British South Africa Company
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Was a British Company created by Cecil Rhodes that acquired large territories in southern Africa including Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Establishment
January 1890: Mbire became a part of the British Mashonaland protectorate in 1889.
January 1890: Buhera became a part of the British Mashonaland protectorate in 1889.
January 1890: Nhowe became a part of the British Mashonaland protectorate in 1889.
January 1890: Shawasha became a part of the British Mashonaland protectorate in 1889.
June 1890: Seeking the improvement of the military protection and with the intention to sign a treaty with the British Government, King Lewanika signed on 26 June 1890 the Lochner concession putting Barotseland under the protection of the British South Africa Company.
July 1890: The column departed on 28 June 1890, and on 11 July crossed the Tuli River into Matabeleland.
August 1890: The British South Africa Company established the first settlement, Fort Tuli, near the riverbank in Tuli. This marked the beginning of British colonization in the region.
September 1890: The Pioneer Column of the British South Africa Company founds Fort Salisbury (modern-day Harare).
September 1890: Instructed by Rhodes to hurry east, Selous met with the Manica chief, Mtassa, on 14 September 1890, and agreed with him a concession whereby Mtassa promised not to ally with any other foreign power, and granted the Company exclusive rights to mine within his territory.
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.
October 1893: British South Africa Company forces commanded by Major Patrick Forbes invade Matabeleland.
October 1893: The Matabele army mobilised to prevent Forbes from reaching the city, and twice engaged the column as it approached: on 25 October, 3,500 warriors assaulted the column near the Shangani River.
January 1895: After the death from smallpox of Matabele king Lobengula, his successor izinDuna submitted to the British South Africa Company's superior firepower.
January 1891: Fort Charter conquered by great britain.
January 1891: Most of Nyamwanga, now in Zambia, became part of the British South Africa Company.
January 1891: Bemba was taken over by the British South Africa Company, led by Cecil Rhodes.
January 1891: In 1890, Major Patrick Forbes Pennefather and Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Seymour Johnson led the main force of the Pioneer Column and established Fort Victoria in present-day Zimbabwe. The territory was then claimed by the British South Africa Company under Cecil Rhodes.
January 1891: Mutondo was taken over by the British South Africa Company, led by Cecil Rhodes.
January 1891: Momba was taken over by the British South Africa Company, led by Cecil Rhodes.
January 1891: Kahare was taken over by the British South Africa Company, led by Cecil Rhodes.
December 1893: The colonial powers, occupying the eastern neighboring state at the time (British Mashonaland Protectorate), later disregarded these agreements and invaded Mthwakazi on 3 November 1893. Mthwakazi fought a bitter defensive battle at Gadade, Mbembesi, but was overpowered by the enemy.
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.
January 1898: In 1897, German military officer Major Viktor Franke established a military post at Namutoni in German South West Africa (now Namibia).
November 1899: Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia was a British protectorate in south central Africa formed in 1899.
January 1900: After King Msiri's death the Kingdom of Kazembe was divided in 1894 between Britain - the eastern shores of the Luapula and Lake Mweru became part of North-Eastern Rhodesia, administered by the British South Africa Company (BSAC) - and King Leopold II of Belgium's misnamed Congo Free State (CFS) but the real control was achieved only in 1899.
January 1900: In 1899 the United Kingdom proclaimed a protectorate over Barotseland and governed it as part of Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia.
January 1900: The British protectorate of North-Eastern Rhodesia was established in south central Africa in 1900.
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.
August 1911: In 1911 several territories controlled by the British South Africa Company are amalgamated to form Northern Rhodesia.
January 1917: The Portuguese increased efforts for occupying the interior of the colony of Mozambique after the Scramble for Africa, and secured political control over most of its territory in 1918.
September 1923: In a 1922 referendum, Southern Rhodesians chose responsible government within the British Empire over incorporation into the Union of South Africa. The Company's charter was duly revoked by Whitehall in 1923, and Southern Rhodesia became a self-governing colony of Britain in October that year.
Disestablishment
September 1923: In a 1922 referendum, Southern Rhodesians chose responsible government within the British Empire over incorporation into the Union of South Africa. The Company's charter was duly revoked by Whitehall in 1923, and Southern Rhodesia became a self-governing colony of Britain in October that year.
