Imperialism By s-pasingh 1805 Egypt is created by Muhammad Ali 1812 Napoleon invades Russia 1841 David Livingstone arrives to Africa 1853 India's first railway network is opened Sep 9, 1853 Cambodia is made independent 1857 Sepoy Mutiny 1859 On the Origin of Species is published 1867 Diamonds discovered in Africa 1869 Suez Canal completed 1869 Gandhi is born 1871 The Descent of Man is published 1875 Britain buys Egypt's share in the Suez Canal 1876 Queen Victoria took the title of Empress of India 1881 Cecil Rhodes formed the De Beers Mining Company Period: 1884 to 1885 The Berlin Conference 1885 Indian National Congress is founded 1887 Union of French Indochina formed 1893 Gandhi leaves for South Africa 1896 Battle of Adwa 1898 Battle of Omdurman Period: 1899 to 1902 Boer War 1900 25,000 miles of railroad are laid in India 1902 British peace treaty with the Boers 1910 Britain creates the Union of South Africa 1913 Rabindranath Tagore receives Nobel Prize in Literature 1914 Egypt becomes British protectorate 1915 Gandhi revives Indian nationalist movement 1922 The Dual Mandate is written 1948 Assassination of Gandhi