The First Opium War (Anglo-Sino War) begins: Chinese customs agents, at the port city of Guangzhou (Canton), destroy a large cache of illegal opium that had been imported on British flagged merchant vessels.

       [added 1/15/2022] Thanks to Jim Lorenz for this entry.

       One of the first profitable wars for drugs, and the foundation of the Delano family fortune. See “The Chinese Opium Wars,” by Jack Beeching, (1975) HBJ Books. –– JL