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Events relating to the british empire
The British withdraw from Afghanistan, having achieved nothing in the Second Anglo-Afghan War
Anti-western riots in Alexandria result in many deaths and provoke a British invasion
Mohammed Ahmed, proclaiming himself the Mahdi, defeats three Egyptian armies in the Sudan
The British empire is first described as a 'Commonwealth of Nations', by Lord Rosebery speaking in Australia
General Gordon marches south to protect Khartoum from the advancing forces of the Mahdi
The Boer republic in the Transvaal regains its independence from Britain
British general Garnet Wolseley sails from London on a mission to rescue Gordon, trapped by the Mahdi in Khartoum
Bismarck invites the European powers to a West Africa Conference in Berlin
Britain annexes Bechuanaland as a protectorate, to secure the route north from the Cape into central Africa
Germany and Britain define neighbouring spheres of interest in east Africa
The German and British agreement in east Africa creates the present-day boundary between Tanzania and Kenya
A gathering of leaders from the British empire holds a colonial conference in London to coincide with Queen Victoria's jubilee
The Ndebele chieftain, Lobengula, grants Rhodes mining rights in what is now Zimbabwe
The Imperial British East Africa Company is given a charter to adminster Kenya and Uganda
Cecil Rhodes forms the British South Africa Company to push British commerce and imperial control further north
France and Britain agree colonial boundaries for Senegal and Gambia in west Africa
Cecil Rhodes sends colonists to settle the newly won colony of Rhodesia
Zanzibar, under its Arab sultan, is declared a British protectorate
Rhodes wins the right to adminster the region from the Zambezi up to Lake Tanganyika, forming present-day Zambia
Britain cedes the tiny island of Heligoland to Germany in return for vast areas of Africa
Frederick Lugard's Maxim machine gun settles a Protestant-Catholic clash in Kampala, the capital of Buganda
The Falkland Islands, by now occupied by some 2000 settlers, become a British colony
Leander Jameson, finding a pretext for war, drives Lobengula out of his kingdom in Rhodesia
Mahatma Gandhi, travelling with a first-class ticket, is forcibly ejected from the carriage at Pietermaritzburg because of his colour
The British Central African Protectorate is set up in the region of present-day Malawi
