| 1810–1825 | Wars of independence in Latin America |
| 1845 | First use of term manifest destiny in United States; Texas and Florida admitted into United States |
| 1845–1847 | Mexican-American War |
| 1857–1861 | Mexican Wars of Reform |
| 1861–1865 | U.S. Civil War |
| 1865–1870 | Paraguay War (War of Triple Alliance) |
| 1867 | Dominion of Canada formed |
| 1868–1878 | Cuban Ten Years’ War |
| 1879–1883 | War of the Pacific |
| 1886 | Abolition of slavery in Cuba |
| 1888 | Abolition of slavery in Brazil |
| 1889 | Brazilian monarchy overthrown and republic established |
| 1898 | Spanish-American War |
| 1904 | United States secures the rights to build and control the Panama Canal |
| 1910 | Mexican Revolution |
| 1914 | Panama Canal completed |