Year in review

1899

4 recaps from this year - events, occasions, and cultural moments.

Following the Spanish-American War, the conflict between U.S. forces and Filipino insurgents marked America's first major anti-colonial war.

The first international peace conference brought 26 nations together to establish rules for war and create mechanisms for arbitrating disputes.

The partition of Samoa between Germany and the United States resolved a three-power colonial standoff and redefined Pacific imperial boundaries.

Britain's bitter three-year conflict with Boer republics cemented imperial control of Southern Africa and exposed imperial vulnerabilities.

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