After his surrender, Hong was made an official only after the Qing occupied Beijing.

The siege was broken by an international military force which marched from the coast of China, defeated the Chinese army, and occupied Beijing.

The international force reached and occupied Beijing on 14 August.

August 8 - Japan occupies Beijing.

As previously mentioned, troops of the eight aforementioned nations invaded and occupied Beijing on August 14, 1900.

Zhang, who was secretly pro-German, unexpectedly occupied Beijing from June 14 to July 12 of 1917 and kept the president prisoner.

The house was destroyed when the armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance occupied Beijing.

Feng occupied Beijing and forced Cao to resign.

Troops from the Eight-Nation Alliance then looted and occupied Beijing for several months.

Most army conscripts are peasants - including many of the bewildered soldiers who occupied Beijing last June.