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In 1860, during the Second Opium War, the capital Beijing was captured and the Summer Palace sacked by a relatively small Anglo-French coalition force numbering 25, 000.

Together with Ernst Augustus, she greatly improved the Summer Palace of Herrenhausen and she was the guiding spirit in the creation of the gardens ( which still exist ) surrounding the palace, where she died.

* October 18 – 21 – Beijing's Old Summer Palace is burned to the ground by orders of British general Lord Elgin in retaliation for mistreatment of several prisoners of war during the Second Opium War.

The Fenghuang ( Chinese Phoenix ) at the Summer Palace, Beijing, China

The Qing Court at the time was divided between progressives under the leadership of the Guangxu Emperor, and conservatives under the Empress Dowager Cixi, who had temporarily retreated to the Summer Palace as a place of " retirement ".

These characterizations called to mind the sacking of the Summer Palace in 1860.

His first watercolour A View of the Archbishop's Palace, Lambeth was accepted for the Summer Exhibition of 1790 when Turner was only 15.

Ruins of the " Western style " Xiyanglou complex in the Old Summer Palace, burnt down by Anglo-French forces.

The Belvedere of the God of Literature, in the New Summer Palace, just before its destruction by Anglo-French troops.

Xianfeng first fled to the Chengde Summer Palace and then to Rehe Province.

Anglo-French troops in Beijing began looting the Summer Palace ( Yihe Yuan ) and Old Summer Palace ( Yuan Ming Yuan ) immediately ( as it was full of valuable artwork ).

The defeat of the Imperial army by a relatively small Anglo-French military force ( outnumbered at least 10 to 1 by the Qing army ) coupled with the flight ( and subsequent death ) of the Emperor and the burning of the Summer Palace was a shocking blow to the once powerful Qing Dynasty.

* Erik Ringmar, Fury of the Europeans: Liberal Barbarism and the Destruction of the Emperor's Summer Palace

* The 2009 auction ( for US $ 36 million ) of two imperial bronze zodiac sculptures collected by Yves Saint Laurent, looted in 1860 from the Old Summer Palace of Beijing by French and British forces at the close of the Second Opium War caused controversy.

He was present at the occupation of Beijing and destruction of the Summer Palace.

* Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court Palace: The oldest surviving real tennis court in England, built on the site of an even older ( 1528 ) court in the 1620s, where the game can be watched by the general public during British Summer Time.

Mural of Guan Yu's Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles ( 千里走單騎 ) in the Summer Palace

" Madame White Snake " Picture on long veranda in the Summer Palace, Beijing, China.

The Summer Palace is mainly dominated by Longevity Hill and the Kunming Lake.

In the Summer Palace, one finds a variety of palaces, gardens, and other classical-style architectural structures.

Nawal El Moutawakel () ( born on April 15, 1962 in Casablanca ) is a Moroccan hurdler, who won the inaugural women's 400 m hurdles event at the 1984 Summer Olympics, thereby becoming the first female Muslim born on the continent of Africa to become an Olympic champion.

The Summer Palace started out life as the ' Garden of Clear Ripples ' () in 1750 ( Reign Year 15 of Qianlong Emperor ).

* 20 Summer universities ()

Himachal Pradesh University ( or simply HPU ) () is a public non-profit university located nearly 5 km away from the town of Summer Hill, in the vicinity of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study.

Emil Zátopek () ( September 19, 1922 – November 22, 2000 ) was a Czech long-distance runner best known for winning three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

Viktor Fyodorovich Markin () ( born 23 February 1957 in the village of Oktyabrsky, Ust-Tarksky District, Novosibirsk Oblast ) is a former Soviet athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

A Summer Dress () is a 1996 short film directed by François Ozon about a lagging gay relationship that is refueled in an unexpected way.

Misha (), also known as Mishka () or The Olympic Mishka () is the name of the Russian Bear mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games ( the XXII Summer Olympics ).

Khalid Skah () ( born January 29, 1967 ) is a Moroccan athlete, winner of 10 000 m at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

The Unified Team of Germany () competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games as a united team of athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany ( FRG, West Germany ) and the German Democratic Republic ( GDR, East Germany ).

Côte d ' Ivoire () competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

The Battle of Dong Xoai () was a major battle fought during the Communist Summer Offensive of 1965 as part of the Vietnam War.

Rozaliya Ilfovna Galiyeva or Roza Galieva () ( born April 28, 1977 in Olmaliq, Uzbek SSR, USSR ) is a gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics.

Smiles of a Summer Night () is a 1955 Swedish comedy film directed by Ingmar Bergman.

The Summer Palace () is either of the two wooden Baroque palaces built by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli on Tsaritsa's Meadow behind the Summer Garden in St. Petersburg.

The Long Corridor () is a covered walkway in the Summer Palace in Beijing, China.

Kunming Lake () is the central lake on the grounds of the Summer Palace in Beijing, China.

Nikolaevsky Military Engineering-Technical Institute of the Armed Forces ( Now the Military Engineering-Technical University ) () is in Saint Petersburg located in its own historical sites near to Engineers Castle, Summer Garden, the Suvorov Museum, Tauride Palace and Smolny Convent.

Priest Island () is a small, uninhabited island in the Summer Isles off the west coast of Scotland.

The Olympisch Stadion () or Kielstadion was built as the main stadium for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.

Duobao Glazed Pagoda () is a Chinese Buddhist pagoda at the back of Longevity Hill inside the Summer Palace of Beijing, China.