Tianjin Massacre 天津教案

The Tientsin Massacre (Chinese:天津教案; pinyin:Tiānjīn Jiào'àn; literally: "Tianjin Religion Case"), one of the most important "missionary incidents" of the late Qing dynasty, involved attacks on French Catholic priests and nuns, violent belligerence from French diplomats, and armed foreign intervention in Tianjin (Tientsin) in 1870. The incident marked an end to comparative cooperation between foreign powers and the Tongzhi court, and adversely affected the ongoing renegotiation of the Treaties of Tientsin, first signed in 1858.