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east India company is founded
A British company that had a lot of power in what is today India -
dicovering australia
The discovery of a new content that led to it becoming a penal colony -
First oppium war
A war that showed the weakness in China's army and caused it to be carved up -
The convention of chuepi
The convention that gave Britain a large amount of control over China -
potato famine
A famine that caused about a quarter of Ireland's population to die or leave their country -
Sepoy mutiny
A mutiny caused by the sepoy causing Britain to take over India -
start of the Berlin conference
The start of the conference to split up Africa -
end of the Berlin conference
The end of the conference -
Start of the first sino Japanese war
The war that made Japan a impeirialist nation -
Start of the Russo Japanese war
The war that gave Japan the respect of other powerful nations
