| 1877 | Asia • India | Queen Victoria is crowned Empress of India. [Read about] |
| 1878 | Africa • Northern Africa | France obtains control of Tunisia at the Congress of Berlin. |
| 1878 | Africa • Central Africa
| King Leopold II of Belgium funds the exploration of the Congo river basin by Henry Morton Stanley. |
| 1879 | Africa • Southern Africa | British forces under Lord Chelmsford crush the Zulu kingdom. |
| 1884 | Africa | At the Berlin Conference Africa is partitioned between the European powers |
| 1885 | Africa • Central Africa | A Belgian Catholic missionary Group The White Fathers promote Christianity in the Congo. |
| 1885 | Africa • Sudan | The British forces at Khartoum in the Sudan under General Charles Gordon are attacked and he is slain. |
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