Scope
This timeline covers the late-19th-century acceleration of empire-building, colonial partition, imperial war, and new forms of metropolitan control over distant territories.
Inclusion rule
Include events that materially expanded imperial rule, reorganized colonial governance, triggered anti-colonial resistance, or altered global balances of power through empire.
Why this timeline exists
Late imperial expansion was one of the main engines of global inequality, interstate rivalry, and anti-colonial politics. It provides essential context for both world wars and decolonization.
Key phases
- Expansion of overseas empire
- Colonial partition and conquest
- Imperial administration and extraction
- Colonial resistance and suppression
- Pre-1914 imperial rivalry
Anchor events
Initial seed events to be added.