Battle of Peking
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The Battle of Peking was a key 1900 military engagement in which an international coalition of foreign powers fought Chinese forces to relieve besieged legations in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1236404 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Battle of Peking Context triple: [Boxer Rebellion, hasPart, Battle of Peking]
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Battle of Tientsin
The Battle of Tientsin was a major 1900 engagement in the Boxer Rebellion in which an international coalition fought Qing and Boxer forces to capture the key Chinese port city of Tianjin.
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Battle of Beiping–Tianjin
The Battle of Beiping–Tianjin was an early major campaign of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, in which Japanese forces captured the key northern Chinese cities of Beiping (Beijing) and Tianjin.
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Battle of Port Arthur
The Battle of Port Arthur was the opening naval engagement of the Russo-Japanese War, marked by a surprise Japanese attack on the Russian fleet anchored at Port Arthur in 1904.
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Battle of Weihaiwei
The Battle of Weihaiwei was a decisive 1895 naval and land engagement in which Japan destroyed China’s Beiyang Fleet and secured control of the Yellow Sea during the First Sino-Japanese War.
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Siege of Port Arthur
The Siege of Port Arthur was a pivotal and brutal land and naval battle in 1904–1905 in which Japanese forces captured the heavily fortified Russian naval base at Port Arthur, decisively shaping the outcome of the Russo-Japanese War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Peking Target entity description: The Battle of Peking was a key 1900 military engagement in which an international coalition of foreign powers fought Chinese forces to relieve besieged legations in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion.
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A.
Battle of Tientsin
The Battle of Tientsin was a major 1900 engagement in the Boxer Rebellion in which an international coalition fought Qing and Boxer forces to capture the key Chinese port city of Tianjin.
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B.
Battle of Beiping–Tianjin
The Battle of Beiping–Tianjin was an early major campaign of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, in which Japanese forces captured the key northern Chinese cities of Beiping (Beijing) and Tianjin.
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C.
Battle of Port Arthur
The Battle of Port Arthur was the opening naval engagement of the Russo-Japanese War, marked by a surprise Japanese attack on the Russian fleet anchored at Port Arthur in 1904.
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D.
Battle of Weihaiwei
The Battle of Weihaiwei was a decisive 1895 naval and land engagement in which Japan destroyed China’s Beiyang Fleet and secured control of the Yellow Sea during the First Sino-Japanese War.
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E.
Siege of Port Arthur
The Siege of Port Arthur was a pivotal and brutal land and naval battle in 1904–1905 in which Japanese forces captured the heavily fortified Russian naval base at Port Arthur, decisively shaping the outcome of the Russo-Japanese War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Relief of Beijing
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Battle of Peking ⓘ
surface form:
Relief of Peking
|
| belligerent |
Boxer forces
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Eight-Nation Alliance ⓘ Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| cause |
anti-foreign violence of the Boxer movement
ⓘ
Battle of Peking self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
siege of the foreign legations in Beijing
|
| combatantType | international coalition vs. Chinese imperial and Boxer forces ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Alfred Gaselee
ⓘ
Edward H. Seymour ⓘ Nikolai Linevich ⓘ Ronglu ⓘ Song Qing ⓘ Yamaguchi Motomi ⓘ |
| conflict | Boxer Rebellion ⓘ |
| country |
Qing dynasty
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surface form:
Qing Empire
|
| date |
1900-08-14
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1900-08-15 ⓘ |
| effect |
end of the siege of the Beijing Legation Quarter
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occupation of Beijing by foreign troops ⓘ weakening of Qing imperial authority ⓘ |
| followedBy | occupation of Beijing by the Eight-Nation Alliance ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Battle of Peking
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
assault on the Dongbianmen (East Gate)
Battle of Peking self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
assault on the Guangqumen (Hatamen) Gate
assault on the Tartar Wall ⓘ entry of allied troops into the Legation Quarter ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Qing dynasty
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surface form:
late Qing dynasty
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| involvedCountry |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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surface form:
Austria-Hungary
France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Italy ⓘ Japan ⓘ Russia ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| location |
Beijing
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Beijing ⓘ
surface form:
Peking
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| objective |
lifting the siege of the Beijing Legation Quarter
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relief of the foreign legations in Peking ⓘ |
| partOf |
Boxer Rebellion
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Battle of Peking self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Eight-Nation Alliance campaign in North China
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| precededBy |
Battle of Tientsin
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surface form:
Battle of Tientsin (1900)
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| relatedTo | Boxer Protocol ⓘ |
| result | Allied victory ⓘ |
| significance |
decisive engagement securing foreign diplomatic presence in Beijing
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turning point in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion ⓘ |
| theater | North China ⓘ |
| year | 1900 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Peking Description of subject: The Battle of Peking was a key 1900 military engagement in which an international coalition of foreign powers fought Chinese forces to relieve besieged legations in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion.
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