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First Opium War

war between Great Britain and China in the 19th century
Event War Q191282
First Opium War
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Facts

11 properties
Instance of
war
Country
British India[1]
Location
People's Republic of China[2]
Part of
timeline of the Qing dynasty, Opium Wars[3][4]
Described by source
Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), 鴉片战爭史画[9][10][11]
End time
August 29, 1842[6]
Has immediate cause
Destruction of opium at Humen[12]
Immediate cause of
Treaty of Nanjing[13]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14]
Participant
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Qing dynasty[7][8]
Start time
March 18, 1839[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Anglo-Chinese War en First Opium War, First Anglo-Chinese War en First Opium War ar حرب الأفيون الأولى cs první opiová válka da Opiumskrigen da Første opiumskrig de 1. Opiumkrieg de Erster Opiumkrieg el Πρώτος Πόλεμος του Οπίου es Primera Guerra del Opio fa جنگ تریاک نخست fi Ensimmäinen oopiumisota fi Ensimmäinen oopiumsota fr Guerre de l'opium fr Premiere guerre de l'opium fr première guerre de l'opium he מלחמת האופיום הראשונה hi प्रथम अफीम युद्ध hu első ópiumháború
🔖 Identifiers · 24
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85024090
GND ID
4172641-8
BVPB authority ID
100847
BabelNet ID
00645548n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11956663w
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
2Yp5YN
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
440993
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
event/First-Opium-War
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
premiere-guerre-de-l-opium
Freebase ID
/m/012609
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
guerra-de-lopi
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0047417
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Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1821650
Harper's tag
opium-war-1840-1842
J9U entity ID
987007285783405171
KBpedia ID
FirstOpiumWar
Library of Congress Classification
DS757.4-DS757.7
NDL Authority ID
00560070
NL CR AUT ID
ph914536
Open Library subject ID
time:opium_war_1840-1842
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
アヘン戦争
SVKKL authority ID
0398989-prvni-opiova-valka-18391842
Topic's main category
Category:First Opium War
Yale LUX ID
concept/56dfac21-b810-4882-b3c6-8f5fc59d3a88

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🔗 Connections
Has these parts 14
Battle of Canton, Battle of Canton, Battle of Chinhai, Battle of Chuenpee, Battle of Woosung, Battle of Amoy, Battle of Chapoo, Battle of Chinkiang +6 more
← Participated in conflict 13
Edward Belcher, Charles Elliot, Henry Kellett, Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, Gordon Bremer, Otokichi, Richard Saunders Dundas, John Hay +5 more
Participant 2
Qing dynasty, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Belongs to 1
Opium Wars
Has immediate cause 1
Destruction of opium at Humen
Immediate cause of 1
Treaty of Nanjing
Instance of 1
war
Location 1
People's Republic of China
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Part of 1
Opium Wars
Topic's main category 1
Category:First Opium War
← Category's main topic 1
Category:First Opium War
← Has effect 1
Destruction of opium at Humen
← Has immediate cause 1
Treaty of Nanjing
← Participant in 1
Qing dynasty
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Related Entities

People's Republic of China Qing dynasty United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BVPB authority ID → 100847
    "Created claim: BVPB authority ID: 100847, batch #294593"
  2. 13w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → British India
    "Created claim: Country: British India, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786190220274"
  3. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → opium-war-1840-1842
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: opium-war-1840-1842, Matched to opium war 1840 1842 (#289956786) in…"
  4. 15w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID → event/First-Opium-War
    "Created claim: Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: event/First-Opium-War"
  5. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 2Yp5YN
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  6. 22w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0398989-prvni-opiova-valka-18391842
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0398989-prvni-opiova-valka-18391842, batch #259494"
  7. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → war
    Location → People's Republic of China
    Part of → timeline of the Qing dynasty, Opium Wars
    Has immediate cause → Destruction of opium at Humen
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007285783405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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