ÿþ<html> <head> <title>WHKMLA : Timelines - High Imperialism </title> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2003-2006 --> </head> <body bgcolor="lightblue" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"> </a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../meh.jpg" border = "0"> </a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "150" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> From Monarchy to Nation State </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "tlempnat.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xtimelines.html"> <img src = "../timelines.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "tlscitech18.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "150" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Science and Technology <BR> 1829-1914 </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on April 12th 2003, last revised on September 6th 2004 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline High Imperialism </B></font> <BR> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"><i> http://www.zum.de/whkmla/timelines/meh/tlhimp.html </i></font></B> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 1839-1913 <BR><BR> 1807 <BR> 1833 <BR><BR> 1839-1842 <BR> 1847 <BR> 1857-1858 <BR> 1859-1869 <BR> 1867 <BR> 1871 XI 13 <BR> 1872 <BR><BR> 1873-1874 <BR> 1877 <BR> 1877 <BR> 1879 <BR><BR> 1882 <BR> 1884-1885 <BR> 1885 <BR> 1885 <BR> 1885 <BR><BR><BR> 1885 <BR> 1886-1889 <BR> 1887 <BR><BR> 1888 <BR><BR> 1888-1889 <BR> 1889 <BR> 1893 <BR> 1893 <BR><BR> 1894 <BR> 1894-1895 <BR> 1895-1896 <BR> 1896 II 29 <BR> 1896-1897 <BR> 1898 VII 6 <BR> 1898 <BR> 1898 <BR> 1898 <BR> 1898 <BR> 1898 <BR> 1899 <BR> 1899-1902 <BR> 1900 <BR> 1900 <BR> 1900-1901 <BR> 1901 <BR> 1902 <BR><BR> 1903 <BR> 1903-1905 <BR> 1904 <BR> 1904 <BR><BR> 1904-1905 <BR> 1904-1907 <BR> 1904-1914 <BR> 1905 <BR> 1905-1906 <BR> 1906 <BR> 1906 <BR> 1906 <BR> 1907 <BR> 1908 <BR> 1910 <BR><BR> 1910 <BR> 1911 <BR> 1911 <BR><BR> 1911-1912 <BR> 1912 <BR> 1913 <BR> 1913 <BR> 1914 <BR> 1914 <BR><BR> </font></TD> <BR><TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Rubber Boom <BR><BR> UK : abolishes Slave Trade <BR> UK : abolishes Slavery; introduced in Br. colonies 1834; freed slaves obliged to stay another <BR> 10 years on plantations <BR> China : Opium War <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/westafrica/xliberia.html">Liberia</A> declares Independence <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/india/xindia.html">India</A> : Sepoy Rebellion; East India Company broke; India becomes Cown Colony <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/northafrica/xegypt.html">Egypt</A> : Construction of Suez Canal <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/southafrica/xsafrica.html">Westgriqualand</A> : Diamonds found near Kimberley (1871 annexed by Cape Colony) <BR> Stanley and Livingstone meet at Ujiji <BR> Dutch cede possessions on <A HREF = "../../region/westafrica/xghana.html">Gold Coast</A> to UK in return for British recognition of <BR> Dutch claim over <A HREF = "../../region/seasia/xaceh.html">Aceh</A> (Sumatra) <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/westafrica/xghana.html">Gold Coast</A> : Ashanti War <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/india/xindia.html">India</A>, UK : Queen Victoria crowned Empress of India <BR> Henry Morton Stanley publishes "Through the Dark Continent" <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/southafrica/xsafrica.html">Natal</A> : Battle of Isandlhwana, British defeat at the hands of the Zulu <BR><BR> <A HREF = "../../region/northafrica/xegypt.html">Egypt</A> declared British Protectorate <BR> Berlin Conference (Congo, Africa Conference) <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/northafrica/xsudan.html">Sudan</A> : Khartoum, defended by General Gordon (UK), falls to Mahdiyya <BR> Franco-Chinese War; China cedes Tonkin, Annam to France <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/westafrica/xnigeria.html">Royal Niger Company</A> (RNC, previously United Africa Company, UAC, of 1879) granted <BR> a charter; charter revoked in 1900, company territory, as Southern Nigeria, taken over by <BR> Brit. Govt. <BR> Portugal waives claim on sovereignty over navigable lower Congo, Zambezi rivers <BR> Transvaal (<A HREF = "../../region/southafrica/xsafrica.html">South Africa</A>) : Witwatersrand Gold Rush <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/eastafrica/xtanzania.html">German East African Company</A> (DOAG) granted charter; in 1891 succeeded by <BR> the German Govt. <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/eastafrica/xkenya.html">Imperial British East Africa Company</A> (IBEAC) granted charter; founded 1887; <BR> 1895 placed under royal control <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/eastafrica/xtanzania.html">East Africa</A> : Bushiri's Rebellion <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/southafrica/xzimbabwe.html">British South Africa Company</A> (BSAC) granted a charter; ruled Rhodesia until 1923/1924 <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/southafrica/matabele.html">Matabele War</A> <BR> British Central Africa Company formed (Nyasaland), amalgamating the African Lakes <BR> Company of 1885; Nyasaland transfered to British Govt. in 1907 <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/centrafrica/xcameroon.html">Cameroon</A>/ <A HREF = "../../region/centrafrica/xchad.html">Chad</A> : F, D agree on splitting Sultanate of <A HREF = "../../region/centrafrica/bagirmi.html">Bagirmi</A> <BR> Sino-Japanese War <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/westafrica/xghana.html">Gold Coast</A> : Ashanti War <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/eastafrica/xethiopia.html">Ethiopia</A> : Italian invading force defeated in Battle of Adowa <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/southafrica/xzimbabwe.html">Rhodesia</A> (BSAC) : Mashona Rebellion <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/centrafrica/xcongol.html">Congo Free State</A> : Railroad connecting Matadi and Stanley Pool (Leopoldville) opens service <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/northafrica/xsudan.html">Sudan</A> : Khartoum taken by British; end of Mahdiyya 1899 <BR> Fashoda Crisis <BR> Spanish-American War <BR> French capture Samori Toure (<A HREF = "../../region/westafrica/xguinee.html">Guinee</A>, <A HREF = "../../region/westafrica/xciv.html">Cote d'Ivoire</A>, <A HREF = "../../region/westafrica/xmali.html">Upper Senegal & Niger</A>) <BR> British introduce Hut Tax in <A HREF = "../../region/westafrica/xsleone.html">Sierra Leone</A> <BR> China : US Foreign Secretary John Hay proposes Open Door Policy <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/southafrica/xsafrica.html">South Africa</A> : Boer War <BR> China : Boxer Rebellion <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/centrafrica/xchad.html">Chad</A> : French defeat Rabeh, establish control on eastern bank of Lake Chad <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/westafrica/xghana.html">Gold Coast</A> : Fourth Ashanti War; Ashanti Kingdom formally annexed in 1902 <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/westafrica/xnigeria.html">Northern Nigeria</A>/ <A HREF = "../../region/centrafrica/xcameroon.html">Cameroon</A> : UK, D split Emirates of <A HREF = "../../region/centrafrica/adamawa.html">Adamawa</A>, <A HREF = "../../region/centrafrica/bornu.html">Bornu</A> <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/eastafrica/xkenya.html">British East Africa</A> : construction of Lunatic Express concluded, connecting Mombasa <BR> with Lake Victoria <BR> Panama declares Independence from Colombia <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/centrafrica/xcongol.html">Congo Free State</A> : Congo Crisis <BR> Entente Cordiale - UK, F agree on mutual interests in <A HREF = "../../region/northafrica/xegypt.html">Egypt</A>, <A HREF = "../../region/northafrica/xmorocco.html">Morocco</A> <BR> Establishment of French West Africa by combining <A HREF = "../../region/westafrica/xsenegal.html">Senegal</A>, <A HREF = "../../region/westafrica/xguinee.html">Guinee</A>, <A HREF = "../../region/westafrica/xciv.html">Cote d'Ivoire</A>, <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/westafrica/xmali.html">Senegambia & Niger</A>, <A HREF = "../../region/westafrica/xbenin.html">Dahomey</A> <BR> Russo-Japanese War <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/southafrica/xnamibia.html">German SW Africa</A> : Herero, Hottentot Revolt (Hendrik Witbooi) <BR> Construction of the Panama Canal <BR> French Governor of <A HREF = "../../region/westafrica/xmauritania.html">Mauritania</A>, Xavier Coppolani, killed <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/eastafrica/xtanzania.html">German East Africa</A> : Maji Maji Revolt <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/northafrica/xmorocco.html">Morocco</A> : First Morocco Crisis; Conference of Algeciras <BR> French Colony of <A HREF = "../../region/westafrica/xmali.html">Senegambia and Niger</A> (since 1902) renamed Upper Senegal and Niger <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/centrafrica/xcongol.html">Congo Free State</A> : Union Miniere develops mining industry (copper) in Katanga <BR> Anglo-Russian Entente; UK, RUS agree on mutual interests in <A HREF = "../../region/centrasia/xiran.html">Persia</A>, <A HREF = "../../region/centrasia/xafghanistan.html">Afghanistan</A> <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/centrafrica/xcongol.html">Congo Free State</A> taken over by Belgium - Belgian Congo <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/centrafrica/xgabon.html">Gabon</A>, <A HREF = "../../region/centrafrica/xcongobrazza.html">Moyen Congo</A>, <A HREF = "../../region/centrafrica/xcar.html">Oubangi-Chari</A>, <A HREF = "../../region/centrafrica/xchad.html">Chad</A> amalgamated to form <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/centrafrica/xcongobrazza.html">French Equatorial Africa</A> <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/southafrica/xsafrica.html">Union of South Africa</A> established, granted Home Rule <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/northafrica/xmorocco.html">Morocco</A> : Second Morocco Crisis <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/centrafrica/xcongol.html">Belgian Congo</A> : mineral-rich Katanga region connected by railroad with coast; <BR> take-off of copper mining industry <BR> Italian-Turkish War; Italy takes <A HREF = "../../region/northafrica/xlibya.html">Libya</A>, Dodecanese <BR> With French seizure of El Hodh, pacification of the <A HREF = "../../region/westafrica/xmali.html">Upper Senegal & Niger</A> concluded <BR> French establish protectorate over <A HREF = "../../region/centrafrica/wadai.html">Wadai</A> (<A HREF = "../../region/centrafrica/xchad.html">Chad</A>) <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/eastafrica/xsomaliland.html">British Somaliland</A> : Camel Constabulary routed by men of the "Mad Mullah" <BR> Northern and Southern Nigeria merged to form <A HREF = "../../region/westafrica/xnigeria.html">Nigeria</A> <BR> <A HREF = "../../region/eastafrica/xtanzania.html">German East Africa</A> : Construction of the Central Railroad connecting Daressalaam <BR> with Ujiji (Lake Tanganyika) concluded <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "500"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; 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