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The British Empire 1857-1967
Created by
Chris Stanley
⟶ Updated 26 Apr 2018 ⟶
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Timelines by
Chris Stanley
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Cold War 1945-1991
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Events
Indian Mutiny
Government of India Act
Treaty of Tientsin
Burton and Speke discover Lake Tanganyika
Speke's expedition to locate source of the Nile
Livingstone's 3rd journey to locate source of Nile
Canada becoes Dominion
Diamonds discovered in Kimberley South Africa
Colonial Society (Royal Commonwealth Society) founded
Suez Canal opened
Stanley finds Livingstone
Griqualand West annexed to Cape Colony
Cape Colony granted Responsible Government
Death of Livingstone
Disraeli purchases Suez shares
Queen Victoria declared Empress of India
Anglo-French control of Egyptian finances
Transvaal Annexed
Delhi Durbar
Bartle Frere appointed High Commissioner for S Africa
British defeat at Majuba Hill
Pretoria Convention
Bombardment of Alexandria & occupation of Egypt
Berlin Conference
Death of General Gordon
Indian National Congress formed
Gold discovered in Witwatersrand
Royal Niger Company receives charter
Colonial and Indian Exhibition Soth Kensington
Anglo-German Agreement
Imperial British East African Company charter awarded
Cecil Rhodes launches De Beers Consolidated Mines
British South Africa Company receives charter
Jameson Raid
Chamberlain appointed Colonial Secretary
Alfred Milner appointed High Commissioner for S Africa
Fashoda Incident
Battle of Omdurman
Annexation of the Sudan
Anglo-Egyptian Condominium over Sudan
Chamberlain launches campaign for tariff reform
Partition of Bengal
New Zealand granted Dominion status
Morley-Minto reforms
Union of South Africa given dominion status
Delhi Durbar marks transfer of Raj captal
Imperial conference in London
African National Congress formed in South Africa
Third Irish Home Rule Bill; Ulster Covenant signed
Gallipoli Landings
Easter Rising
Indian Home Rule League Established
Balfour decleration
Creation of Imperial War cabinet & Imperial War Conferences
Amritsar Massacre
Treaty of Versailles Post War Mandates
Gandhi becomes Leader of INC
Government of Ireland Act
Imperial Conference agrees definition of Dominion status
Colonial development Act
Gandhi's Salt March
First Round Table Conference
Statute of Westminster
Ottawa Conference (British Empire Economic Conference)
Government of India Act
Fall of Singapore, Burma and Malaya
Indian Independence & creation of Pakistan
Mau Mau Uprising
Elizabeth II becomes Queen
Nasser Nationalizes Suez Canal
Macmillan's "wind of change" speech
Commonwealth Immigration Act
Periods
First Boer War
Anglo-Zulu War
Second Anglo-Afghan War
Mahdi Uprising
Second Boer War
World War I
Irish War for Independence
Irish Civil War
World War II
