヘンスクワッド, Hepburn: Manshū Ahen Sukuwaddo) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsukasa Monma and illustrated by Shikako

Battle of First Bar (846 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

River, Guangdong province, China, on 27 February 1841 during the First Opium War. On 21 February 1841, former Imperial Commissioner Lin Zexu wrote that

Battle of Woosung (539 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Huangpu River), Jiangsu province, China, on June 16, 1842, during the First Opium War. The British capture of the towns of Woosung (now Wusong) and Baoshan

1966 Laotian coup d'état (1,245 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

October 1966 by fellow generals angling to use the transports for smuggling opium and gold. The 1966 coup grew out of political factionalism in the military

Battle of Taku Forts (1859) (1,215 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Forts along the Hai River in Tianjin, China, in June 1859 during the Second Opium War. A chartered American steamship arrived on scene and assisted the French

Battle of Canton (March 1841) (285 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

in Canton, Guangdong Province, China, on 18 March 1841 during the First Opium War. The capture led to the hoisting of the Union Jack on the British factory

Irreligious (album) (209 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

in 1996. It features some of the best-known songs of the band, such as "Opium", "Ruin & Misery", "Awake!" and "Full Moon Madness". The latter is usually

Battle of the Bogue (1,806 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Delta, Guangdong province, China, on 23–26 February 1841 during the First Opium War. The British launched an amphibious attack at the Humen strait (Bogue)

Battle of Chuenpi (870 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Guangdong province, China, on 3 November 1839 near the beginning of the First Opium War. The battle began when the British frigates HMS Hyacinth and HMS Volage

HMS Rattlesnake (1822) (869 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

in the First Anglo-Chinese War (1839–42), known popularly as the First Opium War, taking part in the Capture of Chusan on 5–6 July 1840. During the period

The Mischances of a Photographer (241 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

but appears to be the same actor as the lead in Méliès's The Dream of an Opium Fiend, made the same year. The second scene is filmed outdoors, in front

Charles van Straubenzee (465 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

British Forces in Hong Kong and led an attack on Canton during the Second Opium War. In 1862, he was made general officer commanding a Division of the Bombay

Dan Beach Bradley (2,567 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

following on the subject of opium. 'His majesty has lately issued a new edict against the introduction and use of opium in this kingdom, and requested

Capture of Chusan (1841) (200 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

of Chusan (Chinese: 第二次定海之戰) occurred on 1 October 1841 during the First Opium War when British forces captured the city of Dinghai, capital of the Chusan

George Elliot (Royal Navy officer, born 1784) (1,806 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the First Opium War. Elliot was born to an influential and distinguished family that included

Surkhrud (71 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jalalabad, near the Kabul River and the highway between Jalalabad and Kabul. Opium poppy was grown in Surkrud in the past, but stopped when it was outlawed

William Ewart Gladstone (21,346 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in cotton mills. Gladstone was an intense opponent of the opium trade. Referring to the opium trade between British India and Qing China, Gladstone described

HMS Himalaya (1854) (1,459 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

four decades. During this time she supported operations during the Second Opium War, and carried troops to India, South Africa, the Gold Coast, and North

Richard Luard (338 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

despatches for his part in the Siege of Sevastopol. He served in the Second Opium War taking part in an expedition to China in 1857. In 1860 he was appointed

Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon (1,141 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

June 1857 and in the Battle of Canton in December 1857 during the Second Opium War. Promoted to captain on 26 February 1858 in recognition of his services

HMS Sulphur (1826) (822 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

reached the archipelago in January 1840. She participated in the First Opium War between 1840 and 1841. On 21 July 1841, HMS Sulphur was damaged in the

Mullah Omar (10,103 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

controlled 96% of Afghanistan's poppy fields and made opium its largest source of taxation. Taxes on opium exports was the primary source of income for the

HMS Hyacinth (1829) (348 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Francis Price Blackwood during the mid-1830s. She took part in the First Opium War, destroying, with HMS Volage, 29 Chinese junks. She became a coal hulk

The Blue Lotus (4,628 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to combating the opium trade. Their leader, Wang Chen-Yee, explains to Tintin that Mitsuhirato is both a Japanese spy and an opium smuggler, and enlists

HMS Blenheim (1813) (253 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

HMS Blenheim was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 31 May 1813 at Deptford Dockyard. Blenheim was placed on harbour service

The Blue Lotus (4,628 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to combating the opium trade. Their leader, Wang Chen-Yee, explains to Tintin that Mitsuhirato is both a Japanese spy and an opium smuggler, and enlists

Reflections at Bukit Chandu (564 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the National Archives of Singapore, located on Bukit Chandu (Malay for "Opium Hill") off Pasir Panjang Road in Singapore. The centre was officially opened

HMS Sulphur (1826) (822 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

reached the archipelago in January 1840. She participated in the First Opium War between 1840 and 1841. On 21 July 1841, HMS Sulphur was damaged in the

Xie Jin (812 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

directors of China. Most recently he was known for the direction of The Opium War (1997). Xie was a popular director amongst the older generations of

HMS Hyacinth (1829) (348 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Francis Price Blackwood during the mid-1830s. She took part in the First Opium War, destroying, with HMS Volage, 29 Chinese junks. She became a coal hulk

Secondary metabolite (4,054 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

opium poppies. Morphine was discovered in 1804 by a German pharmacist Friedrich Sertürnert. It was the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium

Tongzhi Restoration (588 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dynasty by restoring the traditional order. The harsh realities of the Opium Wars, the unequal treaties, and the mid-century mass uprisings of the Taiping

Amur Annexation (1,927 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

refused to recognize the treaty's validity. Two years later, the Second Opium War concluded with the Convention of Peking, which affirmed the previous

Edward Seymour (Royal Navy officer) (2,241 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

war-junks, the Battle of Canton and the Battle of Taku Forts during the Second Opium War and then saw action again at the Battle of Cixi during the Taiping Rebellion

Battle of the Barrier Forts (1,085 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in the Pearl River, Guangdong, China in November 1856 during the Second Opium War. The United States Navy launched an amphibious assault against a series

Tongzhi Emperor (1,488 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

officials pursued radical institutional reforms following the disasters of the Opium Wars and the Taiping Rebellion, began during his reign. The Tongzhi Emperor

1860s (1,835 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

experience decline following its defeat to the British in 1860 in the Second Opium War. In 1864, the Russian Empire would embark upon the Circassian genocide

Hop, the Devil's Brew (727 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

exposé of opium trafficking in the Saturday Evening Post, the semidocumentary film starred Smalley as a Customs official and Weber as his opium-addicted

Bedford Pim (1,255 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Years of service 1842–1870 Rank Rear admiral Commands HMS Magpie (1855) HMS Banterer (1855) HMS Gorgon (1837) HMS Fury (1845) Wars Crimean War Second Opium War

Peter W. Fay (291 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

especially India and China. Among his books were the award-winning The Opium War, 1840-1842 (1975) and The Forgotten Army: India's Armed Struggle for

Gordon Bremer (2,201 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Wars against France, the First Anglo-Burmese War in Burma, and the First Opium War in China. Born in Portsea, Portsmouth, Bremer joined the Royal Naval

Battle of Whampoa (414 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Canton (Guangzhou), Guangdong, China, on 2 March 1841 during the First Opium War. On 2 March 1841, Commodore Gordon Bremer, commander-in-chief of British

Temptress Moon (1,586 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

husband Zhengda, a heavy opium user and the son of the family head. Ruyi, daughter of the head of the family, has been raised as an opium addict from birth and

Tai-Pan (film) (1,758 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

complexity of Clavell's novel. In 1842, the British have won the First Opium War and seized Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and

Opium War (2008 film) (255 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Opium War (Persian: جنگ تریاک) is a 2008 Afghan black comedy film written and directed by Golden Globe winner Siddiq Barmak. The film was shot entirely

Redvers Buller (3,114 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

purchased a commission in the 60th Rifles in May 1858. He served in the Second Opium War and was promoted captain before taking part in the Canadian Red River

Langhko (316 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

after World War II. Historically Langhko was very corrupt, occupied in the opium trade. In 1952 the town was known to be involved in tobacco production and

Michael Seymour (Royal Navy officer, born 1802) (404 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Powerful HMS Vindictive China Station Portsmouth Command Battles / wars Crimean War Second Opium War Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev (1,732 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

expedition of 1860 and the burning of the Old Summer Palace in the Second Opium War, he worked on their fears so dexterously that, in the Convention of

Half-Caste Act (1,355 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Australia - Queensland's Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897; NSW/ACT's Aboriginal Protection Act 1909; the Northern Territory

William Caine (Hong Kong) (624 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

William Caine (17 March 1799 – 19 September 1871) was the first head of the Hong Kong Police Force (1841–1844 as Chief Magistrate), Colonial Secretary

List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to China (298 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The British ambassador to China is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the People's Republic of China, and in charge of the UK's

Battle of Chinhai (133 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(Zhenhai), Zhejiang province, China, on the 10 October 1841 during the First Opium War. The Chinese force consisted of a garrison of Manchu and Mongol Bannermen

1993 in Afghanistan (502 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

remaining in Pakistan to return home. Afghanistan is the world's largest opium grower, according to the UN, having produced an estimated 2,000 tons in

Heroes Among Heroes (729 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

protagonist So Chan, who was one of the Ten Tigers of Canton. The film shows opium smugglers in the Qing Dynasty, China, with Officer Lin Zexu and Chinese

Mong Ton (549 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

trafficking of narcotics in order to profit from the trade in opium, heroin and amphetamines. Opium is cultivated and it is not only processed for trade abroad

Battle of Canton (1856) (786 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Guangdong province, China on 23 October to 5 November 1856 during the Second Opium War. On 23 October, British operations began with the attack on four forts

On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth (800 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

It is No. II in his ongoing series "Notes from the Pocket-Book of a Late Opium Eater" which are signed, "X.Y.Z.". The first part of this dispatch is "Malthus"

Taiping Rebellion (9,285 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

civil war as a whole coincided with internal and external conflicts of the Opium Wars and the future Boxer Rebellion to further weaken the Qing dynasty’s

Disorderly house (481 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

unlimited fine, and unlimited imprisonment. The "operator" of a crack house or opium den can also be charged with keeping a disorderly house, as can the owner/operator

Battle of Tzeki (53 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Tzeki (Cixi), Zhejiang province, China on 15 March 1842 during the First Opium War. Bulletins 1842, p. 601 Bulletins 1842, p. 590 Bulletins 1842, p. 593

Taiping Rebellion (9,285 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

civil war as a whole coincided with internal and external conflicts of the Opium Wars and the future Boxer Rebellion to further weaken the Qing dynasty’s

HMS Samarang (1822) (337 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

served in various stations around the world until seeing action in the First Opium War, and was then employed, under Edward Belcher, in surveying the coasts

Liuli Gongfang (461 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

glass, the production of which had dwindled following the First and Second Opium Wars in the 19th century. Yang mortgaged her house and those of all her

The Opium Den (228 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Opium Den (Italian: Fumeria d'oppio) is a 1947 Italian crime film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Emilio Ghione Jr., Mariella Lotti,

Ye Mingchen (1,327 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Canton (Guangzhou) in the aftermath of the First Opium War and his role in the beginning of the Second Opium War. Ye came from a scholarly family in Hubei

Treaty of the Bogue (461 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and most favored nation status to Britain. In order to conclude the First Opium War, imperial commissioner Qiying and Henry Pottinger concluded the Treaty

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (19,424 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

beneficial consequences for Britain. However, Palmerston's leadership during the Opium Wars was questioned and denounced by other prominent statesmen such as William

Mong Tai Army (833 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

trade in the Golden Triangle, an area that produces millions of dollars of opium every year. In the 1990s, the Mong Tai Army had a peak strength of 20,000

Opium Magazine (507 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Opium is a journal featuring fiction, comics, poetry and humor. Founded by Todd Zuniga, the magazine first appeared online in 2001 and in print in 2005

Peking Field Force (984 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

emperor's Summer Palace in 1860 by foreign powers at the end of the Second Opium War. After that war, high Qing officials like Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang

Bukit Chandu (61 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bukit Chandu (Malay for Opium Hill) is a hill located in Kent Ridge in Singapore where the Battle of Bukit Chandu took place on 14 February 1942 during

Jardines (company) (4,286 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

rapidly, smuggling illegal opium from British-controlled India into China. Jardine Matheson has been called the "most successful opium smuggling company in

Edward Fry (1,315 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to the 1884 report to the Houses of Parliament titled The Indo-Chinese opium trade considered in relation to its history, morality, and expediency, and

Capture of Chusan (1,707 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

第一次定海之戰) by British forces in China occurred on 5–6 July 1840 during the First Opium War. The British captured Chusan (Zhoushan), the largest island of an archipelago

Egg-and-dart (1,087 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

shape (the egg) and serrated leaf (the dart) are believed to represent the opium poppy and its leaves. [citation needed] The moulding design element continues

Seamen's Hospital (88 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a surgeon of the Honourable East India Company in 1843 during the First Opium War. The hospital was financially supported by Jardine Matheson and Company

Keying (official) (644 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Western powers, beginning with the Treaty of Nanking, which ended the First Opium War with Britain in 1842. Keying was sent to negotiate again in 1858 to

Ban Sop Ruak (862 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Golden Triangle area which was previously infamous for being a major opium growing and drug supply area by virtue of being adjacent to the meeting

Battle of the Barrier (778 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

separating Macao from the Chinese mainland on 19 August 1840 during the First Opium War. Located in modern-day Portas do Cerco, the Macao Peninsula was connected

Scoulerine (402 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

alkaloids protopine, and sanguinarine. It is found in many plants, including opium poppy, Croton flavens, and certain plants in the genus Erythrina. Studies

Brown Bess (2,749 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mexican–American War of 1846 to 1848. Brown Besses saw service in the First Opium War and during the Indian rebellion of 1857. Zulu warriors, who had also

East Asia–United States relations (6,989 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

British merchants, protected by the Royal Navy, dominated the opium trade in China. The opium was grown in India – then under British control – and sold

James Matheson (1,443 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1st Baronet, FRS (17 November 1796 – 31 December 1878), was a Scottish opium trader and taipan. Born in Shiness, Lairg, Sutherland, Scotland, he was

1842 in China (304 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Viceroy of Sichuan — Viceroy of Liangjiang — First Opium War February 1842 — the Nemesis saw action at Taisam in, in a successful

Operation Shahi Tandar (401 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

reported that they captured eight Taliban bomb-makers and found 20 kg of opium with an estimated street value in Britain of £130,000. A Canadian soldier

Battle of the Bogue (1856) (441 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

(Bogue), Guangdong province, China, on 12–13 November 1856 during the Second Opium War. The British captured the forts in the Wangtong Islands on 12 November

Joseph Coolidge (1,104 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of several trading companies, working most of his career overseas in the opium, silk, porcelain, and tea trades. He watched over his mother-in-law Martha

Chinatown, Denver (2,749 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

city. It was also referred to as "Hop Alley", based upon a slang word for opium. The first Chinese resident of Denver, Hong Lee, arrived in 1869 and lived

HMS Clio (1807) (2,301 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

British rule on the Falkland Islands in 1833, and participated in the First Opium War. She was broken up in 1845. In February 1807 Commander Thomas Folliott

I Am Not Insane (358 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Not Insane also featured on the 2014 EP. The songs "My Lazy Clown" and "Opium Song" were not included on any future albums, nor played live by Swans.

Brown Bess (2,749 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mexican–American War of 1846 to 1848. Brown Besses saw service in the First Opium War and during the Indian rebellion of 1857. Zulu warriors, who had also

USS San Jacinto (1850) (3,315 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

mounting hostility toward foreigners in China erupted into the Second Opium War. Later that month, word of the fighting between British and Chinese

I Am Not Insane (358 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Not Insane also featured on the 2014 EP. The songs "My Lazy Clown" and "Opium Song" were not included on any future albums, nor played live by Swans.

Seamen's Hospital (88 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a surgeon of the Honourable East India Company in 1843 during the First Opium War. The hospital was financially supported by Jardine Matheson and Company

Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, 3rd Baronet (999 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

flagship of the East Indies squadron, which was involved in the Second Opium War. The fleet was commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour (his uncle)

Bernard Jauréguiberry (375 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jean Bernard Jauréguiberry (French pronunciation: [bɛʁnaʁ ʒoʁeɡibeʁi]; 26 August 1815 – 21 October 1887) was a French admiral and statesman. A native of

John Michel (1,120 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1st Division at the Battle of Taku Forts in August 1860 during the Second Opium War and took part in the burning of the Old Summer Palace at Peking in October

Broadway expedition (504 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

River) in Guangdong province, China, on 13–15 March 1841 during the First Opium War. The river was also called the Inner Passage or Macao Passage as it

Alexander Fraser, 17th Lord Saltoun (447 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a British Army general who fought in the Napoleonic Wars and the First Opium War. He served with the grenadiers in Sicily (1806), at Coruna (1808), on

Cannabis in Latvia (1,142 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

participated in the International Opium Convention of 6 February 1922, which dealt with limiting the international trade of opium and cocaine products. On 19

Opium (Serebro song) (191 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

"Opium" (Russian: Опиум) is the third released single by Russian girl group Serebro. Given its order of release, the song is nicknamed "Song #3" after

Samuel Beal (767 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Samuel Beal (27 November 1825, in Devonport, Devon – 20 August 1889, in Greens Norton, Northamptonshire) was an Oriental scholar, and the first Englishman

HMS Alligator (1821) (320 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Pinnaces from Alligator aided Nemesis (here) in attacking a Masked Battery at the Battle of the Bogue in 1841 during the First Opium War

Cannabis and Sikhism (695 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in their rehait maryada (Sikh codes of conduct) that bans the Cannabis, opium and liquor for all Sikhs that follow its rehit maryada. The following is

Margaret Gibson (writer) (621 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Stories (1996). She published releasing her first and only novel Opium Dreams in 1997. Opium Dreams was a winner of the Books in Canada First Novel Award

Port of New York (film) (902 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Federal Bureau of Narcotics. They are out to stop the distribution of an opium shipment stolen from the S.S. Florentine in the Port of New York. The leader

Wang Jingwei regime (8,636 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

increased control over the opium monopolies. Negotiations by Chen Gongbo were successful in reaching an agreement to cut opium imports from Mongolia in

Richard Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam (1,252 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Battle of Canton, where he was severely wounded, during the Second Opium War. As a senior officer Meade went on to be commander of the Steamship

USS Portsmouth (1843) (1,266 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

The second USS Portsmouth was a wooden sloop-of-war in the United States Navy in service during the mid-to-late 19th century. She was designed by Josiah

Tang Jiyao (1,286 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

He smuggled confiscated opium to Shanghai, but the local Green Gang informed the British authorities and much of the opium ended up on the black market

HMS Calliope (1837) (373 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

in the First Anglo-Chinese War (1839–42), known popularly as the First Opium War. Calliope under Captain Edward Stanley, left Plymouth, England on 18

Taliban (21,984 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

officially banned opium cultivation and drug trafficking in Afghanistan; the Taliban succeeded in nearly eradicating the majority of the opium production (99%)

Henry Hugh Clifford (715 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Major-General The Hon. Sir Henry Hugh Clifford, VC, KCMG, CB (12 September 1826 – 12 April 1883) was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria

Thomas Beale (648 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Thomas Beale (c. 1775–1841) was a Scottish naturalist, opium speculator and general merchant operating in the Far East during the 19th century. Thomas

Nerbudda incident (2,335 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ann on 10 August 1842 by Chinese authorities in Taiwan during the First Opium War. An additional 87 prisoners died from mistreatment in Chinese captivity

Flood of Fire (1,397 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

final installment of the Ibis trilogy, which concerns the 19th-century opium trade between India and China. The book was first published by the English

Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (6,013 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with it in March 1857 to join the troops being despatched for the Second Opium War. Wolseley was embarked in the transport Transit, which wrecked in the

Nerbudda incident (2,335 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ann on 10 August 1842 by Chinese authorities in Taiwan during the First Opium War. An additional 87 prisoners died from mistreatment in Chinese captivity

Josiah Tattnall III (1,357 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Battles / wars War of 1812 Second Barbary War Mexican–American War Second Opium War American Civil War Relations Harriette Fenwick Tattnall (wife) Josiah

List of Interscope Records artists (2,026 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Row/Interscope) Deep Blue Something Depswa Dermot Kennedy Destroy Lonely (Opium/Interscope) Devante (Aftermath/Interscope) Die Antwoord (Rhythm/Interscope)

Cannabis in Tunisia (342 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Narcotic Drugs (1949). Summary of Annual Reports of Governments Relating to Opium and Other Narcotic Drugs. TUNISIA 18. A Decree of 23 April 1953" (published

Astley Cooper Key (1,209 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to take part in the Battle of Canton in December 1857 during the Second Opium War. He later commanded a specially-formed Baltic Fleet created in February

HMS North Star (1824) (999 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

in the First Anglo-Chinese War (1839–42), known popularly as the First Opium War. At the end of the First Anglo-Chinese War North Star was sent to Calcutta

1841 in China (660 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Sichuan — Gioro-Baoxing Viceroy of Liangjiang — Yuqian then Niu Jian Opium War 7 January — Second Battle of Chuenpi at the Bocca Tigris forts, British

Frank Sanello (1,538 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

executives and hundreds of actors, producers and directors. Publication of The Opium Wars (2002) in China was unusual because Chinese scholars and government

Drifting (1923 film) (528 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

has been selling opium in Shanghai but bad luck has compelled her to team up with her biggest rival, Jules Repin. The horror of the opium trade weighs on

Anti-Narcotics Force (1,747 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Division in order to meet Pakistan's obligations under the International Opium Convention of 1925. PNB comprised representatives from the Provincial Governments

Operation Mountain Fury (2,360 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

minister Gordon O'Connor. Jones also linked the large-scale production of opium to increased insurgent violence. The Canadian forces began reconstruction

Western saloon (2,336 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Some saloons in the Old West were little more than casinos, brothels, and opium dens. The word saloon originated as an alternative form of the French word

Flowers for Hitler (318 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

subject, it was somewhat controversial in its day. Cohen's original title, Opium and Hitler, was rejected by the publisher. The inscription on its initial

1839 (3,322 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of opium at Humen begins, casus belli for Britain to open the 3-year First Opium War against Qing Dynasty China. A rapid rise in the sale of opium in

Coleridge's notebooks (665 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

notes, observations of his children, literary schemes, brewing recipes, opium addiction, horrors, puns, prayers." Some of this vast storehouse of material

Afyonkarahisar Castle (195 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. While Afyonkarahisar Castle (Literally: "Black Opium Castle" Fortress) refers specifically to the defensive fortification, Afyonkarahisar

John Edmund Commerell (1,609 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

HMS Cornwallis and saw action in China in August 1842 during the First Opium War. He then transferred to the paddle frigate HMS Firebrand on the South

Yongle Encyclopedia (1,876 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

latter half of the 19th century, in the midst of events including the Second Opium War and the Boxer Rebellion. Its sheer scope and size made it the world's

Sanyuanli incident (880 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

29 May 1841 after the Second Battle of Canton at the time of the First Opium War (1839–1842). Regarded by the British as a minor skirmish, to the Chinese

Larry Cedar (691 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

commercials for Kroger in 1989. He is also known for playing Leon, the opium-addicted thief and faro dealer, in the acclaimed HBO series Deadwood. Cedar's

Battle of Escape Creek (168 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Navy and the Qing Chinese naval force on 25–27 May 1857 during the Second Opium War. Commodore Charles Elliot's squadron chased the war-junks at Escape

Flying ointment (3,572 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

poison) Henbane flower Jimsonweed flower Jimsonweed seed capsule Opium poppy flower Opium poppy seed capsules Deadly nightshade flower Domestic chimney soot

Opium Den (band) (623 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Opium Den was an American 1990s gothic rock/ethereal wave band from Boston, Massachusetts, acclaimed for Christian Gilbert's Spanish/classical-influenced

Battle of Zhangjiawan (210 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

at the town of Zhangjiawan (to the east of Tongzhou) during the Second Opium War on the morning of 18 September 1860. The combined Anglo-French force

Donglin movement (543 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Changzhou School of Thought during the Qing. China's defeat in the Opium War (1839–42) prompted the revival of interest to the Donglin movement,

Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 (2,031 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

'differing' reports and hearings. Anslinger also referred to the International Opium Convention from 1928 included cannabis as a drug not a medicine. All state

Kỳ Sơn district (111 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

south, and Tương Dương in the east. In the past, Kỳ Sơn was best known for opium poppy growing. "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved March 20, 2009

Hague Convention (275 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

crimes in international law, signed July 1899 and October 1907 International Opium Convention, the first international drug control treaty, sometimes referred

Mong Ton Township (340 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

trafficking of narcotics in order to profit from the trade in opium, heroin and amphetamines. Opium is cultivated and it is not only processed for trade abroad