Juye Incident
Mission compound in Zhangjia Village, site of the Juye Incident | |
| Native name | Chinese: 曹州敎案 or 鉅野敎案; pinyin: Cáozhōu Jiào'àn or Jùyě Jiào'àn |
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| Date | November 1, 1897 – November 2, 1897 |
| Location | Zhangjia Village, Juye, Shandong, Qing China |
| Coordinates | 35°32′49″N 115°59′31″E / 35.547°N 115.992°E |
| Cause | Missionary-local tensions / disputes |
| Participants | 3 German missionaries, 20 to 30 local villagers |
| Outcome | 2 missionaries killed, German occupation of Jiaozhou, Scramble for China |
The Juye Incident (Chinese: 曹州敎案 or 鉅野敎案; pinyin: Cáozhōu Jiào'àn or Jùyě Jiào'àn, German: Juye Vorfall) refers to the killing of two German Catholic missionaries, Richard Henle and Franz Xaver Nies, of the Society of the Divine Word, in Juye County Shandong Province, Qing China in the night of 1–2 November 1897 (All Saints' Day to All Souls' Day). The likely target of the attack, the local resident missionary Georg Maria Stenz, survived unharmed. The German Empire used the Juye Incident as a pretext for occupying territory in China which prompted other foreign powers to follow suit.