7 avr. 1900 - Boxer Uprising Defeated

Description:

The Westerners reaised an international force which broke the siege of the British legation. Many Boxers were executed in the streets, and Cixi and Emperor Guangxu fled to Xian.

Effects:
- £67 million in reparations
- China's military fortifications destroyed
- Foreign soldiers placed in Beijing
- 10 officials executed
- Authority of the Qing Dynasty
undermined, which ultimately caused
the fall of the Dynasty itself in the 1911
Revolution

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