lesotho
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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.
The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:
Basotho Kingdom
Basutoland (British Colony)
Kingdom of Lesotho
Establishment
January 1837: Meanwhile, a new power had arisen along the upper Orange and in the valley of the Caledon. Moshoeshoe, a minor Basotho chief, had welded together a number of scattered and broken clans which had sought refuge in that mountainous region after fleeing from Mzilikazi, and had formed the Basotho nation which acknowledged him as king.
Chronology
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1. Events
January 1844: As Boer immigrants began to settle in Basotholand, king Moshoeshoe decided to seek support from the British at the Cape. A treaty was concluded in 1843 with Moshoeshoe, placing him under British protection.
February 1848: The Orange River Sovereignty (1848-1854) was a short-lived political entity between the Orange and Vaal rivers in Southern Africa.
February 1869: A short skirmish between Boers and Sotho led to the conclusion of the treaty of Aliwal North, which defined the borders between the Orange Free State and Basutoland. The country lying to the north of the Orange River and west of the Caledon River, formerly a part of Basutoland, was ceded to the Free State, and became known as the Conquered Territory.
November 1871: Basutoland was annexed to the Cape Colony by Act No. 12 of 1871 of the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope, confirmed by Order in Council of 3 November 1871.
March 1884: Basutoland was a British Crown colony that existed from 1884.
October 1966: Basutoland gained its independence from the United Kingdom on 4 October 1966 and was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho.
