1896 | Africa | Ethiopian army defeats Italian forces at the Battle of Adwa. (1 March 1896) |
1897 | Africa • West Africa | British Punitive Expedition against Benin City in West Africa |
1898 | North America • Cuba | Spanish American War [Read about] |
1906 | Europe • Spain
| Attempted assassination of Alfonso XIII (1886-1941) and Princess Victoria-Eugenie of Battenburg in Madrid with a bomb on their wedding day. (31 May 1906) |
1914 | North America • Panama | Panama Canal completed |