British vessels open fire on Chinese war …
Years: 1839 - 1839
September
British vessels open fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community in China on September 4, 1839, in the first armed conflict of the First Opium War.
Locations
People
Groups
- Chinese Empire, Qing (Manchu) Dynasty
- United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC)
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
- France, constitutional monarchy of
