<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion" id="mwdg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Boxer Rebellion">Boxer Rebellion</a>: China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Dowager_Cixi" id="mwdw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Empress Dowager Cixi">Empress Dowager Cixi</a>.