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Indian Mutiny
1857
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India becomes crown colony
1858
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Treaty of Tientsin obliges China to open more ports to Britain
1858
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Burton and Speke discover Lake Tanganyika
1858
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Speke's expedition to locate source of the Nile
1860
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Livingstone's third journey in Africa to look for source of Nile
1866
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Canada becomes a dominion
1867
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Diamonds discovered in South Africa
1867
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Colonial Society founded
1868
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Suez canal opened
1869
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Stanley finds Livingstone
1871
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Annexation of Griqualand West to Cape Colony
1871
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Cape Colony granted responsible government
1872
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Onset of Great (long) depression
1873
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Death of Livingstone
1873
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Gold Coast becomes a colony
1874
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Stanley's expedition to search for Source of Nile
1874
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Prime Minister Disraeli secures controlling stake in Suez canal
1875
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Victoria becomes empress of India
1876
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Anglo-French control of Egyptian finances
1876
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Annexation of Transvaal
1877
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Delhi Durbar
1877
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Sir Bartle Frere appointed High Commissioner for South Africa
1877
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Afghan war begins
1878
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Zulu war begins
1879
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First Boer war begins
1880
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Mahdi Uprising in Sudan
1881
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British defeated at Majuba hill
1881
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Pretoria Convention restores independence to Transvaal
1881
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Bombardment of Alexandria and occupation of Egypt
1882
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Berlin Conference discusses colonisation in Africa
1884
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Gordon killed in Khartoum
1885
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Indian National Congress formed
1885
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Bechuanaland and Niger Coast protectorates established
1885
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Discovery of Gold in South Africa
1886
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Royal Niger Company receives charter
1886
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Colonial and Indian Exhibition in South Kensington
1886
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Anglo-German agreement over spheres of influence in East Africa
1886
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First Indian National congress meets
1886
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China recognises British control in Burma
1886
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Zululand becomes a protectorate
1887
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Imperial British East Africa company charter awarded
1888
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Cook Islands become a British protectorate
1888
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Imperial exhibition in Glasgow
1888
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Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei becomes British protectorates
1888
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Cecil Rhodes amalgamates Kimberley Diamond Companies
1888
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British South Africa Company receives charter
1889
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Rhodesia established
1889
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Part of Nyasaland becomes a British protectorate
1889
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Zanzibar becomes a British Protectorate
1890
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Cecil Rhodes becomes a Prime Minister of Cape Colony
1890
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Matabele War
1893
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Uganda becomes a protectorate
1894
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British East Africa protectorate established
1895
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Jameson raid
1895
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Joseph Chamberlain appointed Colonial secretary
1896
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Zanzibar war
1896
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Rhodes Resigns as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony
1896
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Formation of the Federated Malay states
1896
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Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
1897
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Sir Alfred Milner appointed High Commissioner for South Africa
1897
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Battle of Omdurman and Fashoda incident
1898
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Formal annexation of the Sudan
1898
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Curzon becomes Viceroy of India
1898
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Second Boer War
1899-1902
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Anglo-Egyptian condominium over Sudan
1899
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Ashanti War
1900
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Ashantiland incorporated into Gold Coast Protectorate
1902
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Union of South Africa established
1910
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Chamberlain launches campaign for tariff reform
1903
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Partition of Bengal
1905
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Self-government restored to Transvaal and Orange River Colony
1906
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New Zealand gains Dominion status
1907
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Mahatma Gandhi begins first non-violent resistance campaign in South Africa
Indian National congress splits
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Indian National congress splits
1907
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Anglo-Russian entente resolves differences over spheres of influence in Persia
1907
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Baden Powell founds Boy Scout movement
1907
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Morley-Minto reforms in India
1909
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Union of South Africa becomes self-governing dominion
1910
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Delhi Durbar marks transfer of Raj capital
1911
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Imperial conference in London
1911
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African National Congress formed in South Africa
1912
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Third Irish Home Rule Bill, Ulster covenant signed to keep Ulster in Britain
1912
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Crisis in Ireland, Ulster volunteers formed
1913
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Outbreak of First World War
1914
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Home Rule for Ireland
1914
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Egypt becomes a protectorate
1914
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Northern and Southern Nigeria united as Nigeria
1914
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Protectorate established as Egypt
1914
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Imperial troops assemble for war
1914
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Gallipoli landings involving ANZACs
1915
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British support for an Arab homeland in return for their help in fighting the Ottoman Turks.
1915
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Easter Rising in Dublin
1916
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Home Rule League established in India
1916
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Balfour declaration promises Palestine to Jews
1917
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Imperial war conferences
1917
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Creation of Imperial war cabinet
1917
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Amritsar massacre in India
1919
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Irish War for Independence begins
1919
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Treaty of Versailles considers post-war mandates
1919
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