10/6 Major Events Record 1

23 AD: As the Green Forest Army, which initiated an armed uprising, stormed Chang'an, Emperor Wang Mang of the Xin Dynasty was assassinated by merchants amidst the chaos. 618 AD: Tang Dynasty founding war: Wang Shichong's army defeated Li Mi's forces in the Battle of Mount Mang, allowing Wang Shichong to consolidate his power and soon depose China's Sui Dynasty. 1142 AD: Qin Hui appointed Grand Tutor and Duke of Wei of the Southern Song Dynasty. 1470 AD: During the English Wars of the Roses, King Henry VI was released from the Tower of London after many years of imprisonment. 1683 AD: The first German settlers arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1799 AD: The army led by French General Guillaume Brune decisively defeated the Anglo-Russian forces in the Battle of Castricum, marking the failure of the Anglo-Russian invasion of the Netherlands. 1860 AD: During the Second Opium War, Anglo-French allied forces reached Deshengmen and Andingmen in Beijing. 1866 AD: The Qing government approved the establishment of the Tianjin Machinery Bureau. 1898 AD: China signed the 'Jiaozhao Chaoping Contract' and the 'Jiaozhao Boundary Contract' with Germany, serving as specific articles for the implementation of the Sino-German 'Jiaozhao Leasehold Treaty'.