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Indian mutiny
1857
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Burton and Speke discover Lake Tanganyika
1858
2 of 27
Government of India act (1)
1858
3 of 27
Livingstone visits Africa to open up a path for commerce and christianity
1858
4 of 27
'Origin of species' published by Charles Darwin
1859
5 of 27
Livingstone's third journey in Africa to search for the source of the Nile
1866
6 of 27
Diamonds discovered in South Africa
1867
7 of 27
Suez canal opens
1869
8 of 27
Germany becomes a united country
1871
9 of 27
Stanley finds Livingstone
1871
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Death of Livingstone
1873
11 of 27
Onset of great (long) depression
1873
12 of 27
PM Disraeli secures 44% controlling stake in the Suez canal
1875
13 of 27
Queen Victoria named empress of India
1876
14 of 27
Brussels conference held by King Leopold on Belgium
1876
15 of 27
Annexation of the transvaal
1877
16 of 27
Afghan war begins
1878
17 of 27
Zulu war begins
1879
18 of 27
First Boer war begins
1880
19 of 27
Mahdi uprising in Sudan (until 1898)
1881
20 of 27
Occupation of Egypt
1882
21 of 27
Berlin conference marks beginning of the 'scramble for Africa'
1884
22 of 27
INC formed
1885
23 of 27
General Charles Gordon killed, beheaded in Khartoum
1885
24 of 27
Discovery of gold in the Transvaal
1886
25 of 27
Rhodesia established
1889
26 of 27
Cecil Rhodes becomes PM of Cape colony
1890
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