unit 6 timeline- nicole gould By nicolegould Jan 1, 1850 European trade with Africa becomes well established Jan 1, 1857 East India Company collapses due to Sepoy Rebellion; British Raj begins Jan 1, 1869 Suez Canal links the Mediterranean and Red Seas Jan 1, 1884 1885: Berlin Conference convens to discuss terms for African colonization Jan 1, 1893 Queen Liliuokalani takes the throne of Hawaii Jan 1, 1896 Ethipians defeat the invading Italians at the Battle of Adwa Jan 1, 1898 Spanish- American War breaks out; Puerto Rico Spain, and the Phillippines taken from Spain Jan 1, 1899 Boer War in South Africa Jan 1, 1914 Most of Africa is under European rule
