Boxers besiege Beijing legations
June 1900
Armed with martial-arts mysticism and grievances against foreign missionaries, the Righteous Harmony Society swept into Beijing and cornered diplomats inside the legation quarter. For fifty-five days they held out under fire while an eight-nation army marched from Tianjin. The siege ended, but so did the dying Qing's last illusions of sovereignty over its own territory.
In context
Also in 1900 (6 other events on record)
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- Conrad publishes Lord Jim · Europe · Culture
- Irish Literary Renaissance begins · Europe · Culture
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