Follow Yuan through 19 dated historical records for China.
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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
Role range: 1900-1901 – 1861-1908
Foreign diplomats call on China to suppreess anti-foreigner activities of the Boxers
Role range: 1900-1901 – 1875-1908
Foreign diplomats call on China to suppreess anti-foreigner activities of the Boxers
Role range: 1900-1901
The Boxers raise their standard of revolt on the railway line to Hankow
Role range: 1900-1901 – 1875-1908
Boxers march with the slogan, "death & destruction to the foreigner & all his works"
Role range: 1900-1901 – 1875-1908
The Boxers raise their standard of revolt on the railway line to Hankow
Role range: 1900-1901 – 1875-1908
The Boxers enter Peking & destroy most of the foreign owned buildings
Role range: 1900-1901
The Boxers enter Peking & destroy most of the foreign owned buildings
Role range: 1900-1901
Japan announces, "no more communication with China - except war"
Role range: 1900-1901
The Boxers bombard the Russian town of Blagoveshchensk that lies across the Amur River
Role range: 1900-1901 – 1875-1908
The Roman Catholic Church is burnt to the ground
Role range: 1900-1901
The Boxers blow up the railway line under Russian construction to Port Arthur
Role range: 1900-1901 – 1875-1908
The Boxers bombard the Russian town of Blagoveshchensk that lies across the Amur River
Role range: 1900-1901 – 1875-1908
The Boxers blow up the railway line under Russian construction to Port Arthur
Role range: 1900-1901 – 1875-1908
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
Role range: 1900-1901
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
Role range: 1900-1901
The Allies capture Peking & impose stricter conditions on China
Role range: 1900-1901 – 1875-1908
Boxer fighters, convinced they were invulnerable to foreign weapons, converged on Beijing with the slogan "Support Qing Government and exterminate the foreigners."
Role range: 1900-1901
The anti-western Boxer (Yihetuan) rebellion is crushed by foreign troops (Russia, Britain, France, Japan, USA) and Tsu Hsi flees to the mountains
Role range: 1900-1901 – 1875-1908
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