namibia
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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.
The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:
German South West Africa
South West Africa
Republic of Namibia
Establishment
May 1883: On behalf of the Bremen tobacconist Adolf Lüderitz, the 22-year-old merchant's assistant Heinrich Vogelsang acquired the bay of Angra Pequena, today's Lüderitzbucht, and five miles of hinterland from the Nama people in Bethany on May 1, 1883.
Chronology
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Was a global conflict between two coalitions, the Allies (primarily France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). It was mainly caused by the competition of the western countries over domain in Europe and in the rest of the world with their colonial empires. The war ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war also caused the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War.
1.1.World War I African Theatre
Was the African Theatre of World War I.
1.1.1.South West Africa campaign
Was the conquest and occupation of German South West Africa by forces from the Union of South Africa during World War I.
February 1915: Battle of Kakamas: To disrupt South African plans to invade South West Africa, the Germans launched a pre-emptive invasion of their own.
February 1915: The South Africans successfully defended the fords at Kakamas against the Germans. This prevented the Germans from crossing the river and gaining control of the territory.
April 1915: South African conquest of Keetmannshoop.
April 1915: South African conquest of Warmbad.
April 1915: South African conquest of Gibeon.
May 1915: South African Prime Minister Louis Botha, who did also command the northern forces of South Africa at the time, advanced from Swakopmund along the Swakop valley with its railway line. His forces took Otjimbingwe, Karibib, Friedrichsfelde, Wilhelmsthal and Okahandja and entered the capital of Southwest Africa, Windhuk, on 5 May 1915.
June 1915: South African conquest of Omaruru.
July 1915: Battle of Otavi.
July 1915: The German forces in South West Africa surrendered at Khorab on 9 July 1915.
1.2.Aftermath of World War I
Were a series of treaties and military events that can be considered a direct consequence of World War I.
June 1919: After the war, German South West Africa was declared a League of Nations Class C Mandate territory under the Treaty of Versailles, with the Union of South Africa responsible for the administration of the country.
April 1884: On April 24, 1884, Bismarck telegraphed the German consul in Cape Town that "Lüderitzland" was under the protection of the German Reich.
October 1884: !Aman is annexed to German South West Africa.
October 1885: Herero is annexed to German South West Africa.
January 1886: The Germans sign a treaty with Namibian treaties and buy the stretch of coast between the Orange River and the 26th parallel and an area 20 miles inland from any point of the coast. An administrative center was established in Otjimbingwe shortly after.
January 1886: Aich-Ai is annexed to German South West Africa.
July 1887: In 1887, the Republic of Lijdensrust was merged into German South-West Africa.
July 1890: In the northeast was the Caprivi Strip, which was promised new trade routes and connected to the Zambezi River. This territorial gain was based on the Helgoland-Zanzibar Treaty concluded with Great Britain on July 1, 1890.
August 1890: !Gami-‡nun is annexed to German South West Africa.
January 1891: By 1890, German South West Africa had expanded to include Damaraland.
January 1891: Ovamboland is acquired by Germany.
March 1894: Gei-Khauan is annexed to German South West Africa.
November 1894: Damara is annexed to German South West Africa.
January 1895: British officials arrived in the Ngamiland region in 1894.
January 1896: Awa-Khoi became a German protectorate integrated in German South West Africa (modern-day Namibia).
January 1896: Uukwaluudhi became a German protectorate integrated in German South West Africa (modern-day Namibia).
January 1896: Gciriku became a German protectorate integrated in German South West Africa (modern-day Namibia).
January 1896: Ondonga became a German protectorate integrated in German South West Africa (modern-day Namibia).
January 1896: Ongandjera became a German protectorate integrated in German South West Africa (modern-day Namibia).
January 1896: Hei-Khauan became a German protectorate integrated in German South West Africa (modern-day Namibia).
January 1896: Uukwambi became a German protectorate integrated in German South West Africa (modern-day Namibia).
January 1896: Mbukushu became a German protectorate integrated in German South West Africa (modern-day Namibia).
January 1896: Baster became a German protectorate integrated in German South West Africa (modern-day Namibia).
January 1896: Kou Goa became a German protectorate integrated in German South West Africa (modern-day Namibia).
January 1896: Uukwangali became a German protectorate integrated in German South West Africa (modern-day Namibia).
January 1896: Uukwanyama became a German protectorate integrated in German South West Africa (modern-day Namibia).
January 1898: In 1897, German military officer Major Viktor Franke established a military post at Namutoni in German South West Africa (now Namibia).
January 1914: The borders are finalized according to the Berlin Conference agreement (1884).
January 1923: Administration of Walvis Bay was transferred to South West Africa under the South West Africa Affairs Act of 1922.
December 1931: The full sovereignty of South Africa was confirmed with the Balfour Declaration 1926 and the Statute of Westminster 1931.
January 1969: Ovamboland was established as a Bantustan in 1969. A Bantustan was a territory designated by the white National Party administration of South Africa for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) as part of its policy of apartheid.
January 1969: Hereroland was established as a Bantustan in 1969. A Bantustan was a territory designated by the white National Party administration of South Africa for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) as part of its policy of apartheid.
January 1971: Kavangoland was established as a Bantustan in 1971. A Bantustan was a territory designated by the white National Party administration of South Africa for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) as part of its policy of apartheid.
January 1973: East Caprivi was established as a Bantustan in 1973. A Bantustan was a territory designated by the white National Party administration of South Africa for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) as part of its policy of apartheid.
January 1977: Namaland was established as a Bantustan in 1977. A Bantustan was a territory designated by the white National Party administration of South Africa for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) as part of its policy of apartheid.
January 1978: Damarland was established as a Bantustan in 1978. A Bantustan was a territory designated by the white National Party administration of South Africa for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) as part of its policy of apartheid.
January 1978: South Africa transferred control of Walvis Bay back to the Cape Province, thereby making it an exclave.
January 1978: Rehoboth was established as a Bantustan in 1978. A Bantustan was a territory designated by the white National Party administration of South Africa for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) as part of its policy of apartheid.
January 1981: Bushmanland was established as a Bantustan in 1981. A Bantustan was a territory designated by the white National Party administration of South Africa for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) as part of its policy of apartheid.
January 1981: Tswanaland was established as a Bantustan in 1981. A Bantustan was a territory designated by the white National Party administration of South Africa for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) as part of its policy of apartheid.
January 1981: Kaokoland was established as a Bantustan in 1981. A Bantustan was a territory designated by the white National Party administration of South Africa for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) as part of its policy of apartheid.
June 1989: Homelands in South West Africa were abolished in May 1989 at the start of the transition to independence.
March 1990: In 1990, South West Africa was granted independence as the Republic of Namibia.
March 1994: In August 1993, prior to the end of apartheid, the Multiparty Negotiating Forum in South Africa passed a resolution calling for "the incorporation-reintegration of Walvis Bay and the Off-Shore Islands into Namibia." The Transfer of Walvis Bay to Namibia Act was passed by the Parliament of South Africa that year. Following the signing of a treaty between the two countries, South Africa formally transferred sovereignty of Walvis Bay and the Penguin Islands to Namibia on 1 March 1994.
Selected Sources
Rothert, E. (1916): Karten und Skizzen zum Weltkrieg, Düsseldorf (Germany)
