Boxer Rebellion
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Updated: 7 Dec 2017
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Created byJoseph Wilkerson
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Empress Dowager Cixi issues letter of support of the BoxersBoxer Rebellion BeginsBritish Minister Claude MacDonald requests defense force.Boxers cut railroad line at Tianjin, isolating BeijingJapanese diplomat Sugiyama Akira assassinatedGerman Minister Clemens von Ketteler executes young boxer boy.Chinese Government issue full support to BoxersBoxers invade Beijing and burn Christian churches in response to boy's murderForeign legation members offered safe passage but denied it by shooting messengers.War Declared against Foreign PowersShanxi Governon Massacres 44 missionaries after offering them asylum.Eight-Nations relief force lands on coast.Qing officials sign "Boxer Protocol" marking the end of hostilities.Relief force arrives in Beijing, rescuing besieged foreignersPeriods
Boxer RebellionPre-BeijingSiege of the Legations
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