1858
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Events
- Second Opium War or Arrow War. Britain and France defeat Qing Dynasty China in war to defend Western Civilization and free trade in addictive drugs.
- Lionel de Rothschild becomes the first Jewish Member of the British Parliament.
- Sebastien Faure is born.
- Geronimo returns from a trading expedition in Mexico to discover that his wife, mother and three young children had been murdered by Mexican troops.