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Events relating to africa
Cetshwayo becomes king of Zululand, on the death of his father Mpande
The British consul in Zanzibar persuades the sultan to end the island's notorious slave trade
The southern region of present-day Ghana becomes a British colony, to be known as the Gold Coast
Stanley sets off from Bagamoyo, intending to resume the exploration of central Africa where Livingstone left off
Stanley passes Nyangwe on the Lualaba, the furthest point down the Congo river system reached by Livingstone
Scottish missionaries establish Blantyre (named after Livingstone's birthplace) as a centre from which to fight slavery
Leopold II hosts a conference in Brussels on the subject of opening up the African continent
Britain annexes the Boer republic in the Transvaal
Stanley completes his exploration of the Congo, reaching the Atlantic coast at Boma after a three-year journey
Stanley agrees to work for Leopold II in opening up the Congo river to commerce
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
George Goldie and British traders on the Niger form the United African Company (later the Royal Niger Company) to consolidate their interests
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
French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza forestalls Stanley in opening up the Congo, reaching Stanley Pool ahead of him
The Boers inflict a convincing defeat on a British army at Majuba, in the Transvaal
France invades Tunisia from Algeria, and in the Treaty of Bardo forces the bey of Tunis to accept the status of a French protectorate
Stanley finds Brazza's French tricolor already flying on the north bank of the Congo, on the site of what later becomes Brazzaville
Stanley establishes a foothold for Leopold II on the southern bank of the Congo, at a site which he names Leopoldville (now Kinshasa)
Anti-western riots in Alexandria result in many deaths and provoke a British invasion
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
Mohammed Ahmed, proclaiming himself the Mahdi, defeats three Egyptian armies in the Sudan
