Imperialism By pbecker@sfcs.k12.ny.us Dec 13, 1815 British acquire South Africa from Dutch Dec 14, 1824 Bolivar liberates South America from Spain Dec 13, 1830 Zulu/Boer War Jan 3, 1839 Opium War Jan 3, 1842 Treaty of Nanjing Dec 14, 1848 Karl Marx and Frederick Engels publish the "Communist Manifesto." Jan 3, 1857 Sepoy Rebellion Dec 14, 1867 Working class men in Great Britain given the right to vote. Dec 13, 1880 Dutch discover gold and diamonds in northern South Africa Dec 13, 1884 Berlin Conference Dec 13, 1890 Leopold in the Congo. Hutus and Tutsis created. Jan 3, 1899 Boxer Rebellion Jun 14, 1899 Kipling's poem "White Man's Burden" published Dec 13, 1899 Boer War Aug 28, 1914 Franz Ferdinand assassinated. beginning of WWI Apr 13, 1919 Amritsar Massacre Mar 12, 1930 Gandhi's Salt March Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor bombed. Beginning of US involvement in WWII. Dec 13, 1994 Hotel Rwanda