1856 - The second Opium War - The Arrow War
China v Britain and France
French missionary killed in China.
Chinese officials board the British ship 'The Arrow'.
Conflict lasts four years.
1839 - 1842 - The first Opium War, Hong Kong ceded to Britain
October 1856 - The Chinese board 'The Arrow'
French and British join forces to defeat the Chinese.
Victor Emanuel II - King of Piedmont
Garibaldi and his 'red shirts'
Palmerstone's Foreign Secretary - Lord John Russell
1860 - Garibaldi leads the 'red shirts'
Russell compares Garibaldi to King William III.
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