The Treaty of Aigun was an agreement between the Russian Empire and the Qing dynasty of China that set their border along the Amur River. Russian governor Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky pressed the Chinese general Yishan to sign it at the town of Aigun, taking advantage of the weakness of the Qing, which was fighting the Taiping Rebellion and the Second Opium War. Under the treaty, Russia received the territory north of the Amur, and the area east of the Ussuri was to be held jointly. The Qing court initially refused to ratify it. The Convention of Peking in 1860 confirmed the changes and gave Russia the Ussuri region, where it founded Vladivostok.
Before and after
- from 11 February 1858 to 16 July 1858Lourdes apparitions
- 15 April 1858Birth of Émile Durkheim
- 23 April 1858Birth of Max Planck
- 15 May 1858Construction of Royal Opera House
- 16 May 1858Treaty of Aigun
- 30 May 1858Construction of Saint Isaac's Cathedral
- 2 June 1858Discovery of Comet Donati
- 1 July 1858Darwin and Wallace present natural selection to the Linnean Society
- from 1 September 1858 to 5 June 1862Cochinchina campaign
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