What the records say
- When
- 1870
- Kind
- Riot
- Deaths
- 60
- Coordinates
- 39.14° N, 117.18° E
- Description
- 1870 massacre in China
Placed at the town its title names, Tianjin.
Tianjin Massacre
1870 massacre in China
The Tianjin Massacre, also spelled the Tientsin Massacre, was an attack on Christian missionaries and converts in the late 19th century China during the late Qing dynasty. Sixty people died in attacks on French Catholic priests and nuns. There was intense belligerence from French diplomats, and armed foreign intervention in Tianjin (Tientsin) in 1870.
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- Wikidata: riots, protests, strikes and revoltsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Tianjin Massacre of 17 foreigners (mostly European Christian priests and nuns) and 40 Chinese people who had converted to Christianity, takes place in…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “massacre de Tientsin (aujourd’hui Tianjin) en Chine”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “天津教案发生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page