# Canonical recap data for Boxer Rebellion Suppressed (1901)
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slug: boxer-rebellion-1901
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1901/boxer-rebellion-1901"
title: Boxer Rebellion Suppressed
subtitle: The Eight-Nation Alliance crushed Chinese anti-foreign uprising, accelerating Western partition of China and deepening semicolonial humiliation.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1901-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1901
decade: 1900
country:
name: China
slug: china
summaryShort: The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, Boxer Movement, Yihetuan Movement, or Boxer War, 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. Its members were known a
summaryLong: The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, Boxer Movement, Yihetuan Movement, or Boxer War, 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. Its members were known as the "Boxers" in English, owing to many of them practicing Chinese martial arts, which at the time were referred to as "Chinese boxing". It was defeated by the Eight-Nation Alliance of foreign powers.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Boxer Rebellion"
importance: 78
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion"
  title: Boxer Rebellion
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, Boxer Movement, Yihetuan Movement, or Boxer War, was an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christia
wikidataQid: Q150229
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- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260629153546/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-29
  label: Boxer Rebellion
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion"
