1853 | 1878 | 1882 | 1897 | 1898 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 The Crimean War 1853 - 1856 |
The Casus Belli for the Crimean War was Russian insistance for control over the Holy places in Palestine. |
'Punch', artist unknown, 1853 The Winds of War. |
By John Tenniel, 'Punch', April 9, 1853 The Russian Bear Hug! |
By Tenniel, 'Punch', August 5, 1854 The Giant - Great Britain and France |
'Punch', November 2, 1854 The Charge of the Light Brigade, under the command of the Earl of Cardigan. |
By Tenniel, 'Punch', November 3, 1855 Russia corraled. |
Florence Nightingale - The 'Lady With the Lamp'. |
'Punch', August 30, 1856 |
The Ottoman Empire |
The Ottoman Turks dominate the Middle East basin for 400 years. |
By John Leech, 'Punch', September 17, 1853 Turkey - "The sick man of Europe". |
'Punch', 1856 Scissors in hand, the great powers cutting up the map of the Ottoman Empire |
The British Expedition to Abyssinia 1867 |
A British expedition led by Sir Robert Napier to free the British consol and other European prisoners being held by Abyssinian emperor Theodore II. |
By Janet-Lange, from 'L'Illustration', May 23, 1868 Elephant walk on Magdala. |
By Tenniel, 'Punch', August 10, 1867 |
The suicide of King Theodore |
The burning of Magdala by the British in 1868 by Chestofbooks. |
Mark Twain visits the Holy Land 1867 |
The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain. |
Depicted: Mark Twain by Frank Beard, American Publisher, 1872, U.S.A. |
Opening of the Suez Canal 1869 |
In a spectacular ceremony, the Suez Canal was inaugurated on November 17, 1869. |
Commemerative booklet celebrating the opening of the Suez Canal. |
By Tenniel, 'Punch', November 27, 1869 France: "See what it unites". The Suez Canal Company shares were primarily held by Ismail Pasha of Egypt and the French government. The 'divide' refers to the fact that Egypt lay between Britain and her crown colony India. |
By André Gill, La Lune, Paris, 1867 Ferdinand de Lesseps |
By Thomas Nast, 'Harper's Weekly', September 24, 1881 Caption: Peaceful Neutrality |
"The Great Game" 1873 |
By Tenniel, 'Punch', January 25, 1873 Keeping the Russian at bay. |
By Tenniel, 'Punch', June 23, 1873 'Feline Rapprochement' |
By Tenniel, 'Punch', July 5, 1873 Nassar Al-Din, Shah Qater of Iran, was given admittance to the Order of the Garter by Queen Victoria. |
A Passage to India 1875 - 1876 |
Disraeli buys the Khedive of Epypt shares in the Suez Canal company thus making Great Britain |
By Tenniel, 'Punch', December 11, 1875 Perfect Understanding |
By Tenniel, 'Punch', Febuary 26, 1876 Disraeli and the Khedive close the deal. |
By Tenniel, 'Punch', July 15, 1876 Disraeli ponders the 'eastern question'. |
By Tenniel, 'Punch', June 16, 1877 Russia locked out. |
By Thomas Nast, 'Harper's Weekly' USA, January, 1881 FOREIGN ENCROCHMENT |
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