£25 Bond of 1898 Anglo-German Chinese Imperial Government Gold Loan - China
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Chinese Imperial Government Gold Loan of 1898, 4 1/2%, Capitalization 16 Million Pounds, £25. Article relating to this Chinese item: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-29/trump-s-new-trade-war-weapon-might-just-be-antique-china-debt
The Treaty of Windsor was a secret colonial declaration between the United Kingdom and Portugal in 1899. It was named after the earlier Treaty of Windsor (1386) though actually signed in London on 14 October 1899 by the British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury and the Portuguese ambassador Soveral.
Anglo-Portuguese relations in Africa had been strained by the 1890 British Ultimatum which had blocked Portugal from joining its colonies in Angola and Mozambique across what later became Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe leading to the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1891, and by an Anglo-German understanding in 1898 that, if Portugal relinquished its African colonies, Germany could expand German South West Africa northwards and German East Africa southwards while Great Britain could expand its South African territory eastwards and control Portugal's Atlantic islands.
The 1899 declaration reaffirmed former treaties between the two countries, including those of 1642 and 1661. Great Britain agreed to defend Portuguese colonies from their "future and present" enemies. Portugal agreed to not declare neutrality officially in the forthcoming Second Boer War and to prevent Boer movement of arms and troops through Lourenço Marques and Mozambique to the Transvaal.
Events from the year 1898 in China (戊戌). Qing Dynasty till 1911.
Incumbents
- Guangxu Emperor (24th year)
Events
- March 9 Kiautschou Bay concession leasing Qingdao to German Empire "on 6 March 1898 the German Empire retreated from outright cession of the area and accepted a leasehold of the bay for 99 years, or until 1997"
- March 27 Convention for the Lease of the Liaotung Peninsula or Pavlov Agreement for Russian Dalian
- May 29 Lease of Guangzhouwan to France
- June 9 - Convention between England and China Respecting an Extension of Hong Kong Territory, the New Territories leased to England for 99 years
- June 11-September 21 - Hundred Days' Reform
- June 11, Emperor Guangxu promulgated the decree of Clear Instructions for Important Affairs of State
- July 1 Lease of Weihaiwei under British rule
- Imperial University of Peking (now Peking University) founded
Births
- March 5 - Zhou Enlai
- May - Wang Zuo
- June - Zhang Tailei
- October - Yuan Wencai
- October 24 - Peng Dehuai
- November 24 - Liu Shaoqi
- Tong Linge
Deaths
- September 28 - Tan Sitong, Lin Xu, Kang Guangren (brother of Kang Youwei), Yang Shenxiu, Yang Rui (reformer) and Liu Guangdi
A bond is a document of title for a loan. Bonds are issued, not only by businesses, but also by national, state or city governments, or other public bodies, or sometimes by individuals. Bonds are a loan to the company or other body. They are normally repayable within a stated period of time. Bonds earn interest at a fixed rate, which must usually be paid by the undertaking regardless of its financial results. A bondholder is a creditor of the undertaking.
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