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Unification of Germany
The unification of Germany was a historical process that took place in the second half of the 19th century in Central Europe and culminated with the creation of the German Empire on January 18, 1871, bringing together various hitherto independent states, such as Prussia, Bavaria, or Saxony. . Before the formation of a unified national State, the territory of Germany was divided into a political mosaic of 39 States. Among them, the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. -
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I Boer War
The First Boer War was a conflict that took place between December 16, 1880 and March 23, 1881.
It was the first confrontation between the British Empire and the Dutch or Boer settlers of Transvaal. It was triggered when Sir Theophilus Shepstone annexed Transvaal to the United Kingdom in 1877. The British consolidated their power over most of South Africa's colonies in 1879, following the Anglo-Zulu War. The Boers protested the fait accompli and, in December 1880, a revolt broke out. -
Berlin conference
The Berlin Conference, also known as the Congo Conference or West Africa Conference, held between November 15, 1884 and February 26, 1885 in the city of Berlin (German Empire), was convened by France and the Kingdom United1 and organized by the Chancellor of Germany, Otto von Bismarck, in order to solve the problems involved in colonial expansion in Africa and resolve its distribution. -
Beginning of colonization of Belgian Congo
In 1885, at the Berlin Conference, the so-called Congo Free State was established in the area, an African colonial domain privately owned by King Leopold II of Belgium, who from that moment administered it privately until 1908, when the territory was transferred to Belgium. -
Annexation of Congo free State
The Congo Free State was officially recognized as the territory of King Leopold II in his personal capacity, and not as a Belgian colony. Thus, on July 1, 1885, the Congo Free State was officially recognized, not as a Belgian colony, but as the king's personal territory. -
Wilhelm II crowned as Kaiser of Germany
After the death of his father, who only reigned for 99 days, on June 15, 1888, William II acceded to the German throne, which later became Kaiser of Germany. -
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II Boer War
The Second Boer War was a conflict between the United Kingdom and the founders of the independent republics of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic, in northeastern South Africa. -
Fachoda Affair
The Fachoda Incident or Battle of Fachoda is the name given to the military confrontation between the French and English Empires in 1898 due to the intersection of their respective projects to establish lines of communication between their African colonies. This incident was one of the causes of the World War I. -
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Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Uprising was a movement that began in 1898, coinciding with the Hundred Days Reform, and ended on September 7, 1901. Emerged in the China of the Qing dynasty against the imperialist intervention of the great Western powers and the Empire of Japan, in the Chinese territory. In the last years of the 19th century, during the period known as " the century of humiliation" .The movement was repressed by a sector of the Chinese army and European, American and Japanese military forces. -
Crisis of Agadir
The Agadir crisis of 1911 was an international crisis that almost sparked a war between France and the German Empire for control and influence over Morocco. -
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I Balkan War
The First Balkan War was a war that took place in 1912 and 1913 between the nations united in the Balkan League and the Ottoman Empire. The objective of the League was to expel the empire from Europe and divide up its Balkan territories. The war ended with the defeat of the empire, which was militarily inferior to its allies, but the disagreements between them immediately triggered a new military conflict, the Second Balkan War. The war ended on May 30, 1913 with the Treaty of London. -
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II Balkan War
The Second Balkan War was a brief conflict that pitted Bulgaria against its former allies in the Balkan League, Romania, and the Ottoman Empire in the summer of 1913, from which it emerged defeated. The war led to a new peace treaty, the Treaty of Bucharest, which modified the territorial distribution agreed upon in the recent Treaty of London that had put an end to the first Balkan war in which the League had defeated the Ottomans. -
Beginning of WWI
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, and his wife, Archduchess Sofia, in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, began hostilities, which began in August 1914, and continued for several years. fronts during the following four years.