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1820-1920
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Mexico's independence
In this year Mexico declared their idependance from Spain. -
The Great Rebellion of 1857
Also called the indian mutiny, it began as a mutiny by Bengal army solidiers, or sepoys against their commanders in the army of the British East India Company -
Napolean III
French emperor Napolean III overthrows Mexician, government installs archduke Maximilian as emperor -
Suprise attack
A Zulu force of 25,000 makes a suprise attack on the central column who had made a camp at Isandlwana -
Zuzu loss
Chelmsford's force, marching to relieve Eshow, are attached at Gingindlove, Zulu losses are heavy, estimated at over 1,000 whilst the British column suffers only two deaths -
The Berlin Conference
14 countries were represented by a plethora of ambassadors when the conference began in Berlin. The countries represented at the time included Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden-Norway, Turkey, and the United States of America. Of these fourteen nations, France, Germany, Great Britain, and Portugal were the big players in the conference, controlling most of the colonial Africa at the time -
Indian National Congress
It was founded in 1885, the indian national congress political party was central to India's independence movement and has been the dominant ruling party since 1947 -
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
In 1896, Jinnah had joined the Indian National Congree by left and joined India's Muslim League