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Earl of Macartney travels to Beijing
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Anglo-Nepalese War
The Anglo-Nepalese War (1 November 1814 – 4 March 1816), also known as the Gurkha War, was fought between the Kingdom of Gorkha (present-day Nepal) and the East India Company (EIC, present-day India). Both sides had ambitious expansion plans for the mountainous north of the Indian subcontinent. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Sugauli in 1816, which ceded some Nepalese controlled territory to the EIC. Anglo-Nepalese War -
First Anglo-Burmese War
The First Anglo-Burmese Wa was the first of three wars fought between the British and Burmese empires in the 19th century. The war, which began primarily over the control of Northeastern India was due to both the British Empire‘s and the Konbaung dynasty‘s imperial expansion ambitions. The war started off with multiple successes on the Burmese side, however ended in a British victory. [First Anglo-Burmese War]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Burmese_War -
Opium War and First Anglo-Afghan War
In the eighteenth century, the balance of trade was in China’s favor because Great Britain and other Western nations used silver to pay for steadily increasing purchases of tea. British traders found few buyers when they brought British and Indian goods to Guangzhou to sell. When Macartney asked the Qianlong emperor to alter the way trade was conducted, the emperor saw no reason to approve his request. FIrst opium war -
Treaty of Nanjing
The Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing) was a peace treaty which ended the First Opium War (1839–1842) between the United Kingdom and China on 29 August 1842. It was the first of what the Chinese later called the unequal treaties. Treaty of Nanking -
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Taiping Rebellion
Beginning less than a decade after the Opium War, the Qing Dynasty faced some of the most destructive rebellions in world history. The bloodiest was the Taiping Rebellion (1851–1864), which cost some 20 to 30 million lives. -
Second Anglo-Burmese War
The Second Anglo-Burmese War or the Second Burma War was the second of the three wars fought between the Burmese Empire and British Empire during the 19th century, with the outcome of the gradual extinction of Burmese sovereignty and independence. -
The second opium war
While the Qing court was struggling to suppress the Taiping, Nian, and Muslim rebellions, it had to face demands from foreign powers as well. Russia, seeing China’s weakness, penetrated the Amur River valley, violating the borders agreed to in 1689. In new treaties of 1858–1860, Russia gained the maritime provinces of eastern Manchuria down to Vladivostok. Second Opium War -
British and French troops occupy Beijing
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The fall of the shuogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate declined during the Bakumatsu ("final act of the shogunate") period from 1853 and was overthrown by supporters of the Imperial Court in the Meiji Restoration in 1868. The Empire of Japan was established under the Meiji government, and Tokugawa loyalists continued to fight in the Boshin War until the defeat of the Republic of Ezo at the Battle of Hakodate in June 1869.
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Meiji Transformation
The Restoration led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure and spanned both the late Edo period (often called the Bakumatsu) and the beginning of the Meiji era. During the Restoration, Japan rapidly industrialized and adopted Western ideas and production methods. Wiki link -
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imperialism and modernity of japan
When Japan appropriated and adapted Western industrial technology, legal institutions, constitutional theory, and culture, it also studied Western imperialism. Social Darwinism taught that nations had to conquer or be conquered. Seeing what had happened to China and India, Fukuzawa Yukichi urged Japan to “leave Asia” for fear that it too might be conquered. -
France acquires control over all of south Vietnam; Japan sends an armed expedition to Taiwan.
French colonialism in Vietnam lasted more than six decades. By the late 1880s, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were all controlled by France and collectively referred to as Indochine Français (French Indochina). Indochina became one of France’s most important colonial possessions. French colonialism was focussed largely on production, profit and labour. FRENCH COLONIALISM IN VIETNAM -
Third Anglo-Burmese War
The Third Anglo-Burmese War was a conflict that took place during 7–29 November 1885, with sporadic resistance and insurgency continuing into 1887. It was the final of three wars fought in the 19th century between the Burmese and the British. The war saw the loss of sovereignty of an independent Burma under the Konbaung dynasty. Third Anglo-Burmese War -
Sino-Japanese War
The First Sino-Japanese War was a conflict between the Qing dynasty of China and the Empire of Japan primarily over influence in Joseon Korea.[4] After more than six months of unbroken successes by Japanese land and naval forces and the loss of the port of Weihaiwei, the Qing government sued for peace in February 1895. First sino-japanese war
