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1805 |
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Mohammed
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1807 |
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British abolish slave trade |
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1808 |
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Sierra Leone declared a colony |
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1816 |
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Gambia
occupied by British |
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1820 |
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British settlers land on Eastern Cape |
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1820-34 |
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Mfecane (crushing) establishes Zulus as leading kingdom in South Africa |
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1822 |
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Liberia colony established |
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1830 |
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French occupy Algiers |
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1834 |
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Slavery abolished in British Empire |
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1835 |
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Great Trek across Orange and Vaal rivers begins |
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1838 |
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Piet
Retief killed by Dingane & Zulus & Vortrekkers in Natal.
Boers beat Dingane Zulus |
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1842 |
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Britain takes Natal |
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1847 |
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Liberia
declares independence.
Slavery abolished throughout the French Empire |
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1852 |
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Transvaal declared independent |
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1854 |
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Louis
Faidherbe conquers Senegal Valley for the French.
First railway on continent in Egypt (from Alexandria) |
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1861 |
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US recognises Liberia
Britain occupies Lagos |
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1863 |
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French declare Protectorate over Porto Novo (Dahomey) |
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1866 |
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French establish trading posts on Guinea Coast |
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1867 |
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First
diamonds found in South Africa - Hopetown, Cape Colony |
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1868 |
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French
Protectorate treaties Ivory Coast.
Emperor Theodor of Ethiopia commits suicide.
British annex Basutoland at invitation of King Mosheshwe |
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1869 |
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Completion of Suez Canal |
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1870 |
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Lobengula
becomes king of Ndebele.
Diamond rush to Griqualand South Africa |
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1872 |
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Cape Colony made self-governing |
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1874 |
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Kumasi,
capital of Asanti, sacked by British |
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1876 |
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Egypt
bankrupt - Anglo French control established
King Leopold of Belgian founds International African Association |
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1877 |
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Britain
annexes territory from Walvis Bay (modern Namibia) to Cape.
Shepstone annexes Transvaal for British despite protest of Afrikaners |
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1878 |
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Berlin Congress |
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1879 |
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Zulu War |
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1881 |
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French proclaim protectorate in Tunisia Boers invade Natal and are defeated |
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1882 |
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Egypt
occupied by British army after riots in Alexandria |
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1884 |
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The Berlin Conference
USA recognises King Leopold's so called Congo Free State |
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1885 |
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First telegraph cable laid between West Africa and Europe
Mahdi takes Khartoum, death of Governor General Gordon
Germany annexes East Africa
British declared Protectorate over Bechuanaland
Bishop Hannington murdered on order of Kabaka (king) of Buganda
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1886 |
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Christians
put to death in Buganda by Kabaka (king) Mwanga |
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1890 |
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Dunlop invents the pneumatic tyre |
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1894 |
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Uganda made Protectorate |
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1896 |
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Asantehene (king of Asanti) forced into exile by British
Chimurenga war breaks out in Southern Africa |
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1897 |
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Khartoum
retaken for British by Lord Kitchener |
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1899 |
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Kabaka
(king) of Buganda and Kabarega (king) of Banyoro sent into exile by British |
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1904 |
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50,000 Herero driven into desert by Germans and die |
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1912 |
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ANC established as South African Native Congress
Trade in fire arms forbidden by Portuguese in Angola
Liga Angolana established |
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1914 |
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Outbreak World War I |
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1916 |
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Tax
riots in Yorubaland (Nigeria) |
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