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French conquest of Morocco
The French conquest of Morocco was the military campaign by which France, between 1901 and 1934, subjugated the Moroccan Sultanate and established the French Protectorate.
French conquest of Senegal
The French conquest of Senegal was the military expansion, beginning in the 1850s under governor Louis Faidherbe, that turned France's coastal trading enclaves into the territorial colony of Senegal.
French conquest of the Touat
The French conquest of the Touat was the occupation of the Saharan oasis groups of the Touat, Gourara, and Tidikelt in what is now southwestern Algeria between 1899 and 1901.
French conquest of Tunisia
The French conquest of Tunisia was France's 1881 invasion of the Beylik of Tunis, made a French protectorate by the Treaty of Bardo of 12 May 1881.
German South West Africa
German South West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika), Germany's African colony 1884–1915, now Namibia: Lüderitz's 1883 purchases, Leutwein's rule, the 1904–1908 Herero and Nama wars, 1908 diamond boom, South African conquest 1915 and League mandate.
Geronimo Campaign
The Geronimo Campaign, the final U.S. Army operation of the Apache Wars, was a pursuit of Geronimo across Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico ending with his 1886 surrender.
Haw wars
The Haw wars (Thai: สงครามปราบฮ่อ) were conflicts between Siam and armed Chinese bands called the Haw, who moved down from southern China into northern Laos, generally dated 1865 to 1890.
Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–1860)
The Hispano-Moroccan War (1859–1860), called the War of Africa in Spain, saw Spain defeat Morocco, capture Tetouan, and impose the Treaty of Wad-Ras in 1860.
History of Egypt under the British
History of Egypt under the British (1882–1956): occupation after the 'Urabi revolt and Tel-el-Kebir, veiled protectorate, 1914 protectorate, 1922 nominal independence, 1952 revolution, and 1954 withdrawal agreement.
Hualapai War
The Hualapai War, also called the Walapai War, was an 1865 to 1870 conflict between the Hualapai people and the United States Army in northwestern Arizona.
Imam Shamil (Шамил)
Imam Shamil (Шамил), also Sheikh Shamil or the Caucasian Eagle, was the third imam of the Caucasian Imamate (1834–1859), an Avar Naqshbandi leader who united Dagestan and Chechnya in a 25-year resistance against Russia, surrendered at Gunib in 1859, and died in Medina in 1871.
Invasion of Algiers (1830)
The invasion of Algiers in 1830 was a French expedition ordered by Charles X that captured the city on 5 July and ended the Regency of Algiers.
Invasion of Parihaka
The Invasion of Parihaka (Te Pāhuatanga o Parihaka) saw about 1,600 colonial troops enter the pacifist Māori settlement in Taranaki, New Zealand, on 5 November 1881.
Invasion of the Waikato
The Invasion of the Waikato was an 1863–1864 British campaign against the Māori King movement in New Zealand, ending in Kīngitanga defeat and land confiscation.
Invasions of Afghanistan
Invasions of Afghanistan: the three Anglo-Afghan wars (1838-42, 1878-80, 1919), the Treaty of Gandamak, and the Soviet (1979-89) and US-led (2001) interventions, driven by Anglo-Russian rivalry and occupation costs.
Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889
Italo-Ethiopian War of 1887–1889 (also Italo-Abyssinian War): conflict between Italy and Emperor Yohannes IV over Italian expansion from Massawa; opened with Ras Alula's Dogali victory (27 January 1887), ended with Yohannes's death at Gallabat and the Treaty of Wuchale (2 May 1889).
Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)
The Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895), or Yiwei War (乙未戰爭), was Japan's May–November 1895 campaign to occupy Taiwan and Penghu ceded by the Treaty of Shimonoseki, opposed by the short-lived Republic of Formosa, Hakka militias, and Liu Yongfu's Black Flag forces.
Johnson County War
The Johnson County War, also called the War on Powder River or Wyoming Range War, was an 1892 Wyoming range war: cattlemen and hired guns invaded Johnson County to kill small ranchers, besieged at the TA Ranch, and were never convicted.
Koranna Wars
The Koranna Wars were nineteenth-century conflicts between Korana (Kora) bands of the middle Orange River and the Cape Colony, culminating in the Northern Border Wars of 1868-9 and 1878-9.
Larut Wars
The Larut Wars were three conflicts fought between 1861 and 1874 among rival Chinese secret-society miners, and their Malay patrons, over the rich tin-mining district of Larut in Perak.
Lincoln County War
Lincoln County War (1878-1879), also called the Billy the Kid conflict, was a merchant feud in Lincoln, New Mexico Territory, between the Murphy-Dolan House and Tunstall-McSween allies, ending with McSween's death, Lew Wallace's amnesty, and the Posse Comitatus Act.
Lombok expedition
The Lombok expedition (Dutch: Lombok-expeditie) was an 1894 Dutch colonial campaign in which the KNIL conquered the kingdom of Lombok, ending Balinese rule and seizing its royal treasury.
Long Walk of the Navajo
Long Walk of the Navajo (Hweeldi): 1863-1868 forced removal of about 9,000 Diné to Bosque Redondo, Fort Sumner, New Mexico, ended by the June 1, 1868 treaty returning them home.
Mahdist War
The Mahdist War (1881-1899), also called the Mahdiyya revolt, was Sudanese Muhammad Ahmad's jihad against Turco-Egyptian rule, the fall of Khartoum and death of General Gordon in 1885, and Kitchener's reconquest culminating at Omdurman in 1898.
Mfecane
Mfecane (Difaqane), early 19th-century southern African period of warfare, migration and state-building; term coined by Walker 1928; contested by Cobbing's 1988 'Mfecane as Alibi' critique.
Mlanjeni's War
The Eighth Xhosa War, also known as Mlanjeni's War or the Eighth Frontier War, was the 1850–1853 conflict between the Xhosa and British colonial forces on the eastern Cape frontier.
Modoc War
The Modoc War was an 1872 to 1873 armed conflict between the United States Army and Modoc people resisting removal from lava beds near Tule Lake, on the California-Oregon border.
Moro Rebellion
The Moro Rebellion was an armed conflict between the Muslim Moro people of Mindanao and the US military, resisting American takeover in the southern Philippines from 1899 to 1913.
Navajo Wars
The Navajo Wars were armed conflicts between the Navajo (Diné) people and Spain, Mexico, and the United States, ending with the Treaty of 1868 that let the Navajo return home.
New Zealand Wars
The New Zealand Wars (Ngā pakanga o Aotearoa), 1845–1872, were mid-19th-century conflicts between some iwi Māori and British and colonial forces over sovereignty and land, ending with land confiscations and lasting grievance.