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Dates That Made History
Season 2 · Episode 12
October 1860 - The Sacking of the Summer Palace in Beijing
0.027mOctober 25, 2020
The capture and looting of Emperor Qing Xianfeng's two summer palaces in Beijing (Peking) was the culmination of the Second Opium War; pitting the colonial powers of France and the United Kingdom against China. Yet it was also a double-edged sword.
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