| 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. |
| 1892 | Europe • France
| The Dreyfus Affair in France highlights anti-Semitism and the innocent Alfred Dreyfus is finally exonerated in 1906. |
| 1896 | Africa | Ethiopian army defeats Italian forces at the Battle of Adwa. (1 March 1896) |
| 1897 | Africa • West Africa | British Punitive Expedition against Benin City in West Africa |
| 1898 | North America • Cuba | Spanish American War [Read about] |
