What the records say
- When
- 21 Sep 1860
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 39.91° N, 116.61° E
- Description
- 1860 battle during the Second Opium War
Battle of Palikao
1860 battle of the Second Opium War
The Battle of Palikao was fought at the bridge of Baliqiao by Anglo-French forces against the Qing dynasty of China during the Second Opium War on the morning of 21 September 1860. It allowed Western forces to take the capital Beijing and eventually defeat the Qing Empire.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “сражение при Балицяо, интервенты двинулись к Пекину”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “アロー戦争： 八里橋の戦い”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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