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Shanghai tram, 1920s. On 11 July 1854 a committee of Western businessmen met and held the first annual meeting of the Shanghai Municipal Council (SMC, formally the Council for the Foreign Settlement North of the Yang-king-pang), ignoring protests of consular officials, and laid down the Land Regulations which established the principles of self-government.
On 20 November 1846, a formal concession was established; this was expanded on 27 November 1848. After a proposal to make Shanghai an independent "free city" was rejected in 1862, the British area agreed to merge with the American on 21 September 1863 as the Shanghai International Settlement. This occurred in December of the same year.
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. United States
The Dàjìng Gé Pavilion wall, which is the only remaining part of the Old City of Shanghai wall The history of Shanghai spans over a thousand years and closely parallels the development of modern China. Originally a small agricultural village, Shanghai developed during the late Qing dynasty (1644–1912) as one of China's principal trading ports. Although nominally part of China, in practice ...
In 1863, the British settlement to the south of Suzhou Creek (northern Huangpu District) and the American settlement to the north (southern Hongkou District) joined in order to form the Shanghai International Settlement. The French opted out of the Shanghai Municipal Council and maintained its own concession at the city's south and southwest. [42]
Shanghailanders: The Formation and Identity of the British Settler Community in Shanghai 1843-1937. In: Past and Present. Journal of Modern Asian Studies 30, 2 (1996), Death of a Young Shanghailander: The Thorburn Case and the Defence of the British Treaty Ports in China in 1931. R. A. Bickers. (pp. 271–300.)
19 June: Shanghai taken by British forces. [2] Shanghai opens to foreigners per Treaty of Nanking. [2] 1843 Captain George Balfour appointed British consul. [3] 1845 David Sassoon & Sons in business. British settlement established on outskirts of Old City. [3] 1846 - Richards' Hotel and Restaurant in business. 1849 - French Concession granted ...
Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871) Colony of the Queen Charlotte Islands; ... Shanghai International Settlement;