Manchu Restoration of 1917

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The Manchu Restoration of 1917 was a brief and unsuccessful attempt to restore the Qing dynasty in China, led by monarchist forces in Beijing before being quickly suppressed by republican military leaders.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf failed restoration
monarchist coup attempt
political event
aim restore the Qing dynasty
alsoKnownAs Manchu Restoration NERFINISHED
Zhang Xun Restoration NERFINISHED
capitalInvolved Beijing NERFINISHED
casus monarchist opposition to republicanism
chronologyNote occurred six years after the founding of the Republic of China in 1912
country Republic of China
duration about 12 days
endDate 1917-07-12
endedBy bombardment of the Forbidden City
republican military intervention
followedBy consolidation of Beiyang warlord power
governmentTarget Republic of China government in Beijing NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod 20th century
Warlord Era NERFINISHED
keyFigure Duan Qirui NERFINISHED
Puyi NERFINISHED
Zhang Xun NERFINISHED
ledBy Zhang Xun NERFINISHED
legalStatus unrecognized government change attempt
location Beijing NERFINISHED
militaryAspect occupation of Beijing by Zhang Xun’s troops
opposedBy Beiyang Army units NERFINISHED
Duan Qirui NERFINISHED
republican military leaders
partOf struggle between monarchists and republicans in early Republican China
politicalContext early Warlord Era in China
precededBy 1911 Revolution NERFINISHED
abdication of the Xuantong Emperor
region North China NERFINISHED
relatedTo Beiyang government NERFINISHED
Chinese monarchist movement
Puyi’s post-abdication status
restoredDynasty Qing dynasty NERFINISHED
restoredMonarch Puyi NERFINISHED
restoredMonarchTitle Xuantong Emperor NERFINISHED
result failure
restoration suppressed
significance highlighted fragmentation of central authority in early Republic of China
last serious attempt to restore the Qing dynasty
startDate 1917-07-01
supportedBy monarchist forces
triggered political crisis in the Beiyang government

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Beiyang Army roleIn Manchu Restoration of 1917