Boxer Rebellion


 * Eight-Nation Alliance sacked Beijing
 * 1898-1901 Rebellion in China
 * Siege began in Legation Quarter
 * Empress Cixi lifted bans on the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists
 * American forces under Corporal Titus scaled city walls
 * One leader escaped in the aftermath under the Kansu Braves
 * Kagu Forts were taken early
 * Seymour Expedition was a failure
 * Several animal fountain heads were stolen from a garden sacked during this event