jan 27, 1900 - In Peiping (now Beijing), diplomats for the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Germany and Italy send notes to the Chinese Foreign Ministry (the Zongli Yamen) requesting an imperial decree to order the suppression of the Boxers and the Big Swords Society in Shandong and Zhili
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jan 27, 1900
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~ 125 years ago