1011 Chronicle 2

1840: Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and is deposed as Emir of Mount Lebanon after Sultan Abdülmecid I issues an Imperial Rescript. 1852: The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is officially established in Sydney. 1896: Sun Yat-sen is kidnapped in London, England, by the Qing Dynasty's envoy to the UK, Gong Zhaoyuan, leading him to write 'A Record of My Captivity in London'. 1899: The Boer-dominated South African Republic and the Orange Free State declare war on Britain, marking the outbreak of the Second Boer War. 1911: The Wuchang Uprising revolutionary army declares the establishment of the Military Government of the Army of the Hubai under Li Yuanhong and changes the national name to the 'Republic of China'. 1922: The coastal line of the Taiwan Longitudinal Railway is fully opened. 1922: Turkey and Allied powers including Greece sign the Armistice of Mudanya. 1937: Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Battle of Xinkou, Japanese forces launch a full-scale offensive. 1942: World War II: In the Battle of Cape Esperance off the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, the US fleet intercepts and defeats the Japanese fleet sent to attack Henderson Field.