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Events relating to south africa
Cetshwayo becomes king of Zululand, on the death of his father Mpande
Scottish missionaries establish Blantyre (named after Livingstone's birthplace) as a centre from which to fight slavery
Britain annexes the Boer republic in the Transvaal
The British find a pretext to march into the territory ruled by Cetshwayo, thus launching the Zulu War
Zulu tribesmen surprise and annihilate a British army encamped near Isandhlwana
Immediately after Isandhlwana a tiny British garrison at Rorke's Drift fights off an overwhelming Zulu attack
The British destruction of Cetshwayo's kraal at Ulundi ends the Zulu War
Cetshwayo is captured by the British and is exiled to 'Cape Town
The Boers inflict a convincing defeat on a British army at Majuba, in the Transvaal
The British reinstate Cetshwayo as Zulu king, but over a much smaller territory
French marines land at Tamatave in Madagascar to protect French interests and assert French control
Cetshwayo dies, after being expelled from his kingdom in an uprising led by Zibhebhu and supported by Boer mercenaries
The Boer republic in the Transvaal regains its independence from Britain
Dinizulu, son of Cetshwayo, employs Boer mercenaries led by Louis Botha to drive his father's enemy, Zibhebhu, from the Zulu kingdom
Botha and his Boer followers are rewarded by Dinizulu with a large tract of land, in which they establish their own Boer republic
Britain annexes Bechuanaland as a protectorate, to secure the route north from the Cape into central Africa
To put an end to the Boer republic in Zululand, the British annexe the Zulu kingdom
The Ndebele chieftain, Lobengula, grants Rhodes mining rights in what is now Zimbabwe
Cecil Rhodes forms the British South Africa Company to push British commerce and imperial control further north
Cecil Rhodes sends colonists to settle the newly won colony of Rhodesia
Rhodes wins the right to adminster the region from the Zambezi up to Lake Tanganyika, forming present-day Zambia
Leander Jameson, finding a pretext for war, drives Lobengula out of his kingdom in Rhodesia
Mahatma Gandhi, travelling with a first-class ticket, is forcibly ejected from the carriage at Pietermaritzburg because of his colour
The British Central African Protectorate is set up in the region of present-day Malawi
The territory south of the Zambezi is given the name Rhodesia, in honour of the man who has colonized it
