Scramble for Africa
c. 1881–1914 · Event
European powers invade, conquer and partition almost the whole of Africa; by 1914 only Ethiopia and Liberia remain independent.
On these timelines: The Scramble for Africa, Master, Sub-Saharan Africa, United Kingdom (combined), British Empire
More from The Scramble for Africa
- Berlin Conference (1884)
- Battle of Adwa (1896)
- Herero and Nama genocide (1904)
- Congo rubber atrocities (1891)
- Britain occupies Egypt (1882)
- Siege of Khartoum (1884)
- Stanley crosses Africa (1874)
- Mahdist War / Fall of Khartoum (1881)
Around 1881
- Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
- German unification (1871)
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Albert Einstein (1879)
- Joseph Stalin (1878)
- Bismarck's chancellorship (1871)
- Founding of the German Empire (1871)
- Van Gogh's The Starry Night (1889)
- Winston Churchill (1874)
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881)