Britain annexes New Zealand 1838
United States warships arrive in Japan demanding that Japan opens its port trade 1853
New Zealand becomes independent 1853
Meiji restoration 1868
Sino Japanese war 1894
United States annexes Hawaii 1898
Spanish American war 1898
Australia becomes an independent commonwealth January 01 1901
Filipino US conflict 1899 1902
Russo Japanese war 1904 1905