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Pages in category "British missionaries in China" The following 75 pages are in this category, out of 75 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The British Legions in the South American Wars of Independence during the 19th century. The British Free Corps of the Waffen SS in World War II. 2,500 British fought in the Spanish Civil War on the side of the republicans. [8] In the Paraguay Revolution of 1922, British pilots fought in the Escuela de Aviación Militar.
British concession of Dalian Dalian: 1858 1860 British concession of Shanghai: Shanghai: 1846 1863 Merged to form Shanghai International Settlement: Trading warehouses at Tengchong (Tengyue) Yunnan: Late 19th/early 20th century. Still standing, with bullet holes. British diplomat Augustus Margary was murdered here in 1875. Consulate built 1921.
British and Foreign Bible Society: 1843 Canadian Methodist Mission: 1891 Canadian Presbyterian Mission: 1871 Cassel Missionary Society 1850 Central China Religious Tract Society 1876 China Baptist Publication Society: 1903 China Inland Mission: 1862 China Missionary Alliance: 1901 China Tract Society: 1903 Chinese Evangelization Society 1853
Simon Murray, British businessman, adventurer, author and the oldest man to reach the South Pole unsupported; Peter Julien Ortiz, American, later decorated USMC officer and OSS operative in Occupied France during WWII (Also served in the Legion as an acting Lieutenant) Radomir Pavitchevitch; Cole Porter, [1] American composer and songwriter
The British Legion (Spanish: Legión británica) or British Legions were foreign volunteer units which fought under Simón Bolívar against Spain for the independence of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador, and under José de San Martín for the independence of Peru, in the Spanish American wars of independence.
The British Legion (1860) British contingent of the above; Nauvoo Legion, a significant militia in early Mormon history; List of American Civil War legions, both Confederate and Union; Guelphic Legion, Hanoverian paramilitary unit supporting George V, deposed king of Hanover, from 1866 to 1870; Carabinieri legions, the regional units of the ...
The Eight-Nation Alliance was a multinational military coalition that invaded northern China in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion, with the stated aim of relieving the foreign legations in Beijing, which was being besieged by the popular Boxer militiamen, who were determined to remove foreign imperialism in China.