- 1795: The Dutch abolish slave trade in Africa
- 1798: Napoleon invades Egypt
- 1808: Great Britain abolishes the slave trade
- 1820s: British-Ashanti War
- 1830: The Great Trek of the Boers begins
- 1835: English is adopted as the official language of Indian law courts
- 1840: The Sultan of Omar establishes his capital at Zanzibar
- 1841: David Livingstone begins his missionary work in Africa
- 1853: First railway line is built in India
- 1857-1858: The "Sepoy Mutiny" or "Great Rebellion" in Northern India
- 1858: The British Parliament takes control of India from the British East India Company
- 1863: The United States abolishes slavery
- 1869: The Suez Canal is completed
- 1873: Zanzibar closes its slave market
- 1874: Britain establishes Gold Coast colony
- 1881: Britain establishes a protectorate over Egypt
- 1884: The Berlin Conference on Africa
- 1885: Charles Gordon is killed at Khartoum
- 1885: The India National Congress Party is founded
- 1898: Showdown between Britain and France at Fashoda
- 1899-1902: The Boer War
- 1910: Union of South Africa is formed
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