The Second Opium War
Time: Wednesday Oct 24, 1860
Place: China
Details: Following defeat in the Second Opium War in 1860, the Qing tried to modernize by adopting certain Western technologies through the Self-Strengthening Movement from 1861.
‹ Earlier in historyGaribaldi had easily taken the capitalOct, 1860 Later in history ›Lincoln was elected the 16th presidentWednesday Nov 7, 1860
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21st Century BC - China
On This Day - 24 October
Mamluks-Baibars was the fourth Mamluk Sultan of Mamluk
Sunday Oct 24, 1260 - Cairo, Egypt
First Sino-Japanese War-The Japanese Crossed The Yalu River
Wednesday Oct 24, 1894 - The Yalu River
First Sino-Japanese War-The Japanese Landed on The Coast Liaodong Peninsula
Wednesday Oct 24, 1894 - Liaodong Peninsula, Liaoning, China
Second Boer War-Battle of Driefontein
Thursday Oct 24, 1901 - South Africa
Disasters with highest death tolls-Santa Maria
Friday Oct 24, 1902 - Guatemala
Xinhai Revolution-Capturing Xi'an
Tuesday Oct 24, 1911 - Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
World War 1-Battle of Vitorrio Veneto
Thursday Oct 24, 1918 - Vitorrio Veneto, Italy
Adolf Hitler-U.S. Stock Market crashed
Thursday Oct 24, 1929 - Germany
New York Stock Exchange-Black Thursday crash
Thursday Oct 24, 1929 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Great Depression-Wall Street Crash of 1929 begins
Thursday Oct 24, 1929 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Brazilian Revolution of 1930-Forming The Joint Government
Friday Oct 24, 1930 - Brazil
Lucky Luciano-Schultz assassination
Thursday Oct 24, 1935 - Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
United Nations-The UN officially came into existence
Wednesday Oct 24, 1945 - U.S.
Hungarian Revolution of 1956-The Soviet Tanks Entered Budapest
Wednesday Oct 24, 1956 at 02:00:00 AM - Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian Revolution of 1956-The Politburo discussed The Political Upheavals In Poland and Hungary
Wednesday Oct 24, 1956 - Moscow, Russian SFSR
Hungarian Revolution of 1956-Imre Nagy Replaced András Hegedüs as Prime Minister
Wednesday Oct 24, 1956 - Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian Revolution of 1956-Soviet Tanks were stationed outside the Parliament
Wednesday Oct 24, 1956 - Budapest, Hungary
John F. Kennedy-Soviet ships arriving off Cuba
Wednesday Oct 24, 1962 - U.S.
Harald V-The Opening Parade of The 1964 Summer Olympics
Saturday Oct 24, 1964 - Tokyo, Japan
Johan Cruyff-Started to make an impression
Sunday Oct 24, 1965 - Netherlands
Bosnian War-The Serb people wished to remain in Yugoslavia
Thursday Oct 24, 1991 - Serbia
Eminem-1997 Rap Olympics
Friday Oct 24, 1997 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Angelina Jolie-Beyond Borders
Friday Oct 24, 2003 - United States
Rosa Parks-Death
Monday Oct 24, 2005 - Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Facebook, Inc.-Microsoft Purchased a 1.6% Share of Facebook
Wednesday Oct 24, 2007 - Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Angelina Jolie-Changeling
Friday Oct 24, 2008 - Dodge City, Kansas, United States
The Wright brothers-Record that held for almost 10 years
Monday Oct 24, 2011 - U.S.
Dwayne Johnson-Cena Instead Suggested The Rock Be His Partner
Monday Oct 24, 2011 - Austin, Texas, U.S.
Ford-Closing in Genk
Wednesday Oct 24, 2012 - Genk, Belgium
Bank of America-Top federal prosecutor in Manhattan filed a lawsuit alleging that Bank of America fraudulently cost American taxpayers more than $1 billion
Wednesday Oct 24, 2012 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Bank of America-American federal prosecutors filed a $1 billion civil lawsuit against Bank of America for mortgage fraud under the False Claims Act
Wednesday Oct 24, 2012 - U.S.
Mona Lisa-On the 500th anniversary of the master's death
Thursday Oct 24, 2019 - Paris, France
Tycho Brahe's death
Wednesday Oct 24, 1601 - Prague
October 1860
Unification of Italy-Victor Emmanuel arrived and took command
Tuesday Oct 9, 1860 - Italy
Unification of Italy-Garibaldi had easily taken the capital
Oct, 1860 - Italy
1860
Unification of Italy-Expedition of the Thousand
Sunday Jan 1, 1860 - Italy
Unification of Italy-France was a potential ally with Italy
1860 - France
Unification of Italy-Five states remained in Italy
1860 - Italy
The palace of Westminster England-Most of the work had been carried out
1860 - London, England
Abraham Lincoln-Lincoln told a group of political allies that he would accept the nomination if offered
Saturday Jan 21, 1860 - U.S.
Abraham Lincoln-Cooper Union speech
Tuesday Feb 28, 1860 - Cooper Union, New York, U.S.
Unification of Italy-Sardinia annexed Lombardy from Austria
1860 - Cagliari, Metropolitan CityCagliari, Italy
Unification of Italy-Sardinia handed Savoy and Nice over to France
Saturday Mar 24, 1860 - Chambéry, Savoie, France
Unification of Italy-Insurrections began in Messina and Palermo
Apr, 1860 - Messina and Palermo
Unification of Italy-Garibaldi landed near Marsala on the west coast of Sicily
Sunday May 6, 1860 - Italy
Abraham Lincoln-Illinois Republican State Convention
Thursday May 10, 1860 - Decatur, Illinois, U.S.
Unification of Italy-Garibaldi proclaimed himself dictator of Sicily
Monday May 14, 1860 - Italy
Unification of Italy-Battle of Calatafimi
Tuesday May 15, 1860 - Calatafimi-Segesta, Trapani, Italy
Abraham Lincoln-Republican National Convention in Chicago
Saturday May 19, 1860 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Willem Einthoven-Birth
Monday May 21, 1860 - Semarang, Dutch East Indies (Present-Day Indonesia)
Unification of Italy-Garibaldi's force laid siege to the Porta Termini of Palermo
Sunday May 27, 1860 - Palermo
Unification of Italy-Third Italian War of Independence
Jun, 1860 - Milan, Italy
W. E. B. Du Bois-Alfred Du Bois immigrated to the United States
1860 - Massachusetts, U.S.
Juneteenth-More than 1,000 resided in both Galveston and Houston
1860 - Texas, U.S.
Unification of Italy-Garibaldi proceeded to the mainland
Tuesday Aug 21, 1860 - Italy
Unification of Italy-Garibaldi was at Cosenza
Friday Aug 31, 1860 - Italy
Dmitri Mendeleev-The chemistry congress
Sep, 1860 - Karlsruhe, Germany
Unification of Italy-Victor Emmanuel arrived and took command
Tuesday Oct 9, 1860 - Italy
Unification of Italy-Garibaldi had easily taken the capital
Oct, 1860 - Italy
Abraham Lincoln-Lincoln was elected the 16th president
Wednesday Nov 7, 1860 - U.S.
Abraham Lincoln-Lincoln and the Republicans rejected the proposed Crittenden Compromise
1860 - U.S.
USA civil war-South Carolina was separated from the United States
Thursday Dec 20, 1860 - South Carolina, United States
Abraham Lincoln-South Carolina took the lead by adopting an ordinance of secession
Friday Dec 21, 1860 - U.S.