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The British Gain Control Of The Cape Colony In South Africa From the Dutch 1800
Their purpose was to secure the settlement before it fell into the hands of Napoleon.. -
Opium Wars 1839-1860
The first Opium War (1839–42) was fought between China and Britain, and the second Opium War (1856–60), also known as the Arrow War or the Anglo-French War in China, was fought by Britain and France against China. In each case the foreign powers were victorious and gained commercial privileges and legal and territorial concessions in China. -
Treaty Of The Nanking 1842
The Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing) was a peace treatywhich ended the First Opium War (1839–42) between the United Kingdom and the Qing dynasty of China on 29 August 1842. It was the first of what the Chinese later called the unequal treaties. -
Indian Revolt 1857-1850
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India during 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, known in India and Pakistan as War of Independence, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. -
Otto Von Bismarck Becomes Chancellor of Prussia 1862
Germany became a modern, unified nation under the leadership of the “Iron Chancellor” -
Danish War 1864
The war began on 1 February 1864, when Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig. Denmarkfought the Kingdom of Prussia and the Austrian Empire. -
Austro- Prussian War AKA Seven Weeks War 1866
war between Prussia on the one side and Austria, Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, and certain minor German states on the other. It ended in a Prussian victory, which meant the exclusion of Austria from Germany. -
Tokugawa Shogun Lost Power And The Japanese Emperor Was Restored To Power 1868
In 1868 the Tokugawa shôgun, who ruled Japan in the feudal period, lost his power and the emperor was restored to the supreme position. The emperor took the name Meiji as his reign name; this event was known as the Meiji Restoration. -
Suez Canal Opens 1869
On November 17, 1869, the Suez Canal was openedto navigation. Ferdinand de Lesseps would later attempt, unsuccessfully, to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama. When it opened, the Suez Canalwas only 25 feet deep, 72 feet wide at the bottom, and 200 to 300 feet wide at the surface. -
Franco- Prussian War 1870-1871
The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and later the Third French Republic, and the German states of the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia. -
Prussia declares a German Empire AKA The Second Reich 1871
Proclamation of the German Empire, 1871 18 January 1871. At the end of the War of 1870, France lay defeated and invaded by its enemies. Chancellor Bismarck proclaimed the German Empire in the Hall of Mirrors. On 2 September the French forces in Sedan surrendered, and Prussia invaded France. -
Beginning Of The Scramble Of Africa 1881
The Scramble for Africa, also known as the Race for Africa or Partition of Africa was a process of invasion, occupation, colonization and annexation of African territory by European powers during the New Imperialism period, between 1881 and World War I in 1914. -
Great Britain Occupies Egypt 1882
History of Egypt under the British. The history of Egypt under theBritish lasts from 1882, when it was occupied by British forces during the Anglo-Egyptian War, until 1956, when the last British forces withdrew in accordance with the Anglo-Egyptian agreement of 1954 after the Suez Crisis. -
Berlin Conference 1884-1885
The Berlin Conference of 1884–85, also known as the Congo Conference or West Africa Conference, regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power. -
French Gain Control Of Indochina 1887
France obtained control over northern Vietnam following its victory over China in the Sino-French War (1884–85). French Indochina was formed on 17 October 1887 from Annam, Tonkin, Cochinchina (which together form modern Vietnam) and the Kingdom of Cambodia; Laos was added after the Franco-Siamese War in 1893. -
Convention of Constantinople 1888
The Convention of Constantinople was a treaty signed by the United Kingdom, Germany, Austro-Hungary, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire on 29 October 1888. In the 1880s, Britain had recently acquired physical control over the Suez Canal and Egypt. -
Battle of Adowa 1896
The Battle of Adwa was fought on 1 March 1896 between the Ethiopian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy near the town of Adwa, Ethiopia, in Tigray. This climactic battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War, was a decisive defeat for Italy and secured Ethiopian sovereignty for a few decades more. -
Boxer Rebellion 1899-1901
The Boxer Rebellion, Boxer Uprising, or Yihetuan Movement was an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China between 1899 and 1901, toward the end of the Qing dynasty. -
Russo- Japanese War 1904-1905
The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea. The major theatres of operations were the Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden in Southern Manchuria and the seas around Korea, Japan and the Yellow Sea. -
Meiji Emperor Died 1912
Emperor Meiji died on 30 July 1912 in current day Tokyo City. -
France Occupies Djibouti 1917
In the late 19th century, the colony of French Somaliland was established following treaties signed by the ruling Issa Somali and Afar Sultans with the French. It was subsequently renamed to the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas in 1967.
