Bombardment of Blagoveshchensk, Russia, Boxer Rebellion, 15 July 1900. The Boxer Uprising or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7, 1901 against foreign influence in trade, politics, religion and technology in China during the final years of the Qing Dynasty. The assassination of the German ambassador and the siege of foreign diplomatic legations in Peking prompted Britain, France, Germany, the US, Russia, Japan, Italy and Austria-Hungary to form the Eight Nation Alliance and intervene militarily. French trading card advertising Chocolat-Louit. The artist is unknown.