Empire Timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 23 May 2023
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Created byJonny Brewer
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Canada made a Dominion 1867Australia made a Dominion 1901New Zealand made a Dominion 1907Union of South Africa created, given Dominion status 1910Suez Canal opened 1869Gold Coast Colony established 1874Britain buys Suez Canal shares 1875Victoria becomes Empress of India 1876Annexation of Transvaal 1877Anglo-Egyptian Sudan created 1899Britain occupies Egypt 1882Start of Berlin Conference 1884Indian National Congress (INC) founded 1885Charter given to Royal Niger Company 1886Opening of Colonial and Indian Exhibition 1886Jameson Raid (1895-96)Fashoda Crisis 1898Muslim League founded 1906Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916Balfour Declaration 1917Amritsar massacre 19191919 Egyptian RevolutionEgypt gains independence 1922Dominion status defined at 1926 Imperial ConferenceStatute of Westminster 1931British Empire Economic Conference 1932Government of India Act 1935Government of India Act 1919Invasion of Singapore 1942Invasion of Malaya 1941Invasion of Burma 1941Partition of India 1947British governance of Palestine begins 1920Palestine Mandate terminated 1948Ceylon gains independence 1948Malaya gains independence 1957Suez Crisis 1956Upper Canada rebellion 1837Morant Bay Rebellion (Jamaica) 1865Treaty of Pankgor 1874Goldie forms United African Company 1879McKinnon's Imperial British East Africa Company founded 1888IBEAC transfers rule to British Crown 1893Uganda Protectorate established 1894East Africa Protectorate established 1895Egypt declared a protectorate 1914Gandhi's Salt March 1930Stafford Cripps Mission 1942Sudan gains independence 1956Britain leaves Egypt 1962Ghana gains independence 1957Kenya gains independence 19631851 Great Exhibition opens in Hyde Park1862 International Exhibition opens1st Empire Day 1902Empire Day officially recognised as annual event 1916Boys' Brigade formed 1883"Scouting" founded 1907Boy Scouts founded 1910Girl Guides founded 1909Salvation Army founded 18651900 Khaki election1906 election landslideBritish Empire Exhibition opens at Wembley 1924Imperial Institute established 1888BBC founded 1922Periods
World War 1Interwar periodWorld War 2DecolonisationAnti-ImperialismNew Imperialism2nd Opium War 1856-60Indian Mutiny1st Opium War 1839-42Maori Wars 1843-722nd Anglo-Afghan War 1878-80Anglo-Zulu War 18791st Boer War 1880-81Mahdist War 1881-99'Urabi revolt (Egypt) 1879-822nd Boer War 1899-02McMahon-Hussein Correspondence 1915-16Arab revolt (Palestine) 1936-39Malayan Emergency 1948-60Quit India Campaign 1942-45Mau Mau rebellion 1952-60
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