War & RuptureThe 1870s

War & Rupture in the 1870s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged war and rupture — wars, invasions, conquests, battles and armed conflict, narrowed to the 1870s — 12 of them, drawn from 12 nations, running from 1870 to 1879. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
12
Nations
12
Earliest
1870
Latest
1879
South America
5
Europe
3
Africa
2
Asia
1
Oceania
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. South America

    Paraguay

    Death of Lopez at Cerro Cora

    Brazilian troops kill Francisco Solano Lopez at Cerro Cora, ending the war; Paraguay has lost territory and a vast, disputed share of its population (figures are estimates).

    Era: The War of the Triple Alliance

    Sources: War of the Triple Alliance · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Francisco Solano Lopez · Encyclopaedia Britannica, History of Paraguay · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. Europe

    Vatican City

    The capture of Rome

    Italian troops breached the walls at the Porta Pia and took Rome, ending more than a thousand years of papal temporal rule and completing the unification of Italy.

    Era: The Loss of Rome and the Roman Question

    Sources: Italy: The acquisition of Venetia and Rome · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Roman question · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. Africa

    Algeria

    The Mokrani (Kabyle) revolt

    A major uprising in Kabylia is crushed, followed by further confiscations of land that deepen the dispossession of the Muslim population.

    Era: French Conquest and Settler Colony

    Sources: History of Algeria · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  4. Africa

    Ghana

    British expedition burns Kumasi

    In the third Anglo-Asante war a British force advanced inland and burned the Asante capital at Kumasi, marking a decisive shift of power toward Britain on the Gold Coast.

    Era: The Asante Empire and the Golden Stool

    Sources: The Anglo-Ashanti Wars (1823–1900) · BlackPast.org, Ghana (country overview and history) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  5. Europe

    Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Herzegovinian uprising and the Eastern Crisis

    A peasant revolt in Herzegovina widened into a great-power crisis over the 'Eastern Question', ending Ottoman rule and leading to Austro-Hungarian occupation in 1878.

    Era: Ottoman Bosnia and the Making of a Multi-Confessional Land

    Sources: Bosnia and Herzegovina: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ottoman Bosnia · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  6. Europe

    Bulgaria

    The April Uprising and the 'Bulgarian Horrors'

    A rising organised by Bulgarian revolutionaries was crushed with massacres of civilians at Batak and elsewhere; reported across Europe as the 'Bulgarian Horrors', it inflamed opinion and helped precipitate the Russo-Turkish War.

    Era: Ottoman Rule and the National Revival

    Sources: Bulgarian Revolt Against the Ottoman Empire · EBSCO Research Starters, Treaty of San Stefano · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  7. Asia

    Afghanistan

    Second Anglo-Afghan War and the Treaty of Gandamak

    Britain invades again over fears of Russian influence; the 1879 Treaty of Gandamak gives Britain control of Afghan foreign affairs in return for subsidy and protection.

    Era: The Durrani Empire and the Great Game

    Sources: Anglo-Afghan Wars — History, Significance & Facts · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  8. South America

    Argentina

    The Conquest of the Desert

    Military campaigns led by Julio Argentino Roca seize the Pampas and northern Patagonia from the Mapuche and other peoples through killing, subjugation and displacement.

    Era: Civil Wars, Unification and the Liberal Republic

    Sources: Argentina · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  9. Oceania

    New Caledonia

    The revolt of Ataï

    The high chief Ataï led a major Kanak insurrection against land dispossession; the rising killed about 200 colonists and gendarmes and was crushed at the cost of roughly a thousand Kanak lives, with Ataï killed and his head sent to Paris.

    Era: Annexation, the Bagne and Nickel

    Sources: New Caledonia — History · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  10. South America

    Bolivia

    War of the Pacific

    Chile defeats Bolivia and its ally Peru and annexes Bolivia's coast; Bolivia loses its Pacific province of Antofagasta and becomes landlocked.

    Era: Lost Wars, the Sea, and the Tin Republic

    Sources: War of the Pacific · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Bolivia: A Country Study · Library of Congress, Federal Research Division

  11. South America

    Chile

    The War of the Pacific

    A dispute over nitrate taxes leads Chile to war with Peru and Bolivia; Chilean victories win the nitrate-rich Atacama and leave Bolivia landlocked.

    Era: The Nitrate Age and the Twentieth Century

    Sources: War of the Pacific · Encyclopaedia Britannica, History of Chile · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  12. South America

    Peru

    War of the Pacific

    Allied with Bolivia, Peru fights Chile over the nitrate-rich Atacama; Chilean forces occupy Lima in 1881 and Peru is defeated.

    Era: The Young Republic and the War of the Pacific

    Sources: War of the Pacific · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Peru: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica