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Key Dates in British Empire 1857-1867...

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The British Empire 1857-1967 Key Dates 1857 - Indian Mutiny 1858 - India becomes crown colony 1860 - Speke’s expedition to the Nile 1866 - Livingstone’s journey to the Nile 1867 - Canada becomes dominion 1867 - Diamonds in South America 1868 - Colonial society 1869 - Suez Canal opens 1874 - Gold coast becomes a colony 1875 - Prime Minister Disraeli secures Suez Canal 1876 - Victoria becomes Empress of India 1876 - Anglo French control Egyptian finances 1877 - Bartle Frere High Commissioner in S. Africa 1879 - Zulu War begins 1880 - First Boer War begins 1881 - Transvaal granted independence 1884 - Berlin conference 1885 - Indian National Congress formed 1885 - Bechuanaland becomes a protectorate 1885 - Niger Coast becomes a protectorate 1886 - Discovery of Gold in South African colonies 1886 - British control of Burma 1887 - Zululand becomes protectorate 1889 - Rhodesia established 1890 - Cecil Rhodes becomes PM of Cape Colony 1895 - British East Africa become a protectorate 1896 - Joseph Chamberlain becomes C. Secretary 1896 - Zanzibar War 1897 - A. Milner becomes High Commissioner in SA 1898 - Curzon becomes Viceroy of India 1899 - Second Boer War begins 1903 - Chamberlain’s tariff reform 1906 - Transvaal becomes self-governing 1906 - Orange River Colony become selfgoverning 1907 - New Zealand becomes dominion 1907 - Gandhi begins campaign 1911 - Imperial conference 1912 - ANC formed in South Africa 1914 - First World War begins 1916 - Home Rule League established in India 1917 - Balfour Declaration 1917 - Imperial war conference 1919 - Amritsar Massacre 1922 - Egypt Independence 1930 - First Round Table Conference

1931 - Gold Standard abandoned

1932 - Ottawa conference 1935 - Government of India Act 1939 - Second World War 1947 - Indian Independence 1948 - Palestine withdrawal 1954 - Sudan withdrawal 1954 - British troops removed from Egypt...