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Events relating to africa
France and Britain agree colonial boundaries for Senegal and Gambia in west Africa
In the treaty of Uccialli, Menelik II cedes the Ethiopian province of Eritrea to Italy
Cecil Rhodes sends colonists to settle the newly won colony of Rhodesia
Zanzibar, under its Arab sultan, is declared a British protectorate
Germany takes direct control of German East Africa as a protectorate
Rhodes wins the right to adminster the region from the Zambezi up to Lake Tanganyika, forming present-day Zambia
Britain cedes the tiny island of Heligoland to Germany in return for vast areas of Africa
Frederick Lugard's Maxim machine gun settles a Protestant-Catholic clash in Kampala, the capital of Buganda
The French establish a protectorate in part of the ancient kingdom of Dahomey in west Africa
Constantine Cavafy begins a 30-year career as a civil servant in Alexandria's Irrigation Service
France claims the Ivory Coast (or Côte d'Ivoire) in west Africa as a French colony
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
Khama III, the king of Bechuanaland, travels to London to demand the continuing protection of the British crown
The British government takes responsibility for Kenya, as the East Africa Protectorate
Leander Jameson leads a disastrous raid into the Transvaal, in an attempt to topple Paul Kruger's government
Cecil Rhodes' involvement with the Jameson raid forces his resignation as the Cape Colony prime minister
The Ethiopian emperor, Menelik II, inflicts a shattering defeat on Italian forces at Aduwa
Britain unites Buganda and three other kingdoms into the single Uganda Protectorate
Italy, one of the local colonial powers, accepts Ethiopia's claim to the Ogaden region of the Somali territory
Zululand, annexed by Britain in 1887, is now merged with the colony of Natal
Paul Kruger, prime minister of the Transvaal, forms an alliance with the other Boer republic, the Orange Free State
The UK colonial secretary, Joseph Chamberlain, appoints enthusiastic imperialist Alfred Milner as high commissioner in South Africa
