Siege of Beijing
Limits pressure on the legations despite hardliner demands.
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Explore 107 historical events and records for China in 1900.
Historical records for China in 1900
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July
Execution of Xu Jingcheng
Is executed for opposing war with the powers.
Execution of Yuan Chang
Is executed after warning against war.
August
Siege of Beijing
The armistice, although occasionally broken, endured until 13 August when, with an allied army led by the British Alfred Gaselee approaching Beijing to relieve the siege, the Chinese launched their heaviest fusillade on the Legation Quarter. As the foreign army approached, Chinese forces melted away
Capture of Beijing
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
Siege of 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
Flight from Beijing
Flees Beijing after allied troops enter the city.
Flight from Beijing
Leaves Beijing with the imperial court.
Defence of Manchuria
Commands Qing resistance during the Russian Manchurian campaign.
Peace Negotiations
Is appointed to negotiate with the foreign powers.
Peace Negotiations
Acts as Qing negotiator with Li Hongzhang.
Siege of Peking
The Allies capture Peking & impose stricter conditions on China
September
Boxer Protocol
China is fined war reparations of 450,000,000 taels of fine silver (1 tael = 1.2 troy ounces) for the loss that it caused
Boxer Protocol
China paid 668,661,220 taels of silver from 1901 to 1939, equivalent in 2010 to ~US$61 billion on a purchasing power parity basis.
Boxer Protocol
The Boxer Protocol of 7 September 1901 ended the uprising and provided for severe punishments, including an indemnity of 67 million pounds (450 million taels of silver), more than the Governments annual tax revenue.
Boxer Protocol
The protocol orders the execution of 10 high-ranking officials linked to the outbreak and other officials who were found guilty for the slaughter of Westerners in China.
Boxer Protocol
The reparation would be paid within 39 years, and would be 982,238,150 taels with interests (4 percent per year) included.
Boxer Protocol
The Boxer Protocol of 7 September 1901 provided for the execution of Government officials who had supported the Boxers, provisions for foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing, and 450 million taels of silver—more than the Government's annual tax revenue—to be paid as indemnity over the course of the next thirty-nine years to the eight nations involved
Execution
The Boxer Protocol orders the execution of 10 high-ranking officials linked to the outbreak and other officials who were found guilty for the slaughter of Westerners in China
Siege of Peking
The Boxer Protocol of 7 September 1901 ended the uprising and provided for severe punishments, including an indemnity of 67 million pounds (450 million taels of silver), more than the Governments annual tax revenue
The Boxers
The Boxer Protocol of 7 September 1901 provided for the execution of Government officials who had supported the Boxers, provisions for foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing, and 450 million taels of silver—more than the Government's annual tax revenue—to be paid as indemnity over the course of the next thirty-nine years to the eight nations involved
Capture of Peking
The siege was raised when the Eight-Nation Alliance brought 20,000 armed troops to China, defeated the Imperial Army, and captured Beijing
Imperial Army
The siege was raised when the Eight-Nation Alliance brought 20,000 armed troops to China, defeated the Imperial Army, and captured Beijing
Punitive Edicts
Issues edicts blaming selected officials for the disaster.
Siege of Peking
The siege was raised when the Eight-Nation Alliance brought 20,000 armed troops to China, defeated the Imperial Army, and captured Beijing
Other events (month unknown)
The Boxers
Boxer fighters, convinced they were invulnerable to foreign weapons, converged on Beijing with the slogan "Support Qing Government and exterminate the foreigners."
Yihetuan
The anti-western Boxer (Yihetuan) rebellion is crushed by foreign troops (Russia, Britain, France, Japan, USA) and Tsu Hsi flees to the mountains
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