<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_of_Peking" id="mwaQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Convention of Peking">Convention of Peking</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Opium_War" id="mwag" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Second Opium War">Second Opium War</a> formally comes to a close, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_dynasty" id="mwaw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Qing dynasty">Qing China</a> ceding <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon" id="mwbA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kowloon">Kowloon</a> in perpetuity to the victorious <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire" id="mwbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>.<sup about="#mwt55" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_24#cite_note-9" id="mwbg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwbw">[9]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"><cite about="#mwt52" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFBruce1860">Bruce, James (15 December 1860). <a class="external text" href="https://webb-site.com/codocs/ConventionOfPeking.pdf" id="mwCIs" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Convention of Peace Between Her Majesty and the Emperor of China"</a> <span class="cs1-format" id="mwCIw">(PDF)</span>. <i id="mwCI0"><a href="./Hong_Kong_Government_Gazette" id="mwCI4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hong Kong Government Gazette">Hong Kong Government Gazette</a></i>. pp.<span id="mwCI8" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>270–271<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCJA">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCJE">24 October</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt52" class="Z3988" id="mwCJI" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Hong+Kong+Government+Gazette&amp;rft.atitle=Convention+of+Peace+Between+Her+Majesty+and+the+Emperor+of+China&amp;rft.pages=270-271&amp;rft.date=1860-12-15&amp;rft.aulast=Bruce&amp;rft.aufirst=James&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwebb-site.com%2Fcodocs%2FConventionOfPeking.pdf&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOctober+24"></span></span>