War & RuptureThe 1880s

War & Rupture in the 1880s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged war and rupture — wars, invasions, conquests, battles and armed conflict, narrowed to the 1880s — 7 of them, drawn from 7 nations, running from 1880 to 1885. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
7
Nations
7
Earliest
1880
Latest
1885
Africa
4
Asia
1
North America
1
South America
1

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

  1. Africa

    Lesotho

    The Gun War

    The Basotho rebel against Cape disarmament and taxation; they retain their guns and effectively repudiate Cape authority.

    Era: Basutoland: Protectorate and the Gun War

    Sources: Gun War (1880–81) · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Basuto Gun War · Wikipedia, History of Lesotho · Wikipedia

  2. South America

    Chile

    Pacification of Araucania

    After three centuries of independence, the Chilean state subdues the Mapuche south of the Biobio by military campaign and opens their territory to settlement.

    Era: The Nitrate Age and the Twentieth Century

    Sources: History of Chile · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Araucanian wars · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. Africa

    Guinea

    Capture of Kankan

    Samori takes control of the major Dyula trading centre of Kankan on the upper Milo, a hub of the kola-nut trade.

    Era: Samori Touré and the Resistance to France

    Sources: Guinea — History · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Samori Ture · Wikipedia

  4. Asia

    Turkmenistan

    Battle of Geok Tepe

    General Mikhail Skobelev stormed the Teke Turkmen fortress of Geok Tepe by detonating a mine under its walls; the assault and ensuing massacre of thousands broke Turkmen resistance and secured Russian control of Transcaspia.

    Era: The Turkmen Tribes and the Russian Conquest

    Sources: Battle of Gök-Tepe · Encyclopædia Britannica, Turkmenistan — Turkmen tribes and Russian invasion · Encyclopædia Britannica

  5. North America

    Canada

    North-West Resistance and the execution of Riel

    Métis and First Nations grievances on the prairies erupted in the North-West Resistance; its defeat and the hanging of Louis Riel deepened the divide between French and English Canada.

    Era: Confederation and nation-building across the continent

    Sources: Canada · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  6. Africa

    South Sudan

    Mahdist revolt and the fall of Khartoum

    The Mahdist uprising overruns Sudan and captures Khartoum, ending Turco-Egyptian rule and bringing further upheaval to the southern Nile peoples.

    Era: Conquest, Ivory and the Slave Raids

    Sources: Anglo-Egyptian Condominium · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  7. Africa

    Sudan

    Fall of Khartoum; death of Gordon

    Mahdist forces storm Khartoum after a long siege and kill General Charles Gordon; the Mahdi dies months later.

    Era: Turco-Egyptian Rule and the Mahdist Revolt

    Sources: Mahdist State · Wikipedia, Siege of Khartoum · Encyclopædia Britannica