Bechuanaland Protectorate
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Was a protectorate established in 1885 in Southern Africa. It was the predecessor of modern-day Botswana. The protectorate is not to be confused with the British Colony of Bechuanaland that was short-lived and became part of modern South Africa.
Establishment
March 1885: baLete is annexed to the British Bechuanaland Protectorate.
March 1885: baNgwato is annexed to the British Bechuanaland Protectorate.
March 1885: baKgatla is annexed to the British Bechuanaland Protectorate.
March 1885: baRôlông is annexed to the British Bechuanaland Protectorate.
March 1885: baNgwaketse is annexed to the British Bechuanaland Protectorate.
March 1885: baKwêna is annexed to the British Bechuanaland Protectorate.
March 1885: baTawana (Ngamiland) is annexed to the British Bechuanaland Protectorate.
March 1885: baTlôkwa is annexed to the British Bechuanaland Protectorate.
March 1885: Masubia is annexed to the British Bechuanaland Protectorate.
March 1885: The Bechuanaland Protectorate was established by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Southern Africa. It encompassed modernd-day Botswana but was bounded to the north by the 22° parallel south.
September 1885: In December 1884 the British sent in a force under Sir Charles Warren, who invaded the country and abolished the republic in August of the following year before it was incorporated into British Bechuanaland.
September 1885: The northern boundary of the protectorate was formally extended northward by the British to include Ngamiland, which was then dominated by the Tawana state.
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
Were two wars between the British South African Company led by Cecile Rhodes against the Matabele Kingdom, in modern-day Zimbabwe.
1.1.First Matabele War
Was the military invasion and occupation of the Matabele Kingdom by the British South Africa Company.
January 1895: After the death from smallpox of Matabele king Lobengula, his successor izinDuna submitted to the British South Africa Company's superior firepower.
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.
January 1894: A concession awarded to Sir John Swinburne was detached from Matabeleland to be administered by the British Resident Commissioner of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
January 1895: British officials arrived in the Ngamiland region in 1894.
November 1895: The Bechuanaland Crown Colony was annexed to the neighboring British Cape Colony.
January 1911: The Tati Concessions Land Act of 21 January 1911 transferred new territories (modern-day North-East District of Botswana) to the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
September 1966: Bechuanaland became the Republic of Botswana.
Disestablishment
September 1966: Bechuanaland became the Republic of Botswana.
