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Events relating to africa
Cetshwayo dies, after being expelled from his kingdom in an uprising led by Zibhebhu and supported by Boer mercenaries
General Gordon marches south to protect Khartoum from the advancing forces of the Mahdi
Bismarck launches the colonial scramble for Africa by suddenly annexing three territories for Germany (Togo, Cameroon and Angria Pequena)
The Boer republic in the Transvaal regains its independence from Britain
Gustav Nachtigal arrives in Togo and persuades local chiefs to accept the protection of the German emperor
Gustav Nachtigal, moving on to Cameroon, annexes this region too for the new German empire
Dinizulu, son of Cetshwayo, employs Boer mercenaries led by Louis Botha to drive his father's enemy, Zibhebhu, from the Zulu kingdom
Karl Peters hurries round east Africa persuading chiefs to accept the German emperor as their protector
British general Garnet Wolseley sails from London on a mission to rescue Gordon, trapped by the Mahdi in Khartoum
Bismarck invites the European powers to a West Africa Conference in Berlin
Spain begins to colonize the Western Sahara, subsequently known as the Spanish Sahara
Botha and his Boer followers are rewarded by Dinizulu with a large tract of land, in which they establish their own Boer republic
Bismarck grants Karl Peters a charter to rule a German protectorate in east Africa
Britain annexes Bechuanaland as a protectorate, to secure the route north from the Cape into central Africa
Italian troops occupy Eritrea, a province of Ethiopia
German warships arrive in Zanzibar harbour to persuade the sultan to cede territory to the Kaiser, William I
Addis Ababa is founded, to become subsequently the capital of Ethiopia
Germany and Britain define neighbouring spheres of interest in east Africa
The German and British agreement in east Africa creates the present-day boundary between Tanzania and Kenya
To put an end to the Boer republic in Zululand, the British annexe the Zulu kingdom
A gathering of leaders from the British empire holds a colonial conference in London to coincide with Queen Victoria's jubilee
The Ndebele chieftain, Lobengula, grants Rhodes mining rights in what is now Zimbabwe
The Imperial British East Africa Company is given a charter to adminster Kenya and Uganda
Cecil Rhodes forms the British South Africa Company to push British commerce and imperial control further north
Menelik II is crowned emperor in Ethiopia, bringing the crown back to the Solomon dynasty
