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
 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. |
1894 | Asia - 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. |
1896 | Africa
| Ethiopian army defeats Italian forces at the Battle of Adwa. |
1897 | Africa - West Africa
| British Punitive Expedition against Benin City in West Africa |
1898 | North America - Cuba
| Spanish American War |
1899 | South America - Columbia
| War of a Thousand Days pulls Colombia apart. |
1899 | Africa - 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 |