1750 - 1900
1793 The Chinese reject British requests for open trade. The Chinese didn't want to trade with Britain. The Chinese emperor said there was no need to import the manufactures of outside barbarians.
1798 Napoleon invades Egypt. Napoleon the ruler of France takes over Egypt this happened in Egypt.
1830's Famine and rebellions start in Japan.
1838-1842 opium war in China
1838-1876 Tanzimat reforms
1850-1864 Taiping uprising in China
1853 Admiral Perry arrives in Japan
1868 Meiji restoration in Japan
1894-1895 Sino-Japanese war
1896 Ethiopian defeat of Italy preserves Ethiopia's independence
1899-1901 Boxer rebellion in China
1904-1905 Russo-Japanese war
1908 Young Turk takeover in Ottoman Empire
1910 Japan annexes Korea
1911 Chinese revolution