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Lin Zexu became Special Imperial Commissioner in Canton
He ordered the foreign traders to surrender their opium stock. -
Expeditionary force was placed under Chief Superintendent of Trade, Charles Elliot.
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Convention of Chuenpee
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Elliot announced the conclusion of preliminary arrangements.
The arrangements included the cession of Hong Kong Island and its harbour to the British Crown. -
The Union Flag was raised on Hong Kong.
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Treaty of Nanjing
The cession was fromally ratified. -
A French expeditionary force joined the British.
They joined the British to avenge the execution of french missionary Fr. Auguste Chapdelaine. -
The Convention of Peking - Kowloon Peninsula was occupied
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Second Convention of Peking
granted a 99 year lease of the rest of Kowloon south of the Shenzhen River and 230 islands -
The British formally took possession.