The Boxer Rebellion By SKKKSKSKSKSKKS 1807 First Protestant Christian Missionary in China 1835 Emperor Expels Missionaries for Distributing Christian books 1839 First Opium War 1840 Christian Missionaries Flood into China 1842 End of First Opium War 1844 Treaty of Huangpu is Signed with France 1850 Taipin Rebellion Against Qing Dynasty 1856 Second Opium War 1860 End of Second Opium War 1864 Taiping Rebellion ends in Rebel Failure 1894 First Sino-Japanese War 1895 China Loses Sino-Japanese War 1897 Drought Followed by Flooding at Shandong Nov 1, 1897 Armed Men Kill Two German Catholic Missionaries 1898 The "Righteous and Harmonious Fist" Burn Churches, Kill Chinese Christians and Recruit Peasants 1900 Boxer Rebellion Begins 1900 Empress Dowager Cixi Sends Letter of Support to Boxers 1900 Boxers Storm Through Countryside Burning Churches and Killing Christians 1900 Boxers Stop Burning and Killing Along the Countryside Jun 5, 1900 Boxers cut Railroad Line at Tianjin Jun 14, 1900 Boxers burn Christian Churches in Response to boy's Execution Jun 14, 1900 German Minister Arrests and Executes a boy he Thinks is a Boxer Jun 16, 1900 Empress Dowager Cixi Decides to Fully Support the Boxers Jun 19, 1900 Qing Government Sends Messages to Foreigners in Berlin for Safe Passage Jun 21, 1900 Qing Government Declares War on Foreign Powers Jun 22, 1900 Chinese set Fire to parts of Foreign Neighbourhood in Beijing Jul 13, 1900 Battle of Tianjin Jul 17, 1900 Eight Nation Relief Force Land on Coast and March Towards Beijing Jul 17, 1900 Qing Government Declares a Cease-Fire on the Foreigners and Surrenders Jul 17, 1900 Boxer Rebellion Ends Sep 7, 1900 Qing Officials Forced to Sign "Boxer Protocol" Nov 15, 1908 Empress Dowager Cixi Dies Feb 12, 1912 Sun Yet-Sen Leads Chinese Nationalist Revolutions