1850-1920 By Elidiaavelar1 1870 Cecil Rhodes Arrives In South Africa Period: 1874 to 1914 The Age Of Imperialism 1875 Great Britain gains control of the Suez Canal 1884 Berlin Conference Regulated European colonization and trade in Africa 1884 The British Foreign Secretary, Lord Granville, recognizes Portugal's claim to both banks at the mouth of the Congo. Period: 1885 to 1905 Congo Free state 1886 254 Europeans reside in the Congo 1887 French Indochina created 1894 Queen Liliuokalani Dethroned 1899 Open door Policy 1899 Boer War Period: 1899 to 1901 Boxer Rebellion 1908 2943 Europeans in the Congo Nov 14, 1908 Congo Free State Ceases to Exisit Period: 1914 to 1918 The Great War: WWI Jun 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo. Jun 28, 1914 Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia Aug 1, 1914 Germany Declares war on France then Russia Aug 4, 1914 UK declares war on Germany after invasion of Belgium Aug 19, 1914 U.S announces Neutrality Sep 5, 1914 Battle of Marne begins Trench Warfare Dec 24, 1914 Christmas Truce Apr 22, 1915 Poison gas first used by Germany at The Second Battle of Ypres Period: 1917 to 1918 Russian Revolution Jan 19, 1917 Zimmerman Telegram sent to Mexico from Germany British intercept Feb 23, 1917 February Revolution begins at Petrograd Mar 2, 1917 Mikhail announces refusal to throne Apr 3, 1917 Lenin returns from exile Apr 6, 1917 U.S declares war on Germany Jul 11, 1917 Alexander Kerensky becomes Prime Minister of the Provisional Government Oct 25, 1917 October Revolution- the Bolsheviks take over Petrograd Oct 26, 1917 Winter Palace taken by Bolsheviks Nov 7, 1917 The Bolsheviks successfully overthrow the Russian government during the 1917 Russian Revolution. Jan 8, 1918 Fourteen Points- Wilson Mar 11, 1918 The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk- takes Russia out of WWI Jun 28, 1918 Treaty of Versailles ends The Great War Jul 1, 1918 Russian Civil War Jul 17, 1918 Czar Nicholas executed Nov 9, 1918 German Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates and flees Germany. Nov 11, 1918 Germany Signs Armistice 1920 Russian Civil War ends 1922 USSR Established 1975 Southern Africa becomes the largest diamond supplier in the World
