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British Empire

By TrayMeadows

  • British gain control of the cape colony in South Africa from the Dutch

    After a battle in January 1806 on the shores of Table Bay, the Dutch garrison of Cape Castle surrendered to the British under Sir David Baird, and in 1814, the colony was ceded outright by the Netherlands to the British crown.

  • Opium Wars

    Between 1839 and 1842, British forces fought a war in China that benefitted drug smugglers. Their subsequent victory in the conflict opened up the lucrative Chinese trade to British merchants.

  • Treaty Of Nanking

    The Treaty of Nanking was the peace treaty which ended the First Opium War between Great Britain and the Qing dynasty of China on 29 August 1842.

  • Indian Revolt

    The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company.

  • Danish War

    German-Danish War, also called Second Schleswig War, (1864), the second of two conflicts over the settlement of the Schleswig-Holstein question.

  • Austro-Prussian War AKA 7 weeks war

    The Austro-Prussian War was part of the wider rivalry between Austria and Prussia, and resulted in Prussian dominance over the German states.

  • Tokogowa shogun lost powerand the Japanese emperor was restored to power

    In 1868 the Tokugawa shôgun ("great general"), who ruled Japan in the feudal period, lost his power and the emperor was restored to the supreme position.

  • Suez canal opens

    In 1869, the Suez Canal was opened, greatly reducing the distance between Britain and India by some 4,500 miles as ships no longer needed to travel round southern Africa.

  • Otto Von Bismarck became chancellor of prussia

    Otto von Bismarck served as prime minister of Prussia (1862–73, 1873–90).

  • The Second Reich

    The Confederation was dissolved on the 20th, and the proclamation of the Empire was set to be delivered on 18 January 1871 in the Hall of Mirrors.

  • Britian occupies Egypt

    The British military occupied Egypt in 1882 to protect financial interests in the country, culminating in a violent war.

  • France occupies Djubouti

    France took possession of Djibouti (called French Somalia) in 1884. As the Territory of the Afars and the Issas, it remained part of the French republic until 1977, when it gained independence despite conflicting Ethiopian and Somali claims.

  • Berlin conference

    Regulated the partitioning of Africa among fourteen European countries and the United States. Scramble for Africa

  • French gain control if Indichina

    France obtained control over northern Vietnam following its victory over China in the Sino-French War (1884–85).

  • The begining of the scramble for Africa

    Thirteen European countries and the United States met in Berlin to agree the rules of African colonisation. From 1884 to 1914 the continent was in conflict as these countries took territory and power from existing African states and peoples.

  • Convention of Constantinople

    The Convention of Constantinople is a treaty concerning the use of the Suez Canal in Egypt. It was signed on 29 October 1888 by the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, the Russian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire.

  • Battle of Adwa

    The Battle of Adwa was the climactic battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War. The Ethiopian forces defeated the Italian invading force on Sunday 1 March 1896, near the town of Adwa.

  • Boxer rebellion

    The Boxer Rebellion was an uprising against foreigners that occurred in China about 1900, begun by peasants but eventually supported by the government.

  • Russo - Japanese War

    Japan launched a surprise attack against the Russian-held Port Arthur, along the coast of Manchuria, beginning the Russo-Japanese War.

  • Emperor Meiji died

    Emperor Meiji, suffering from diabetes, nephritis, and gastroenteritis, died of uremia.