Colonial history, Berlin Congress, Fachoda Crisis, Congo-Ocean Railway, Indochina conquest, Dahomey war, Madagascar conquest, US-Cuba War, Imperial Republic, British imperialism, French imperialism, African colonization, European expansion
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Key dates in colonial history, including the Berlin Congress, Fachoda Crisis, and conquest of various regions.
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[...] - 1901 : landing and destruction of the village of Balangiga - 1906 : creation of a Philippine assembly - 1945-1946 : independence of the Philippines - 1903 : US intervention in Colombia creation of Panama by the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty - : US interventions in Honduras (in 1907, to ensure their sovereignty over the banana republic, in 1911 to prevent an agrarian reform and in 1919 to maintain in power a regime favorable) - 1906 and 1915 : intervention in Cuba - 1914 and 1916 : intervention in Mexico - 1915-1934 : occupation of Haiti - 1925-1934 : Nicaraguan War (led by Augusto César Sandino) - 1927 : launch of Fordlandia - 5 to 6 December 1928 : workers' revolt in Ciénaga (Colombia) massacre - 1912 : election of Wilson in the United States - 1914 : opening of the Panama Canal - 1933 : election of Roosevelt and good neighbor policy - 1934 : repeal of the Platt Amendment - 1936 : evacuation of American troops from Haiti - 1930-1945 : Vargas at the head of Brazil - 1940 : creation by Rockefeller of an office for the coordination of inter-American affairs - 1942-1944 : production of feature films for South America by Walt Disney Chapter Russia, between violent modernization and ideological export (1905-1941) - 1895 : China cedes the Liaodong Peninsula to Japan - 8 February 1904 : attack on the Russian base of Port-Arthur by the Japanese - 1904-1905 : Battle of Hill 203 - 1905 : Treaty of Portsmouth - February 1917 : first revolution in Russia - October 1917 : Bolshevik revolution Red October - 1917-1921 : Russian Civil War - 1918 : creation of the Cheka - 1920- 1921 : Tambov Rebellion - March 1921 : Kronstadt Rebellion - 1921 : establishment of the NEP (New Economic Policy) - 1922 : creation of the USSR - 1928 : first five-year plan - 1929-1934 : great leap of the Soviet economy - 1931-1933 : White Sea-Baltic Canal. [...]
[...] Important dates in the history of the 20th century Key dates : - 1898 : US-Cuba War, birth of the Imperial Republic of the United States - 1898 : Fachoda Crisis, clash of British and French imperialism in the Sudan. [...]
[...] Jacobus - 1903 : suicide of Sir Hector Macdonald (homosexuality) - 1910 : story of Sophie Meritz (rape and conviction for lying) - 1930s : story of Messali Hadj and Emilie Busquant (story between a subordinate and a Frenchwoman) Chapter World War a 'locomotive of history' - 1914-1923 : World War I - April 1917 : entry into war of the United States Use of colonial forces - 1857 : creation of the Senegalese tirailleurs - 1910 : publication of The Black Force by Charles Mangin - 1915 : poem by John McCrae - 15 March 1915 : Battle of Neuve-Chapelle which kills several thousand Indians (4800, first battle to use pre-planned aerial bombardments) - 1916 : death of African soldier Beleza - 1917 : resistance in the British dominions against conscription - 25 April 1915 : landing of Australian troops in the Dardanelles - 1948 : poem by Léopold Sédar Senghor From the battlefield to recognition - August 1914 : conquest of German Togo by the Franco-British - August 1914 - August 1916 : conquest of German Cameroon by the Franco-British - July 1915 : conquest of German South West Africa by the English - 1914-1918 : resistance of General Von Lettow-Vorbeck in German East Africa - 1917 : first accusations against black soldiers in the trenches - January : publication of Wilson's 14 points - 1919 : first pan-African congress with Dubois at its head - January : foundation of the League of Nations (deadline date) - 1921-1926 : Rif Wars - 1924 : inauguration of the Reims memorial for the Black Army - 1914 : entry into war of Japan alongside the Triple Entente - 1914 : Russo-Japanese War Japan wins the German islands and Shandong (problem because birthplace of Confucius) - October-November 1914 : Siege of Qingdao, German concession - January 1915 : Japanese ultimatum to China, the 21 demands - 1909 : publication of Hind Swaraj by Ghandi - 1917 : publication of Nationalism by Tagore nationalism is self-destructive + comparison India/Japan/West - 1919 : Rowlatt laws - 13 April 1919 : massacre of Amritsar in India - 1930 : Salt March of Gandhi - 1931 : passage of British colonies to the status of Westminster (deadline date) Neutrality and Engagement in Latin America - March 1915 : foundation of the Brazilian League for the Allies behind José Pereira Da Graca Aranha - 1917 : turning point and crisis of Europe - March : Zimmermann Telegram A Middle Eastern War - 1908 : Young Turk Revolution - April 1915 : beginning of the Armenian Genocide - 1916 : Sykes-Picot Agreements - 1917 : Balfour Declaration - 1920 : Treaty of Sèvres - 1920-1921 : Iraqi and Syrian Revolt - 1923 : Declaration of Turkey + Treaty of Lausanne (end date) - 1932 : proclamation of Saudi Arabia Chapter The Assertion of the Imperial Republic (1898-1940) - 1898 : Spanish-American War - 15 February 1898 : explosion of the American ship in Cuba Bay - June 1898 : Battle of San Juan - 1901 : Cuba becomes a protectorate (Platt Amendment) - 1895 : publication of Mahan's book on "sea power" which inspires the US - 1899-1902 : American-Philippine War General Jacob Smith. [...]
[...] Riots break out, authors engage and the colonial administration changes its plans) - 1927 : voyage to the Congo of André Gide France - 1889-1890 : end of the conquest of Indochina - 1890-1894 : war of Dahomey which led to the colonization of Benin - 1894-1895 : conquest of Madagascar by Gallieni, prohibition of mixed marriages is the total annexation - : crises of Morocco resulted for Germany in the colonization of an area in Cameroon. [...]
[...] Chapter The Global Cold War (1946-1979) - 1943 : independence of Lebanon - February 1945 : signature of the Quincy Pact - Spring 1946 : Stalin's troops withdrawal from Iran - January : Truman's speech on underdeveloped countries - August 1953 : Operation Ajax in Iran - February 1955 : Baghdad Pact (signed by the UK but inspired by the US) - 1945 : San Francisco Conference establishing the United Nations - 1947 : UN plan for Israel - 1947 : ship Exodus - May : Ben-Gurion declares Israel's independence - June : Arab countries attack Israel - June 1949 : ceasefire - 1954 : Nasser seizes power in Egypt - July 1956 : nationalization of the Suez Canal - November 1956 : Franco-British-Israeli military operation - 1958 : creation of the United Arab Republic - 1958 : coup d'Etat in Iraq which will associate with the USSR - 1958 : US coup in Lebanon - 1967 : Six-Day War - 1970 : execution of PLO representatives in Jordan - September 1970 : Dawson's Fields diversions - 1972 : Munich attacks - 1973 : first oil shock after the ceasefire between Egypt and Israel - 1947 : Rio conference - 1948 : creation of the Organization of American States - 1954 : a coup d'etat overthrows Guzman in Guatemala - 1964 : a coup d'etat establishes a military dictatorship in Brazil - 1958-1959 : a coup d'etat overthrows Batista in Cuba and brings Castro to power - 1961 : Bay of Pigs - 1964 : Castro's speech to the United Nations 'the homeland or death' - 1967 : death of Che Guevara - 1970 : Salvador Allende comes to power in Chile - 1971 : coup d'Etat in Bolivia - 1973 : coup d'Etat of Pinochet in Chile - 1976 : coup d'Etat in Argentina - 1979 : dictatorship falls in Nicaragua and Daniel Ortega comes to power. [...]
