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1884Africa
 
At the Berlin Conference Africa is partitioned between the European powers 
1885Africa - Central Africa
 
A Belgian Catholic missionary Group The White Fathers promote Christianity in the Congo. 
1885Africa - Sudan
 
The British forces at Khartoum in the Sudan under General Charles Gordon are attacked and he is slain. 
1892Europe - France
 

 
Aaron Gerschel, n.d., Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), Cabinet card, Paul Frecker, LL/12049
The Dreyfus Affair in France highlights anti-Semitism and the innocent Alfred Dreyfus is finally exonerated in 1906. 
1894Asia - China
 

 
John A. Vaughan Studio, 1894, Sino-Japanese War, Albumen print, Old Japan, LL/9219
The First Sino-Japanese War - Japan defeats China and obtains control over Korea, Taiwan and the Penghu islands. 
1896Africa
 
Ethiopian army defeats Italian forces at the Battle of Adwa. 
1897Africa - West Africa
 
British Punitive Expedition against Benin City in West Africa 
1898North America - Cuba
 
Spanish American War 
1899South America - Columbia
 
War of a Thousand Days pulls Colombia apart. 
1899Africa - Southern Africa
 

 
Elliott & Fry, n.d., Baden Powell, hero of the Boer War and founder of the Boy Scout movement, Cabinet card, Stereographica - Antique Photographica, LL/11060
Boer War 

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