1885 in Europe - 1885 Elections in Europe, 1885 in Bulgaria, 1885 in England, 1885 in France, 1885 in Ireland, 1885 in Norway, 1885 in Portugal (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 86. Chapters: 1885 elections in Europe, 1885 in Bulgaria, 1885 in England, 1885 in France, 1885 in Ireland, 1885 in Norway, 1885 in Portugal, 1885 in Scotland, 1885 in the United Kingdom, Sino-French War, Keelung Campaign, Somerset County Cricket Club in 1885, Lang Son Campaign, Battle of Dong Dang, Pescadores Campaign, Battle of Nui Bop, Treaty of Tientsin, Retreat from Lang Son, Battle of Bang Bo, Battle of Hoa Moc, 1885-86 FA Cup, Battle of Zhenhai, Eliza Armstrong case, Serbo-Bulgarian War, Tonkinese Rifles, Berlin Conference, 1884-85 FA Cup, Tonkin Affair, Battle of Shipu, Bulgarian unification, Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1885, Highland Land League, United Kingdom general election, 1885, Battle of Slivnitsa, Battle of Phu Lam Tao, Battle of Pirot, Japanese Village, Knightsbridge, Labouchere Amendment, 1885 British Home Championship, Treaty of Simulambuco, 1885 in Wales, 1885 Wimbledon Championships, Edgington v Fitzmaurice, Clifton Hall Colliery, The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon, 1885 FA Cup Final, 1884-85 in English football, Purchase of Land Act 1885, 1885 English cricket season, 1885-86 in English football, Madrid Protocol of 1885, French legislative election, 1885, Norwegian parliamentary election, 1885, Bulgarian Crisis, 1885 vote of no confidence against the government of William Gladstone. Excerpt: The Sino-French War (Chinese: pinyin: Zh ng f Zhanzh ng, French: , Vietnamese: ) was a limited conflict fought between August 1884 and April 1885 to decide whether France should replace China in control of Tonkin (northern Vietnam). As the French achieved their war aims, they are usually considered to have won the war. Nevertheless, the French triumph was marred by a number of defeats in individual battles and the Chinese armies performed rather better than they did in China's other nineteenth-century foreign ...