International relations By Sultan21 1853 Commodore Perry visit 1858 Tianjin Treaty 1859 Publication of Origin of Species 1867 Reform Act ( UK) 1868 Meji Restoration 1869 Opening of Suez Canal 1870 Discovery of gold Transvaal ( South Africa) 1873 Start of Long Depression 1874 Livingstone inland Mission 1876 Leopold 2's Brussel Conference 1877 Annexation of Transvaal 1879 Dual Alliance 1881 First Boer War 1882 Triple alliance 1885 Creation of German East Africa 1885 Foundation of Congo Free State 1886 Berlin Conference 1890 Bismark Exit 1891 Second Boer War 1894 Dual entente 1894 Sino- Japanese War 1898 Spanish-American War 1898 Fashoda incident 1898 Anglo-Zulu War 1899 Boxer rebellion 1900 Second Naval Law 1901 5th Anglo Ashanti War 1901 Plat Amendment 1902 Anglo-Japanese War 1904 Roosevelt Corollary 1906 First Moroccan crisis 1907 Entente cordiale 1909 Greet White Fleet Tour 1911 Second Morrocan Crisis 1914 Opening of Panama Canal 1914 Start of Great War 1915 21 Demands 1917 US entry into WWI 1917 Bolshevik Revolution 1918 Armistice 1919 Versailles Treaty
