The Boxer Rebellion

  • First Protestant Christian Missionary in China

  • Emperor Expels Missionaries for Distributing Christian books

  • First Opium War

  • Christian Missionaries Flood into China

  • End of First Opium War

  • Treaty of Huangpu is Signed with France

  • Taipin Rebellion Against Qing Dynasty

  • Second Opium War

  • End of Second Opium War

  • Taiping Rebellion ends in Rebel Failure

  • First Sino-Japanese War

  • China Loses Sino-Japanese War

  • Drought Followed by Flooding at Shandong

  • Armed Men Kill Two German Catholic Missionaries

  • The "Righteous and Harmonious Fist" Burn Churches, Kill Chinese Christians and Recruit Peasants

  • Boxer Rebellion Begins

  • Empress Dowager Cixi Sends Letter of Support to Boxers

  • Boxers Storm Through Countryside Burning Churches and Killing Christians

  • Boxers Stop Burning and Killing Along the Countryside

  • Boxers cut Railroad Line at Tianjin

  • Boxers burn Christian Churches in Response to boy's Execution

  • German Minister Arrests and Executes a boy he Thinks is a Boxer

  • Empress Dowager Cixi Decides to Fully Support the Boxers

  • Qing Government Sends Messages to Foreigners in Berlin for Safe Passage

  • Qing Government Declares War on Foreign Powers

  • Chinese set Fire to parts of Foreign Neighbourhood in Beijing

  • Battle of Tianjin

  • Eight Nation Relief Force Land on Coast and March Towards Beijing

  • Qing Government Declares a Cease-Fire on the Foreigners and Surrenders

  • Boxer Rebellion Ends

  • Qing Officials Forced to Sign "Boxer Protocol"

  • Empress Dowager Cixi Dies

  • Sun Yet-Sen Leads Chinese Nationalist Revolutions