International time line from 1870-1899

1870 - out break of Franco-Prussian war

1871- Germany becomes a unified nation

1872-

1873-

1874-

1875- British purchase of the Suez Canal

1876- king Leopold ii sets up the international African association

1877-

1878- congress of Berlin → redrawing of European boundaries

1879- Anglo-Zulu war

1880- 1st Boer war

1881- Boer war ends

1882-

1883-

1884- the scramble for Africa begins

1885- Berlin conference

1886-

1887-

1888-

1889-

1890- closing the frontier

1891-

1892-

1893-New York stock market crashes leading to an economic depression in the US

1894- 1st Sino-Japanese war

1895- Jameson raid + treaty of shimonoseki with the end of the Sino-Japanese war

1896-

1897-Kruger telegram

1898- Spanish-American civil war +the Fashoda incident+ explosion of the USS Main+ annexation of Hawaii

1899- 1902 2nd boer war + Boxer rebellion+ US open door policy