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Boxer Rebellion

1899 CE – 1901 CE · 2 years

An anti-foreign uprising by the 'Righteous Harmony Fists' militia, backed by the Qing court, besieged the Beijing legation quarter for 55 days before an eight-nation coalition relieved the siege and imposed crushing reparations.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Eight-Nation Alliance
  • Qing Dynasty & Boxer militia

Key moments

Defining events in the Boxer Rebellion.

  1. 1900 Battle of Langfang
  2. 1900 Battle of Tianjin
  3. 1900 Siege of the International Legations
  4. 1900 Battle of Peking

Elsewhere in East Asia at the time

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1899 CE and 1901 CE.

1899 CE Philippine-American War 1900 CE Boxer Protocol and Eight-Nation Alliance 1899 CE Second Boer War 1899 CE Thousand Days' War (Colombia) 1899 CE Somaliland Campaign (Dervish War)

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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