Category: 1910s

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Foreign support in Warlord China

From the end of the First Opium War to the...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1910

Union of South Africa

In the wake of the Second Boer War...

North America 1911

Mexican Revolution

Mexico had been stable for four decades, most...

Europe 1911

Agadir Crisis

In 1911, France sent troops to suppress a...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1911

Neukamerun

In 1911 France sent troops to suppress a...

Southern Asia 1911

Chinese Revolution

In 1910, the Chinese Empire reasserted itself...

Asia Pacific 1911

Chinese Revolution

China had suffered endless humiliations since...

Southern Asia 1911

Strangling of Persia

Endeavoring to modernize, the new...

Asia Pacific 1912

Yuan Shikai and the Republic of China

The Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yatsen...

Europe 1912

Italo-Turkish War

In October 1911 Italy invaded the Ottoman...

Southern Asia 1912

Tibetan Independence

The collapse of the Chinese Empire allowed...

Northern Eurasia 1912

Chinese Revolution

In early 1912, the weak and corrupt government...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1913

French invasion of the Tibesti

The Anglo-French Treaty of 1899 placed the...

Europe 1913

First Balkan War

Seeing how weak the Ottoman Empire was in its...

Asia Pacific 1913

Second Chinese Revolution

Although military strongman Yuan Shikai had...