Empire Dates

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Indian mutiny
1857-58
1 of 160
india becomes a crown colony
1858
2 of 160
canada becomes a dominion
1867
3 of 160
diamonds discovered in south africa
1867
4 of 160
suez canal opened
1869
5 of 160
cape colony granted responsible govt
1872
6 of 160
onset of long depression
1873
7 of 160
gold coast becomes a colony
1874
8 of 160
prime minister disraeli secures controlling stake in suez canal
1875
9 of 160
victoria becomes empress of india
1876
10 of 160
anglo french control of egyptian finances
1876
11 of 160
annexation of transvaal
1877
12 of 160
delhi durbar
1877
13 of 160
sir bartle frere appointed high commissioner for south africa
1877
14 of 160
afghan war
1878-1880
15 of 160
zulu war
1879-1880
16 of 160
first boer war
1880-1881
17 of 160
madhi uprising in sudan
1881-1889
18 of 160
british defeat at majuba hill
1881
19 of 160
pretoria convention restores independence to transvaal
1881
20 of 160
bombardment of alexandria and occupation of egypt
1882
21 of 160
berlin conference discusses colonisation in africa
1884-1885
22 of 160
gordon killed in khartoum
1885
23 of 160
british south africa company receives charter
1889
24 of 160
rhodesia established
1889
25 of 160
part of nyasaland becomes a british protectorate
1889
26 of 160
zanzibar becomes a british protectorate
1890
27 of 160
cecil rhodes becomes prime minister of cape colony
1890
28 of 160
matabele war
1893-94
29 of 160
uganda becomes a protectorate
1894
30 of 160
Bechuanaland and niger coast protectorates established
1885
31 of 160
discovery of gold coast in south africa
1886
32 of 160
royal niger company receives charter
1886
33 of 160
colonial and indian ehibition in south kensington
1886
34 of 160
anglo german agreement over spheres of influence in east africa
1886
35 of 160
first indian national congress meets
1886
36 of 160
china recognises brit control of bruma
1886
37 of 160
zululand becomes a protectorate
1887
38 of 160
imperial british east africa charter awarded
1888
39 of 160
cook islands become a british protectorate
1888
40 of 160
imperial exhibition in glasgow
1888
41 of 160
sarawak, north borneo and brunei become british protectorates
1888
42 of 160
cecil rhodes forms kimberly diamond companies
1888
43 of 160
british east africa protectorate established
1895
44 of 160
jameson raid
1895
45 of 160
zanzibar war
1896
46 of 160
rhodes resigns as prime minister of cape colony
1896
47 of 160
joseph chamberlain appointed secretary
1896
48 of 160
formation of the federated malay states
1896
49 of 160
sir alfred milner appointed high commissioner for south africa
1897
50 of 160
battle of omdurman
1898
51 of 160
fashoda incident
1898
52 of 160
formal annexation of the sudan
1898
53 of 160
curzon becomes viceroy of india
1898
54 of 160
second boer war
1899-1902
55 of 160
anglo egyptiaan condominium over sudan
1899
56 of 160
ashanti war
1900
57 of 160
ashantiland incorporated into gold coast protectorate
1902
58 of 160
union of south africa established
1902
59 of 160
chamberlain launches campaign for tariff reform
1903
60 of 160
union of south africa becomes self governing dominion
1910
61 of 160
delhi durbar marks transfer of raj capital
1911
62 of 160
imprial conference in london
1911
63 of 160
ANC formed in south africa
1912
64 of 160
crisis in ireland; ulster volunteers formed
1913
65 of 160
amritsar massacre in india
1919
66 of 160
irish war for independence
1919-1922
67 of 160
IRA formed
1919
68 of 160
treaty of versailles consideres post-war mandates
1919
69 of 160
mahatma gandhi becomes leader of indian congress
1920
70 of 160
british east africa becmes kenya
1920
71 of 160
govt of ireland act establishes a northern parliament
1920
72 of 160
Ireland partition carried out
1921
73 of 160
formation of national congress of british west africa
1920
74 of 160
creation of transjordan
1922
75 of 160
independence of egypt
1922
76 of 160
irish civil war
1922-24
77 of 160
govt of india act offers limited local government and seperates burma from india
1935
78 of 160
fall of singapore
1942
79 of 160
fall of malaya
1942
80 of 160
fall of bruma
1942
81 of 160
quit india movement established
1942
82 of 160
indian independence with partition to create pakistan
1947
83 of 160
nasser nationalises suez canal precipitating suez crisis
1956
84 of 160
gold coast becomes independent as ghana
1957
85 of 160
malay states become independent as malaysia
1957
86 of 160
Macmillan makes 'wind of change' speech to south african parliament
1960
87 of 160
british somaliland becomes independent
1960
88 of 160
cyprus becomes independent
1960
89 of 160
nigeria becomes independent
1960
90 of 160
sierra leone becomes independent
1961
91 of 160
tanganyika becomes independent
1961
92 of 160
british cameroons become independent
1961
93 of 160
south africa leaves commonwealth
1961
94 of 160
partition of bengal
1905
95 of 160
self government restored to transvaal and orange river colony
1906
96 of 160
new zealand gains dominion status
1907
97 of 160
mahatma gandhi begins first non violent resistance campaign in south africa
1907
98 of 160
indian national congress splits
1907
99 of 160
baden powell founds boy scout movement
1907
100 of 160
morely minto reforms in india
1909
101 of 160
home rule for ireland; suspended for war
1914
102 of 160
northern and southern nigeria united as nigeria
1914
103 of 160
protectorate established in egypt
1914
104 of 160
gallipoli landings involving ANZACs
1915
105 of 160
brit support for an arab homeland in return for help in fighting the ottoman turks
1915
106 of 160
easter rising in dublin
1916
107 of 160
home rule league established in india
1916
108 of 160
balfour declaration promises palestine to jews
1917
109 of 160
imperial war conferences
1917
110 of 160
creation of imperial war cabinet
1917
111 of 160
onset of great depression colonial development act
1929
112 of 160
gandhi's salt march and disobedience campaign
1930
113 of 160
round table conferences between britain and india
1930-32
114 of 160
statute of westminster gives dominions constitutional autonomy
1931
115 of 160
britain abandons gold standard
1931
116 of 160
ottawa conference establishes imperial prefernce
1932
117 of 160
withdrawal from palestine
1948
118 of 160
ANC win power in south africa
1948
119 of 160
ceylon = independent
1948
120 of 160
ceylon = independent
1948
121 of 160
malayan emergency
1948-1960
122 of 160
ireland leaves commonwealth
1948
123 of 160
mau mau uprising in kenya
1952-1959
124 of 160
nkru ah becomes prime minister of gold coast
1952
125 of 160
creation of centeral african federation, combining n.rhodesia, s.rhodeisa and nyasaland
1953
126 of 160
withdrawal from sudan
1954-1956
127 of 160
brit troops removed from egypt
1954
128 of 160
commonwealth immigration act
1962
129 of 160
jamaica = independent
1962
130 of 160
trinidad and tobago = independent
1962
131 of 160
uganda=independent
1962
132 of 160
samoa = independent
1962
133 of 160
kenya= independent
1963
134 of 160
zanzibar= independent
1963
135 of 160
n.rhodeisa= independent
1964
136 of 160
nyasaland = independent
1964
137 of 160
malta = independent
1964
138 of 160
zanzibar and tanganyika combine to form tanzania
1964
139 of 160
ian smith elected as premier of s.rhodesia
1964
140 of 160
creation of commonwealth secretariat in london
1965
141 of 160
gambia= independent
1965
142 of 160
maldice islands and cook islands = independent
1965
143 of 160
s.rhodeisa declares UTI
1965
144 of 160
aden =independent
1967
145 of 160
uk's balck population at c.1mil
1967
146 of 160
british commonwealth day renamed commonwealth day
1966
147 of 160
race relations act
1965
148 of 160
nottinghill carnival begins
1964
149 of 160
brussels conference
1876
150 of 160
scramble for africa
1881-1914
151 of 160
exchange control act
1947
152 of 160
british nationality act
1948
153 of 160
organisation for african unity founded
1963
154 of 160
restriction of 'malay nationality'; excluded chinese
1949
155 of 160
empire day renamed british commonwelath day
1958
156 of 160
north west frontier film
1959
157 of 160
guns at batasi film
1964
158 of 160
london transport employed 4000 new staff, mostly from barbados
1956
159 of 160
denshawai incident
1906
160 of 160

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