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How many days did the Boxer siege of the Beijing foreign legations last in 1900?
The siege lasted 55 days, from 20 June to 14 August 1900. The Eight-Nation Alliance broke it. The Boxer Protocol of 1901 imposed a 450 million Tael indemnity on the Qing dynasty payable over 39 years.
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The 55-Day Siege of the Beijing Foreign Legations Quarter by the Boxer Movement and Imperial Chinese Army in Summer 1900 The Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists — the Boxers — were an anti-foreign, anti-Christian Chinese militia movement of the late 1890s. In June 1900 they besieged the foreign legations in Beijing for 55 days. The Eight-Nation Alliance — a combined force of approximately 20,000 troops from eight powers — broke the siege on 14 August 1900. The Qing dynasty paid an indemnity of 450 million silver taels, payable over 39 years.
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