July 7, 1839 (, Jihai May 27), Lin Weixi event.

1839 (the Qing dynasty, 19th May 27), a group of British sailors in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, violence, beaten by local residents, Lin Weixi severe wounds and died the next day. After the incident, the Lin Zexu strictly Elliot to hand over the perpetrators punished for a crime. Elliot refused to pay the murderer, compounding the family of the deceased attempted to purchase a 1500 silver dollar, and the flagrant disregard of China's legal sovereignty, a British on board their own court "trial" not found "for the word" the offense, 5 killer is only punishable by a fine of 3-6 months imprisonment with 60-80 $. In August 15, Lin ordered to stop leading a poor food supply British ship, bulletin Macao people three days to withdraw the British hired Chinese comprador and attendant from, made a resolute struggle against the British invaders.