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160016501700175018001850190019502000Early modern period (Europe)Early modern periodEarly modern periodLong 19th century (Europe)Long 19th centuryLong 19th century20th century20th century20th centuryContemporaryEast India Company chartered In: The British Empire and its dark historyEast India Company charteredRoyal African Company chartered In: The British Empire and its dark history, The slave tradeRoyal African Company charteredThe Battle of Plassey In: Colonialism: the conquest of the world, The British Empire, The British Empire and its dark historyThe Battle of PlasseyThe Bengal famine of 1770 In: Colonialism: the conquest of the world, The British Empire and its dark historyThe Bengal famine of 1770The Zong massacre In: The British Empire and its dark history, The slave tradeThe Zong massacreThe Treaty of Paris Recognizes American Independence In: The British Empire, The British Empire and its dark historyThe Treaty of Paris Recognizes American…Slave Trade Act abolishes British slave trade In: The British Empire and its dark historySlave Trade Act abolishes British slave…Slavery Abolition Act In: The British Empire and its dark historySlavery Abolition ActFirst Opium War In: China: dynasties to superpower, Pax Britannica and the primacy of the Royal Navy, The British Empire and its dark historyFirst Opium WarGreat Irish Famine In: The British Empire and its dark historyGreat Irish FamineVictoria Proclaimed Empress of India In: The British Empire, The British Empire and its dark historyVictoria Proclaimed Empress of IndiaThe British Occupation of Egypt In: The British Empire, The British Empire and its dark historyThe British Occupation of EgyptBerlin Conference divides Africa In: The British Empire and its dark historyBerlin Conference divides AfricaSecond Boer War and concentration camps In: Nazi ideology was not unique: race myth, empire, and extermination, The British Empire and its dark historySecond Boer War and concentration campsThe Statute of Westminster In: The British Empire, The British Empire and its dark historyThe Statute of WestminsterThe Bengal famine of 1943 In: Colonial concentration camps and atrocities across the empires, Colonialism: the conquest of the world, The British Empire and its dark historyThe Bengal famine of 1943Partition of India In: Hinges of history, The British Empire and its dark historyPartition of IndiaBritish mandate for Palestine ends In: The British Empire and its dark historyBritish mandate for Palestine endsMau Mau uprising and Kenyan detention camps In: The British Empire and its dark historyMau Mau uprising and Kenyan detention c…Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence In: Cecil Rhodes and the dream of empire, Colonialism: the conquest of the world, Freedom movements: how the colonized won their independence, Segregation: Jim Crow and its global cousins, The British Empire, The British Empire and its dark historyRhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of In…Zimbabwe becomes independent In: Colonialism: the conquest of the world, The British Empire and its dark historyZimbabwe becomes independentHandover of Hong Kong In: Colonialism: the conquest of the world, The British Empire, The British Empire and its dark history, The wandering center of moneyHandover of Hong KongJohn Nottingham supports Mau Mau veterans' compensation case In: Colonial concentration camps and atrocities across the empires, Mau Mau: the uprising, the camps, and the reckoning, Operation Legacy: the empire burned its records, The British Empire and its dark historyJohn Nottingham supports Mau Mau vetera…3 events, 1856 to 1860. Click to zoom.35 events, 1956 to 1960. Click to zoom.5

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