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The British gain control of the cape colony in south Africa from the Dutch
The British colony was preceded by an earlier Dutch colony of the same name, the Kaap de Goede Hoop, established in 1652 by the Dutch East India Company. -
Opium Wars
The Opium Wars were two wars in the mid-19th century involving China and the British Empire over the British trade of opium and China's sovereignty. -
Treaty of Nanking
The Treaty of Nanking (Nanjing) was a peace treaty which ended the First Opium War (1839–42) between the United Kingdom and the Qing dynasty of China on 29 August 1842. -
Indian Revolt
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India during 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown -
Danish War
he Second Schleswig War (Danish: 2. Slesvigske Krig, German: Deutsch-Dänischer Krieg) was the second military conflict over the Schleswig-Holstein Question of the nineteenth century. -
Austro-Prussian War AKA Seven Weeks War
Seven Weeks' War, also called Austro-Prussian War, (1866), war between Prussia on the one side and Austria, Bavaria, Saxony, Hanover, and certain minor German states on the other. -
tokugawa shogun lost power and the japanese emperor was restored to power
the Tokugawa shôgun ("great general"), who ruled Japan in the feudal period, lost his power and the emperor was restored to the supreme position. -
suez canal opens
On November 17, 1869, the Suez Canal was opened to navigation. -
Franco-Prussian War
The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870 -
prussia declares a german empire aka the second reich
The Second Reich was the Hohenzollern Germany, from the unification of Germany following the Franco-Prussian War -
Otto Von Bismarck becomes Chancellor of Prussia
The man who did most to unite the German states was Otto Von Bismarck. -
beginning of the scramble for africa
also known as the Race for Africa or Partition of Africa was a process of invasion, occupation, colonization and annexation of African territory -
great britain occupies egypt
History of Egypt under the British. The history of Egypt under the British lasts from 1882, when it was occupied by British forces during the Anglo-Egyptian War, until 1956 -
Berlin Comference
The Berlin Conference of 1884–85, also known as the Congo Conference ( -
france gain control of indochina
France obtained control over northern Vietnam following its victory over China in the Sino-French War -
convention of constantinople
The Convention of Constantinople was a treaty signed by the United Kingdom, Germany, Austro-Hungary, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire -
battle of adwa
The Battle of Adwa was fought on 1 March 1896 between the Ethiopian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy near the town of Adwa, Ethiopia, in Tigray. -
Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion, Boxer Uprising, or Yihetuan Movement was an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China -
The Russo–Japanese War
was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea. -
mejii emperor died
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france occupies djibouti
France, which had colonized the country, had named it French Somaliland.