On 5 August 1884 Rear Admiral Sébastien Lespès destroyed three Chinese shore batteries in the port of Keelung in northern Formosa by naval bombardment.
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This achievement fell far short of what had been hoped for, and condemned the French to a long and frustrating campaign around Keelung.
They primarily live in the counties of Keelung, Taoyuan, and New Taipei, as well as on Hualien (formerly known as Chilai or Kiray), where their culture is centered.
Soen Nakagawa was born as Motoi Nakagawa on March 19, 1907 in Keelung, Taiwan as the eldest of three boys: Matoi, Tamotsu and Sonow.
Taiwan Daily was founded on October 25, 1964, as Oriental Daily (東方日報), in Keelung.
In early February 1885 part of Admiral Courbet's Far East Squadron left Keelung to head off a threatened attempt by part of the Chinese Nanyang Fleet (Southern Seas fleet) to break the French blockade of Formosa (Taiwan).
Two side platforms: Platform 1 is for the clockwise route (順行) surrounding Taiwan Island (going south at this station such as Yilan, Hualien), while Platform 2 for the counterclockwise one (逆行) (going north such as Taipei, Keelung).
In 1860 the Treaty of Peking forced the Qing government of Taiwan (then Formosa) to open up the ports of Takao (now known as Kaohsiung), An-Ping (Anping, Tainan), Tamsui (Tamsui, New Taipei) and Keelung to foreign trade.
As part of the "Keelung Station Reconstruction Project" announced by the Executive Yuan in July 2007, Keelung Station will be relocated to the south of Zhong 1st Road.
Prior to the construction of the Taipei City Walls, one could travel from Mengjia (today's Wanhua District) past the East Gate area and along Qidong Street which joined Bade Road, leading to Songshan, Nangang, and eventually Keelung.
The most common definition of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area is to include the two core cities of Taipei and Keelung along with the districts which make up New Taipei.
Xizhi is located in the Keelung River valley between Taipei and Keelung, which is an important transportation corridor.