17 jun 1900 año - At 3:25pm, the ships from the Eight-Nation Alliance start bombardment of the Taku Forts in China and begin an invasion

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An ultimatum, sent the night before, had expired at 2:00. Ninety minutes into the battle, ammunition magazines inside the forts were destroyed and the defenders surrendered the next day.

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