Yuan Biography

Boxer fighters, convinced they were invulnerable to foreign weapons, converged on Beijing with the slogan "Support Qing Government and exterminate the foreigners."

The anti-western Boxer (Yihetuan) rebellion is crushed by foreign troops (Russia, Britain, France, Japan, USA) and Tsu Hsi flees to the mountains

With a majority of conservatives in the imperial court, Empress Dowager Cixi changed her long standing policy of suppressing Boxers, and issued edicts in their defence, causing protests from foreign powers

The Boxers raise their standard of revolt on the railway line to Hankow

Boxers march with the slogan, "death & destruction to the foreigner & all his works"

The Boxers raise their standard of revolt on the railway line to Hankow

Foreign diplomats call on China to suppreess anti-foreigner activities of the Boxers

Foreign diplomats call on China to suppreess anti-foreigner activities of the Boxers

Japan announces, "no more communication with China - except war"

The Boxers bombard the Russian town of Blagoveshchensk that lies across the Amur River

The Roman Catholic Church is burnt to the ground

The Boxers blow up the railway line under Russian construction to Port Arthur

The Boxers bombard the Russian town of Blagoveshchensk that lies across the Amur River

The Boxers blow up the railway line under Russian construction to Port Arthur

The Boxers enter Peking & destroy most of the foreign owned buildings

The Boxers enter Peking & destroy most of the foreign owned buildings

The Allies capture Peking & impose stricter conditions on China

The Eight-Nation Alliance, after being initially turned back, brought 20,000 armed troops to China, defeated the Imperial Army, and captured Beijing on August 14, lifting the siege of the Legations

The Eight-Nation Alliance, after being initially turned back, brought 20,000 armed troops to China, defeated the Imperial Army, and captured Beijing on August 14, lifting the siege of the Legations