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Cape Colony
The British and French tried to control the Cape in order to control the sea route to the east. The British occupied the Cape ending the Dutch East Indies campaign in the region. -
Opium Wars
There were two conflicts between the forces of Western countries and those of the Chinese Qing dynasty that ruled in China. This happened because China tried to suppress the illegal opium trade. The first was between China and Great Britain and the second was between China and Great Britain and France. -
Treaty of Nanking
A treaty that ended the first Opium War and the first of China's unequal treatment among foreign imperials. It was unfair as they gave foreigners privileged status and also got concessions from China. -
Indian Rebellion
the rebellion started when sepoys refused to use new rifle cartridges as they were religiously unclean to Muslims and Hindus. They thought they were lubricated with fat containing lard from pigs and cows. It was a general rebellion against the rule that Great Britain had in India but it was unsuccessful. -
Seven weeks' war
The Austro-Prussian War was a war between the Prussians on one side and Austria, Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, and the German states on the other side. Prussia won the war by excluding Austria from Germany. -
Japanese Emperor Restored
Tokugawa shogun who ruled in the feudal period lost his power to the emperor. The emperor regained supreme power and took the Meiji name as his royal name. -
Suez Canal Opens
A waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean. It is a shorter form of maritime transport between Europe and Asia. It also allowed reaching from the North Atlantic to the Indian Ocean without having to go around Africa. -
Franco-German War
It was a war between France's second empire under Napoleon III and the North German confederation led by Prussia, a state located in northern Europe.led to the WWI war, as Germany decided to take Alsace-Lorraine from France ensuring a future war between the two countries. -
Otto von Bismarck becams chancellor
Was the first chancellor of the German Empire. Succeeding in preserving the peace in Europe. -
Second Reich
The German Empire was founded through three brief and successful wars by the Prussian state in North Germany. -
British in Egypt
Britain colonized Egypt to control the country and take advantage of its economy but also to ensure access to Asia. -
Dijibouti
A French administration was established in the city of Dijibout and then the city was named French Somaliland. -
Berlin Conference
It was a meeting where it is discussed which European nation had the right to control which part of Africa. Distribution of areas of Africa to colonize and trade. -
Scramble for Africa
It was a period when European colonizers divided Africa into uncharted parts into free trade areas and colonial protectorates. The nations of Europe competed to capture more territory in Africa. -
Indochina
was made up of the three countries of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos that were associated with France before in their empire then within the french union. France made a lot of profit from Indochina. -
Convention of Constantinople
At the Constantinople Convention it was declared that the canal should be open and available to ships of all nations in times of country and war. -
Battle of Adwa
The Ethiopian army of Emperor Menilek II and Italian forces had a fight in north-central Ethiopia. Italy tried to build an empire in Africa but was stopped by the Ethiopian army. -
Boxer Rebellion
It was an uprising started by peasants against foreigners in China and later it was supported by the government. A secret society carried out a violent campaign in order to expel the foreigners from China, also several countries sent troops to stop the attacks. -
Russo-Japanese War
The formal end of the war was brought by the Portsmouth Treaty. The fight was caused since both countries claimed Manchuria located in the Korean empire, partly in both Russia and China. Japan beat Russia -
Emperor Meiji dies
Emperor Meiji is remembered as the emperor who westernized Japan, putting an end to the traditional feudal lifestyle. He died of uremia, and also suffered from nephritis, diabetes and gastroenteritis. -
Danish War
As a result of the political defense debate resulting from their defeats to Germany in 1864, Denmark declared its neutrality when World War l broke out. -
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
He was assassinated along with his wife before their fourteenth wedding anniversary in Bosnia, causing Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia.