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The Convention of Peking of 1860 is concluded

14 November 1860

2 (14) November 1860, in Beijing, China and Russia concluded the Convention of Peking (in addition to the Tianjin one) that confirmed the Treaties of Aigun and Tianjin, and finally defined the eastern boundary between the possessions of Russia and China.

The Russian Empire Third State Duma began its work

14 November 1907

November 1 (14), 1907 the Third State Duma began its work. It was the only one of the four in Russian Empire which had functioned for the entire period of 5 years fixed by the election law.