Challenges to European Imperialism and the Road to War
1. 1894–1895
-------- Revolution erupts in Russia; violence forces Nicholas II to establish the Duma South African (Boer) War fought between Dutch descendants and the British in South African states Japan defeats Russia in the Russo-Japanese War Assassination of the Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife by a Serbian nationalist precipitates World War I Young Turks revolt against rule by the sultan in the Ottoman Empire Revolutionaries overthrow the Qing dynasty and declare China a republic Japan defeats China in the Sino-Japanese War
2. 1899–1902
-------- Revolution erupts in Russia; violence forces Nicholas II to establish the Duma South African (Boer) War fought between Dutch descendants and the British in South African states Japan defeats Russia in the Russo-Japanese War Assassination of the Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife by a Serbian nationalist precipitates World War I Young Turks revolt against rule by the sultan in the Ottoman Empire Revolutionaries overthrow the Qing dynasty and declare China a republic Japan defeats China in the Sino-Japanese War
3. 1904–1905
-------- Revolution erupts in Russia; violence forces Nicholas II to establish the Duma South African (Boer) War fought between Dutch descendants and the British in South African states Japan defeats Russia in the Russo-Japanese War Assassination of the Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife by a Serbian nationalist precipitates World War I Young Turks revolt against rule by the sultan in the Ottoman Empire Revolutionaries overthrow the Qing dynasty and declare China a republic Japan defeats China in the Sino-Japanese War
4. 1905
-------- Revolution erupts in Russia; violence forces Nicholas II to establish the Duma South African (Boer) War fought between Dutch descendants and the British in South African states Japan defeats Russia in the Russo-Japanese War Assassination of the Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife by a Serbian nationalist precipitates World War I Young Turks revolt against rule by the sultan in the Ottoman Empire Revolutionaries overthrow the Qing dynasty and declare China a republic Japan defeats China in the Sino-Japanese War
5. 1908
-------- Revolution erupts in Russia; violence forces Nicholas II to establish the Duma South African (Boer) War fought between Dutch descendants and the British in South African states Japan defeats Russia in the Russo-Japanese War Assassination of the Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife by a Serbian nationalist precipitates World War I Young Turks revolt against rule by the sultan in the Ottoman Empire Revolutionaries overthrow the Qing dynasty and declare China a republic Japan defeats China in the Sino-Japanese War
6. 1911–1912
-------- Revolution erupts in Russia; violence forces Nicholas II to establish the Duma South African (Boer) War fought between Dutch descendants and the British in South African states Japan defeats Russia in the Russo-Japanese War Assassination of the Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife by a Serbian nationalist precipitates World War I Young Turks revolt against rule by the sultan in the Ottoman Empire Revolutionaries overthrow the Qing dynasty and declare China a republic Japan defeats China in the Sino-Japanese War
7. 1914
-------- Revolution erupts in Russia; violence forces Nicholas II to establish the Duma South African (Boer) War fought between Dutch descendants and the British in South African states Japan defeats Russia in the Russo-Japanese War Assassination of the Austrian archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife by a Serbian nationalist precipitates World War I Young Turks revolt against rule by the sultan in the Ottoman Empire Revolutionaries overthrow the Qing dynasty and declare China a republic Japan defeats China in the Sino-Japanese War