Category: December

Europe 1867

Austro-Hungarian Compromise

At the Peace of Prague, Austria...

North America 1890

Wounded Knee Massacre

By 1890, American Indian resistance...

Asia Pacific 1898

Treaty of Paris

American gains in the...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1899

Second Boer War

In the late 19th century the...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1907

Consolidation of Ethiopia

By playing the European powers...

North America 1907

Great White Fleet

In 1902-03, Britain, Germany and...

Asia Pacific 1911

Chinese Revolution

China had suffered endless...

Southern Asia 1911

Strangling of Persia

Endeavoring to modernize, the new...

Europe 1914

Stalemate on the Western Front

By mid-September, Germany had been...

Southern Asia 1914

Battle of Sarikamish

After beating off an initial Russian...

Europe 1917

Bolsheviks Gain Control in Russia

By December 1917, Lenin's Bolsheviks...

Northern Eurasia 1917

Bolsheviks Gain Control