1890s

1890s
1890:

29th December: The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the American Indian Wars. This event represents the end of the American Old West.

1894:

1st August: The Sino-Japanese War began.

1895:

Janurary: Italo-Ethiopian War start between Italy and Ethiopia started with the Battle of Coatit.

17 April: The Sino-Japanese War ends in a victory for Japanese Empire. China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea. Japan is forced to relinquish the Liaodong Peninsula, for an increased financial compensation.

8th October: Empress Myeongseong of Korea is assassinated by Japanese agents lead by Viscount Miura Gorō.

1896:

4th April - 15th April: Olympic games revived in Athens.

16th August: Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.

23rd October: the Treaty of Addis Ababa is signed by the Italians and Ethiopia, ending the Abyssinian war and Italy recognised Ethiopia as an independent country.

1897:

4th October: Gojong, the Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the Korean Empire.

1898:

25th April: Spanish-American War begins.

 12th August:  Spanish-American War end with the United States gaining control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines.

2nd November: The Boxer Rebellion in China began.

1899:

4th February: The Philippine-American War starts.

11th October: The 2nd Boer war, or the South African War, starts.