AP 24 By Bayne Y 1831 Muhammad Ali modernizes Egypt Period: Sep 4, 1839 to Aug 29, 1842 First Opium War Jun 26, 1843 Treaty of Nanking Period: 1850 to 1864 The Taiping Rebellion Jul 8, 1853 Matthew Perry opens Japan for trade Period: Oct 8, 1856 to Oct 18, 1860 Second Opium War Period: May 10, 1857 to Jul 8, 1859 The Sepoy Rebellion 1858 Britain crushes Great Rebellion in India Period: 1863 to 1879 Reign of Ismail in Egypt Period: 1868 to 1889 Meiji Restoration in Japan Jul 4, 1879 End of the Anglo-Zulu War Period: 1884 to 1885 Berlin Conference 1894 Japanese Invasion of Korea Mar 1, 1896 Ethiopia defeats Italy at the Battle of Adwa Period: Jun 11, 1898 to Sep 2, 1898 Hundred day of reform in China Sep 2, 1898 Battle of Omdurman Sep 29, 1898 Samory Touré defeated by the French Dec 10, 1898 US takes over the Philippines 1899 Joseph Conrad publishes “Heart of Darkness” 1899 Rudyard Kipling writes “The White Man’s Burden” Period: 1899 to 1902 South African War Period: Nov 2, 1899 to Sep 7, 1901 The Boxer Rebellion 1902 Hobson publishes “Imperialism” Period: 1905 to 1907 Maji Maji Rebellion Sep 5, 1905 Japan defeats Russia in the Russo-Japanese War 1911 A Republic replaces China’s Qing Dynasty 1914 Most of Africa falls under European Rule Aug 15, 1914 Panama Canal Opens Period: Dec 24, 1979 to Feb 15, 1989 Russian expansion reaches Afghanistan