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| 1858 |
| | | The India Act places India under the direct control of the British government, ending the rule of the East India Company | |
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| 1888 |
| | | Vincent van Gogh invites Paul Gauguin to come and paint with him at Arles, in the south of France | |
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| 1899 |
| | | Within a single 'Black Week' the British forces in South Africa suffer three defeats, at Stromberg, Magersfontein and Colenso | |
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| 1904 |
| | | Joseph Conrad publishes his novel Nostromo, about a revolution in South America and a fatal horde of silver | |
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| 1905 |
| | | Henri Matisse, in the south of France, paints The Open Window, Collioure, the first of his many works on this theme | |
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| 1910 |
| | | Robert Falcon Scott sails south in the Terra Nova on his second voyage towards the South Pole | |
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| 1919 June 28 |
| | | The German-speaking inhabitants of South Tirol are incorporated within Italy under the Versailles peace terms | |
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| 1924 |
| | | The British rugby team touring South Africa are for the first time called the Lions | |
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| 1931 |
| | | The Statute of Westminster defines and formalizes the concept of the British Commonwealth | |
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| 1940 May 27 |
| | | The Belgians surrender to the German armies encircling them north and south | |
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