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First Opium War
1839-09-04 - 1842-08-29
People
Daoguang Emperor
age 59
Emperor
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Imperial China
John Tyler
age 52
President
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United States
Queen Victoria
age 23
Queen
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United Kingdom
James Buchanan
age 51
Senate
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United States
John Quincy Adams
age 75
House of Representatives
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United States
Millard Fillmore
age 42
House of Representatives
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United States
Winfield Scott
age 56
Commanding General of the US Army
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United States
Grover Cleveland
age 5
Democratic Party (United States)
Zachary Taylor
age 57
United States Army
James K. Polk
age 46
Democratic Party (United States)
Chester A. Arthur
age 12
Republican Party (United States)
Levi P. Morton
age 18
Republican Party (United States)
Abraham Lincoln
age 33
Illinois House of Representatives
Zeng Guofan
age 30
Andrew Johnson
age 33
Jefferson Davis
age 34
Robert E. Lee
age 35
Franklin Pierce
age 37
Martin Van Buren
age 59
Andrew Jackson
age 75
Thomas Gage
age 124
Edward VII
age 9 months
Georges Clemenceau
age 10 months
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
age 4
Joseph Chamberlain
age 6
Empress Dowager Cixi
age 6
Benjamin Harrison
age 8
James A. Garfield
age 10
John Schofield
age 10
Xianfeng Emperor
age 11
John Bell Hood
age 11
Franz Joseph I of Austria
age 12
George B. McClellan
age 15
Rutherford B. Hayes
age 19
Ulysses S. Grant
age 20
Nathaniel Lyon
age 24
George Meade
age 26
Otto von Bismarck
age 27