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Boxer Rebellion
1899–1901
China
Status: ended
Casualties: ~100,000+
Anti-foreign uprising backed by the Empress Dowager Cixi. The 55-day siege of the legation quarter in Beijing ended when an eight-nation expedition (Britain, France, Russia, Germany, US, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Japan) relieved it and sacked the city.
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Belligerents
- Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists
- Qing Dynasty (Cixi)
- Eight-Nation Alliance
Casualties
~100,000+
From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira.
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