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*1754 The beginning of the [[French and Indian War]] of the British Army and British colonists against the forces of the French colony of [[New France]]
*1754 The beginning of the [[French and Indian War]] of the British Army and British colonists against the forces of the French colony of [[New France]]
*1756 The beginning of the [http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_sevenyears.html Seven Years War] A global Anglo-French conflict fought in Europe, America and India.
*1756 The beginning of the [http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_sevenyears.html Seven Years War] A global Anglo-French conflict fought in Europe, America and India.
*1757 Clive wins the Battle of Plassey [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/empire/episodes/episode_25.shtml], the final stage of the struggle  between French forces and the army of the East India Company for access to the Indian market.
*1757 Clive wins the Battle of Plassey [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/empire/episodes/episode_25.shtml], a decisive stage in the struggle  between French forces and the army of the East India Company for access to the Indian market.
*1759 Wolfe defeats French at Heights of Abraham  in Canada[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/empire/episodes/episode_28.shtml].
*1759 Wolfe defeats French at Heights of Abraham  in Canada[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/empire/episodes/episode_28.shtml].
*1773 [[Boston Tea Party]]
*1773 [[Boston Tea Party]]

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A timeline (or several) relating to British Empire.

First empire

  • 1562 John Hawkins makes the first British triangular trade voyage[1].
  • 1583 Walter Raleigh is given a royal charter to plant a colony in North America.
  • 1600 English East India Company gets a royal charter..,
  • 1606 The Virginia Company[2] gets a royal charter.
  • 1607 Jamestown Virginia is founded by the Virginia Company[3].
  • 1620 Voyage of the Pilgrim Fathers[4].
  • 1623 British settlements in the West Indies[5].
  • 1660 Tenures Abolition Act[6] gives legislative recognition to the decline of the feudal system.
  • 1713 Treaty of Utrecht[7] - cedes Gibraltar to Britain.
  • 1754 The beginning of the French and Indian War of the British Army and British colonists against the forces of the French colony of New France
  • 1756 The beginning of the Seven Years War A global Anglo-French conflict fought in Europe, America and India.
  • 1757 Clive wins the Battle of Plassey [8], a decisive stage in the struggle between French forces and the army of the East India Company for access to the Indian market.
  • 1759 Wolfe defeats French at Heights of Abraham in Canada[9].
  • 1773 Boston Tea Party
  • 1776 American Declaration of Independence
  • 1783 The Treaty of Paris of 1783[10] establishes independence of the United States

Second empire

  • 1787 Sierra Leone is established as a colony for freed slaves
  • 1788 New South Wales founded as a penal colony[11].
  • 1805 The Battle of Trafalgar establishes British naval supremacy.
  • 1807 The Slave Trade Act ends British slave trade[12].
  • 1814 Cape of South Africa ceded to Britain[13].
  • 1819 The East India Company buys Singapore[14].
  • 1824 The Anglo-Dutch Treaty[15] withdraws Dutch objections to British occupation of Singapore, and assigns Malacca and its dependencies to Britain.
  • 1838 Invasion of Afghanistan
  • 1840 Treaty of Waitangi formally establishes New Zealand as a British colony.
  • 1842 Treaty of Nanking - China cedes Hong Kong to Britain.
  • 1845-51 Irish Great Famine.
  • 1857 Indian Mutiny[16][17].
  • 1869 Opening of the Suez Canal.
  • 1875 Britain buys about half of the shares in the Suez Canal company.
  • 1878 The Congress of Berlin[18] resolves the disputes over navigation and commercial rights in the Congo River basin and sets the rules for further African acquisitions by European powers. Britain acquires Cyprus.
  • 1879 Zulu War
  • 1881: Defeat of Britain in first Boer War
  • 1882 Britain takes control of Egypt
  • 1884: British Somaliland acquired.
  • 1887: The first Colonial Conference beginning a series of consultations between Britain and its colonies.
  • 1888: British South Africa Company is granted a Royal Charter
  • 1889: Rhodesia is conquered.
  • 1890: Uganda and British East Africa (now Kenya) acquired.
  • 1894: Northern Rhodesia created.
  • 1896 The Federated Malay States[19] the states of Perak, Selangor and Sungei Ujong are taken under British Protection under the terms of treaties with their rulers.
  • 1898: Conquest of Sudan
  • 1899-1902 British victory in Second Boer War[20][21][22].
  • 1910: The Treaty of Vereeniging establishes South Africa as a British Colony.
  • 1914 Egypt becomes a British Protectorate.
  • 1919 The Paris Peace Conference transfers the former German East Africa of Tanganyika (now Tanzania) to Britain

From Empire to Commonwealth

Burma, Ceylon become independent.