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| 1877 |
| | | Britain annexes the Boer republic in the Transvaal | |
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| 1877 |
| | | Stanley completes his exploration of the Congo, reaching the Atlantic coast at Boma after a three-year journey | |
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| 1878 |
| | | Stanley agrees to work for Leopold II in opening up the Congo river to commerce | |
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| 1879 |
| | | The British find a pretext to march into the territory ruled by Cetshwayo, thus launching the Zulu War | |
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| 1879 |
| | | Zulu tribesmen surprise and annihilate a British army encamped near Isandhlwana | |
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| 1879 |
| | | Immediately after Isandhlwana a tiny British garrison at Rorke's Drift fights off an overwhelming Zulu attack | |
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| 1879 |
| | | George Goldie and British traders on the Niger form the United African Company (later the Royal Niger Company) to consolidate their interests | |
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| 1879 |
| | | The British destruction of Cetshwayo's kraal at Ulundi ends the Zulu War | |
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| 1880 |
| | | French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza forestalls Stanley in opening up the Congo, reaching Stanley Pool ahead of him | |
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| 1881 |
| | | The Boers inflict a convincing defeat on a British army at Majuba, in the Transvaal | |
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