TRN250 Midterm ID's

The date and description of major event/people from the 1750-1914

Russo-Japanese War

1904-1905

-Russia and Japan go to war over Manchurian/Korean influence

-Japan wins, first major defeat of imperial European power by non-European power

- Russia refocuses westward

First Opium War

1839-1842

-Britain wages war on Qing to enforce Opium Imports

-Unequal Treaties are signed following British victory

-War weakens Qing and contributes to Taiping Rebellion

Treaty of Tianjin

1885

-French Unequal Treaty with China

-Qing loses suzerainty over Vietnam, recognizes French supremacy in Indochina

Crimean War

1853-1856

-Ottomans transfer protector of Christians status to France from Russia

-Russia invades Wallachia and Moldavia

-Great Powers worried about Russian control over the Danube. Austria and Germany sign defence pact, Britain and France ally with the Ottomans

-Russia is defeated after the siege of Sevastopol. Black Sea is demilitarized, trade obstructions removed, Danubian gains surrendered

Morocco Crisis

1905-1906

-Wilhelm II visits Moroccan Sultan to support his independence

-Spain and France divvy up Morocco

Congress of Vienna

1815

-Great Powers meet to discuss what peace will look like post-Napoleon

-Culture and norms of regular diplomatic contact/discussion is established

-Social event, very public

-Metternich, Austrian Foreign Minister, stars the show and maintains the power of Monarchies

Victor Hugues

Governor of Guadeloupe in 1791

-Abolished slavery, but refusing to either join the army or continue to work the fields is treason

-Leads a largely black army to victory over the British across the Caribbean

Simone Bolivar (just dates)

1802 Revolution, 1813 War to the Death