June 1900
Legation Crisis
Confronts rising danger to the foreign legations.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Beijing in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Confronts rising danger to the foreign legations.
Since Kaiser Wilhelm IIs minister to China, Baron Clemens von Ketteler, was murdered by the Boxers, the Germans "claimed a certain priority in the crusade against Chinese barbarism". Murdered by a mob in response to the Allied Siege of the legations in Peking
Murdered by a mob in response to the Allied Siege of the legations in Peking
Is shot while travelling to the Zongli Yamen.
The Allies attack the central gates of Peking
Raids on Peking bring the Chinese to the peace table
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