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| 1879 |
| | | The British find a pretext to march into the territory ruled by Cetshwayo, thus launching the Zulu War | |
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| 1879 |
| | | Zulu tribesmen surprise and annihilate a British army encamped near Isandhlwana | |
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| 1879 |
| | | Immediately after Isandhlwana a tiny British garrison at Rorke's Drift fights off an overwhelming Zulu attack | |
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| 1879 |
| | | The British destruction of Cetshwayo's kraal at Ulundi ends the Zulu War | |
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| 1879 |
| | | Cetshwayo is captured by the British and is exiled to 'Cape Town | |
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| 1881 |
| | | The Boers inflict a convincing defeat on a British army at Majuba, in the Transvaal | |
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| 1883 |
| | | The British reinstate Cetshwayo as Zulu king, but over a much smaller territory | |
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| 1883 |
| | | French marines land at Tamatave in Madagascar to protect French interests and assert French control | |
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| 1884 |
| | | Cetshwayo dies, after being expelled from his kingdom in an uprising led by Zibhebhu and supported by Boer mercenaries | |
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| 1884 |
| | | General Gordon marches south to protect Khartoum from the advancing forces of the Mahdi | |
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