< Page:The Outline of History Vol 2.djvu
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
624
THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY

{|

|- ! A.D. !! |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 1894-95. || Japanese war with China. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 1895. || "Unionist" (Imperialist) government in Britain. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 1896. || Battle of Adowa. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 1898. || The Fashoda quarrel between France and Britain. Germany acquired Kiau-Chau. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 1899. || The war in South Africa began (Boer war). |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 1900. || The Boxer risings in China. Siege of the Legations at Peking. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 1904. || The British invaded Tibet. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 1904-5. || Russo-Japanese war. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 1906. || The "Unionist" (Imperialist) party in Great Britain defeated by the Liberals upon the question of tariffs. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 1907. || The Confederation of South Africa established. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 1908. || Austria annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 1909. || M. Bleriot flew in an aeroplane from France to England. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 1911. || Italy made war on Turkey and seized Tripoli. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 1912. || China became a republic. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 1913. || The Balkan league made war on Turkey. Bloodshed at Londonderry in Ireland caused by "Unionist" gun running. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 1914. || The Great War in Europe began (for which see special time chart on pp. 528-29). |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 1917. || The two Russian revolutions. Establishment of the Bolshevik régime in Russia. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 1919-20. || The Clemenceau Peace of Versailles. |- valign="top" | style="width: 3em;" | 1920. || First meeting of the League of Nations, from which Germany, Austria, Russia, and Turkey were excluded, and at which the United States was not represented. |} And here our Outline breaks off.

This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.