Timeline Sunday 13 June 1858

Events on Sunday 13 June 1858 1

• 1858 Treaty of Tientsin signed China opens further ports to foreign trade after the Second Opium War China signed separate treaties with Russia, the United States, Britain, and France at Tianjin, ending the first phase of the Second Opium War. The agreements opened additional treaty ports, permitted foreign legations in Beijing, and legalized the opium trade. China's later refusal to fully implement the terms led to renewed fighting in 1860.