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The British gain control of the Cape Colony in South Africa from the Dutch
During the Napoleonic wars, the Cape passed first to the British (1795-1803) then to the Batavian Republic (1803-1806), and then to the British again in 1806 -
Opium Wars
The Opium Wars were two wars involving China and the British Empire over the British trade of Opium. -
Treaty of Nanking
The Treaty of Nanking was a peace treaty which ended the first Opium War. -
Indian Revolt
The Indian Rebellion was a major uprising in India against the rule of the British East India compnay. -
Otto Von Bismarck becomes Chancellor or Prussia
Germany became a modern unified nation under the leadership of the "Iron Chancellor" Otto Von Bismarck who effectively ruled first Prussia and then all of Germany until 1890. -
Danish War
German-Danish war, also called the second schelswig war, was the 2nd of two conflicts over the settlement of the Schleswig-Holstein question. -
Austo-Prussia War AKA Seven Weeks War
War betwenPrussia on one side and Austria, Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, and certain minor German states on the other. -
Suez Canal Opens
The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt -
Franco-Prussian War
Franco-Prussian War was a conflict between France and Prussia that signaled the rise of German military power -
Prussia declares a German empire AKA the second Reich
German states (excluding Austria) united to create the German empire under Prussian leadership . -
Beginning of the Scramble for Africa
The scramble for Africa was a process of invasion, occupation, and colonization of African territory. -
Great Britain occupies Egypt
From 1882-1914, Egypt was a veiled protectorate of Britain, meaning that the British controlled most of Egypt. -
Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference regulated European colonisation and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism. -
Convention of Constantinople
The convention of Constantinople was a treaty signed by the United Kingdom, Germany, Austo-Hungary, Spain, France, Italy, and the Netherlands. -
France Occupies Djibouti
Formerly known as French Somaliand and the French territory of the Afars and Issas the country took its name when it gained independence from France.