The second industrial revolution and imperialism By 2546laura 1838 Invention of the telegraph Period: 1839 to 1842 The first opium war Period: 1856 to 1860 The second opium war 1868 Japan modernisation 1870 The start of the second industrial revolution Period: 1870 to 1914 The conquest of Africa and Asia 1876 Japan-Korea treaty 1876 The invention of the telephone Period: 1880 to 1881 The first Boer wars 1885 The first car 1885 The Berlin conference 1886 Competition for the control of Burma Period: 1886 to 1889 The principle of electromagnetic waves 1895 The invention of the cinema 1898 French and British clash in lake Chad Period: 1899 to 1902 The second Boer wars 1928 The discovery of antibiotics
