uganda
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The cluster includes all the forms of the country since the Middle Ages.
The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:
Kingdom of Buganda
Protectorate of Uganda
Republic of Uganda
Establishment
January 1798: In the late eighteenth century the Kabaka Jjunju of Buganda defeated the Nyoro army and captured Buddu, which had been a province of Bunyoro.
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
Was a war between Uganda and Tanzania that started after an Ugandan incursion in Tanzanian territory and ended with in the overthrow of Ugandan President Idi Amin and the occupation of Uganda by Tanzanian forces.
1.1.Uganda invades Tanzania
Was a small invasion of Tanzania by Ugandan forces that started the Uganda-Tanzania War.
November 1978: In October 1978 Ugandan forces began making incursions into Tanzania. Later that month the Uganda Army launched an invasion, looting property and killing civilians. Ugandan official media declared the annexation of the Kagera Salient.
1.2.Tanzania invades Uganda
Was a full-scale invasion of Uganda by Tanzanian forces resulting in the overthrow of Ugandan President Idi Amin.
December 1978: On 4 December 1978, the Tanzanian People's Defence Force's 206th and Southern Brigades, led by President Julius Nyerere, secured Mutukula on the Tanzanian side of the border with Uganda.
January 1979: The TPDF launched a counteroffensive, re-securing Kagera by January 1979.
February 1979: Battle of Simba Hills.
February 1979: Battle of Gayaza Hills.
February 1979: The Tanzanian 20th Division launched an offensive in February and occupied the towns of Masaka and Mbarara that had been occupied by the forces of Ugandan dictator Amin Dada.
March 1979: Battle of Tororo.
March 1979: In 1979, during the Uganda-Tanzania War, Tanzanian forces led by President Julius Nyerere and Ugandan rebels defeated a combined Ugandan-Libyan-Palestinian force at Lukaya, marking a significant turning point in the conflict.
April 1979: Battle of Sembabule.
April 1979: In early April 1979, the Tanzanian People's Defence Force (TPDF) seized the airport in Entebbe, Uganda, during the Uganda-Tanzania War. The operation was led by Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere and resulted in heavy casualties for Libyan troops and the destruction of the Uganda Army Air Force.
April 1979: Fall of Kampala to Tanzanian forces.
April 1979: Battle of Bombo.
April 1979: Battle of Jinja.
May 1979: Battle of Lira.
May 1979: Battle of Karuma Falls.
June 1979: The war ended when the TPDF reached the Sudanese border and expelled the last pro-Amin forces from Uganda.
January 1801: Buganda, originally a vassal state of Bunyoro, rose to power in the 18th and 19th centuries under the leadership of Kabaka Mutesa I and Kabaka Mwanga II. By 1800, Buganda had become the dominant kingdom in the African Great Lakes region.
January 1892: In 1891, Mwanga concluded a treaty with Lugard whereby the Kingdom of Buganda would place his land and tributary states under the protection of the Imperial British East Africa Company.
June 1894: In 1894, the British government declared that all occupied territories in Uganda would become a Protectorate of Uganda under British protection. This decision was made under the leadership of British colonial administrator Sir Gerald Portal and Commissioner Ernest Berkeley.
January 1895: In 1894 Great Britain declared the Kingdom of Bunyoro its protectorate.
January 1897: Kooki was incorporated into the kingdom of Buganda in 1896.
January 1897: In 1894 the British government declares a protectorate over Buganda. Two years later British control is extended to cover the western kingdoms of Ankole, Toro and Bunyoro.
June 1899: Territorial change based on available maps.
June 1899: Abbas II of Egypt and the British decided to re-establish control over Sudan. Leading a joint Egyptian-British force, Lord Kitchener led military campaigns from 1896 to 1898. In 1899, Britain and Egypt formally agreed to establish a joint protectorate: Egypt on the basis of its previous claims and Britain by right of conquest. At this point the protectorate encompassed modern-day Sudan and South Sudan as well as the Sarra triangle.
January 1901: Conquered by Britain. Uganda was made into a British protectorate at the end of the 19th century. Prior to this, the region was divided between several closely related kingdoms.
January 1901: Uganda was made into a British protectorate at the end of the 19th century. Prior to this, the region was divided between several closely related kingdoms.
January 1901: The chiefdoms of Busoga signed treaties with the British.
October 1901: The Kingdom of Nkore was incorporated into the British Protectorate of Uganda by the signing of the Ankole agreement.
January 1902: All former Mpororo States (the regions inhabited by the Hororo people) become part of kingdom of Ankole (which had already been integrated into British Uganda).
January 1902: All former Mpororo States become part of kingdom of Ankole (whch had already been integrated into British Uganda).
January 1903: In 1902, the boundaries of the British Protectorate of Uganda were extended to include what was previously the Eastern Province of Uganda.
January 1915: The borders of the Eastern Province of Uganda is defined.
January 1927: The Eastern Province of Uganda is annexed to Kenya.
October 1963: Uganda became an independent sovereign state.
Selected Sources
Briggs, P. / Roberts, A. (2016): Uganda - the Bradt Travel Guide, Chesham (UK), p. 14
