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The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, was an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian uprising in North China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, known as the "Boxers" in English due to many of its members having practised Chinese martial arts ...
The Taiyuan massacre took place during the Boxer Rebellion, July 9, 1900, in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, North China. Sources recall that they were killed in the presence of Yuxian , governor of Shanxi . 44 people were killed including children.
Official source states the death toll between 10–20, but other estimates range from dozens to hundreds. [85] 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre: 1989, 4 June Tiananmen Square, Beijing 200–10,000 [86] [87] Between 200 and 10,000 civilians were killed.
Captured Boxer fighters during the Boxer Rebellion in Tianjin (1901). The Boxers, officially known as the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists (traditional Chinese: 義和拳; simplified Chinese: 义和拳; pinyin: Yìhéquán; Wade–Giles: I 4-ho 2-ch'üan 2) among other names, were a Chinese secret society based in Northern China that carried out the Boxer Rebellion from 1899 to 1901.
During the Boxer rebellion, 59 American servicemen received the Medal of Honor for their actions. Four of these were for Army personnel, twenty-two went to Navy sailors and the remaining thirty-three went to Marines. Harry Fisher was the first Marine to receive the medal posthumously and the only posthumous recipient for this conflict. [3]
The drought from 1898-1901 led to a fear of famine, which was a leading cause of Boxer Rebellion. The famine eventually came in Spring 1901. [14] 0.2 million in Shanxi, the worst hit province. Chinese famine of 1906–1907: 1906-07 northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu 20 to 25 million [15] Chinese famine of 1920-1921: 1920–1921
A few of the martyrs of the C.I.M. in 1900. The "China Martyrs of 1900" is a term used by some Protestant Christians to refer to American and European missionaries and converts who were murdered during the Boxer Rebellion, when Boxers carried out violent attacks targeting Christians and foreigners in northern China.
The boxer rebellion was a complex and multifaceted event, with many factors contributing to its outbreak and development. Yang’s work offers a unique perspective of this historical period with its complex battle of contradicting ideologies, as he states that he “wanted to show that the same event could be interpreted in radically different ...