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Events relating to the british empire
The territory south of the Zambezi is given the name Rhodesia, in honour of the man who has colonized it
Khama III, the king of Bechuanaland, travels to London to demand the continuing protection of the British crown
The British government takes responsibility for Kenya, as the East Africa Protectorate
Leander Jameson leads a disastrous raid into the Transvaal, in an attempt to topple Paul Kruger's government
Cecil Rhodes' involvement with the Jameson raid forces his resignation as the Cape Colony prime minister
Britain unites Buganda and three other kingdoms into the single Uganda Protectorate
Zululand, annexed by Britain in 1887, is now merged with the colony of Natal
Paul Kruger, prime minister of the Transvaal, forms an alliance with the other Boer republic, the Orange Free State
The UK colonial secretary, Joseph Chamberlain, appoints enthusiastic imperialist Alfred Milner as high commissioner in South Africa
The British burn Benin City in a punitive expedition after members of a British delegation are murdered
French and British forces meet at Fashoda, in a potentially explosive incident in the scramble for Africa
Kitchener's victory at Omdurman brings to an end thirteen years of rule in Sudan by followers of the Mahdi
The Sudan begins half a century of supposedly joint rule by Britain and Egypt
Mohammed ibn Abdullah (the Mad Mullah in British eyes) leads an uprising in British Somaliland
The Boer War breaks out, ostensibly over the rights of British settlers in the Transvaal
Paul Kruger flees after the British take Pretoria and annexe both the Boer republics
The British government assumes direct responsibility for the entire region of Nigeria, previously entrusted to a commercial company
Six separate Australian colonies combine to form the independent Commonwealth of Australia
Thousands of women and children die in the concentration camps used by the British army for displaced Boer families
A treaty at Vereeniging ends the Boer War and brings the Boer republics under British control
After the defeat of neighbouring Transvaal in the Boer War, the British take sole control of Swaziland
Edward VII, the first British monarch to travel to India, holds a great coronation durbar in Delhi
British troops under Francis Younghusband enter Tibet's holy city of Lhasa
Kaiser Wilhelm II visits Tangier in support of Moroccan independence, causing a diplomatic crisis with the colonial powers France and Britain
Mahatma Gandhi, confronted by racial discrimination in South Africa, launches a programme of passive resistance (satyagraha)
