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Treaty of Nanjing
The Treaty of Nanking or Nanjing was a peace treaty which ended the First Opium War between the United Kingdom and China on the 29th of August, 1842. -
Opium Wars
The Opium Wars were two wars involving the Chinese and the British.The two wars were the First Opium War (1839–1842) and the Second Opium War (1856–1860). The wars and events between them weakened the Qing dynasty and forced China to trade with the other parts of the world. -
British Raj Founded
The British Raj was the rule by the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947. The region under British control was commonly called India. -
Sepoy Rebellion
The Sepoy Rebellion of 1857 was an unsuccessful uprising in India between 1857 and 1858 against the British Rule in India -
Suez Canal Built
The Suez Canal is a canal in Egypt connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red. It was constructed by the Suez Canal Company between 1859 and 1869. It was officially opened on November 17, 1869. -
David Livingstone Found
Henry Morton Stanley had been sent to find him by the New York Herald newspaper in 1869. He found Livingstone in the town of Ujiji on the shores of Lake Tanganyika on November 10th, 1871 -
Boer War
The First Boer War was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881 between the United Kingdom and the South Africans. The British lost and the South Africans gained independance
