War & RuptureThe 1900s

War & Rupture in the 1900s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged war and rupture — wars, invasions, conquests, battles and armed conflict, narrowed to the 1900s — 10 of them, drawn from 8 nations, running from 1900 to 1905. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
10
Nations
8
Earliest
1900
Latest
1905
Africa
7
Asia
2
Europe
1

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

  1. Africa

    Ghana

    The War of the Golden Stool

    After the British governor demanded to sit on the sacred Golden Stool, Yaa Asantewaa led an uprising — the last major Asante resistance — which Britain suppressed before exiling her to the Seychelles.

    Era: The Asante Empire and the Golden Stool

    Sources: War of the Golden Stool · Wikipedia, Yaa Asantewaa · Wikipedia, The Anglo-Ashanti Wars (1823–1900) · BlackPast.org

  2. Asia

    Saudi Arabia

    Abdulaziz captures Riyadh

    Returning from exile, Abdulaziz ibn Saud and a small force seized the Masmak fortress in Riyadh from the Al Rashid, launching the campaign to rebuild the Saudi state.

    Era: Unification and the Founding of the Kingdom (1902-1932)

    Sources: Battle of Riyadh (1902) · Wikipedia, Ibn Saud: Biography, History, Children, and Facts · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. Europe

    North Macedonia

    The Ilinden Uprising

    On St Elijah's Day IMRO launched the Ilinden Uprising against Ottoman rule; though quickly crushed amid severe reprisals, it became a founding event of Macedonian national identity.

    Era: Ottoman Rule and the Macedonian Question

    Sources: Ilinden Uprising in Macedonia · EBSCO Research Starters, Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  4. Africa

    Angola

    Battle of the Cunene

    Heavy fighting against the Kwanhama (Ovambo) in the south marked the violent and protracted character of the Portuguese conquest of Angola's interior frontier.

    Era: The slow conquest of the interior

    Sources: History of Angola · Wikipedia, Angola — Colonialism, Independence, Civil War (history) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  5. Asia

    Japan

    Russo-Japanese War

    Japan's victory over Russia marks the first modern defeat of a European power by an Asian state and confirms Japan as a major power.

    Era: Meiji and Empire: Revolution from Above

    Sources: Japan · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  6. Africa

    Namibia

    The Herero uprising begins

    Herero forces under paramount chief Samuel Maharero rose against German colonial rule, killing more than a hundred settlers and triggering a brutal German military response.

    Era: German South West Africa and the genocide of the Herero and Nama

    Sources: Herero and Nama genocide · Wikipedia, German-Herero conflict of 1904–07 · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Timeline of the German and Herero, Nama War and Genocide · South African History Online

  7. Africa

    Namibia

    Battle of Waterberg

    German forces under Lothar von Trotha defeated the main Herero force at Waterberg and drove the survivors into the Omaheke desert, where thousands, including women and children, died of thirst.

    Era: German South West Africa and the genocide of the Herero and Nama

    Sources: Herero and Nama genocide · Wikipedia, German-Herero conflict of 1904–07 · Encyclopaedia Britannica, The Massacre of the Herero and Nama: A colonial laboratory for genocide? · EHNE (Encyclopédie d'histoire numérique de l'Europe)

  8. Africa

    Namibia

    Von Trotha's extermination order

    Von Trotha issued the Vernichtungsbefehl, ordering that every Herero within the colony, armed or not, be shot; a second order against the Nama followed in April 1905, opening a war of extermination.

    Era: German South West Africa and the genocide of the Herero and Nama

    Sources: Herero and Nama genocide · Wikipedia, Herero and Nama genocide · Encyclopaedia Britannica, The Massacre of the Herero and Nama: A colonial laboratory for genocide? · EHNE (Encyclopédie d'histoire numérique de l'Europe)

  9. Africa

    Mauritania

    Assassination of Coppolani

    Xavier Coppolani is killed at Tidjikja, a setback to the French advance, though the conquest of the interior continues afterward.

    Era: French Conquest and Pacification

    Sources: History of Mauritania · Wikipedia, Mauritania · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  10. Africa

    Tanzania

    Maji Maji rebellion

    Inspired by the prophet Kinjikitile Ngwale, southern peoples rise against German rule, forced labour and cotton-growing; the revolt spreads widely before being crushed.

    Era: German East Africa and the British Mandate

    Sources: Maji Maji · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Maji Maji Rebellion · Wikipedia, Maji Maji Uprising (1905–1907) · BlackPast.org