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| 1875 |
| | | United Free Church of Scotland mission was established at Blantyre and Livingstonia. | 1 |
| | | 1876 |
| | | Town of Blantyre was founded. | 2 |
| | | 1878 |
| | | Coffee was introduced into Blantyre. | 3 |
| | | 1879 |
| | | A Jesuit mission was established at Bulawayo. | 4 |
| | | c. 1881 |
| | | Regular caravans of up to 500 slaves passed through Mwembe to Kilwa. | 5 |
| | | 1881 |
| | | UMCA resumed its missionary work in Nyasaland. | 6 |
| | | 1882 |
| | | Trappists founded Marianhill Abbey. | 7 |
| | | 1884 |
| | | Rebellion against Lewanika, king of the Barotse. | 8 |
| | | 1885 |
| | | Bechuana territory was organized as Bechuanaland Protectorate. | 9 |
| | | 1888 |
| | | John Moffat, missionary and agent for Rhodes, concluded a treaty with Lobengula, king of the Ndebele, which offered the Ndebele British protection. In a further amendment to this treaty, the Rudd Concession, Lobengula ceded exclusive mining rights to Rhodes. | 10 |
| | | 1889 |
| | | British proclaimed a protectorate over the Shire River region. In 1891, Harry Johnston was appointed first commissioner of the new British Central Africa Protectorate. | 11 |
| | | Oct. 29 |
| | | The British government granted the British South Africa Company (BSAC), headed by Cecil Rhodes, a charter to develop the territories north of the Zambezi and west of Mozambique. Leander Starr Jameson made treaties on behalf of the BSAC. | 12 |
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| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth
edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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