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Name: Damara

Type: Polity

Start: 1416 AD

End: 1894 AD

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Was a precolonial chifdom or kingdom of Namibia.

Establishment


  • January 1416: The chiefdom of Damara is traditionally considered to have been established in 1415.
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    1. Events


  • January 1801: Establishment of Kou Goa in Namibia.

  • January 1877: The Cape colony declares a protectorate over the Damara.

  • January 1881: The protectorate of the Cape Colony over Damara and Herero is disestablished.

  • 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.

  • November 1894: Damara is annexed to German South West Africa.

  • Disestablishment


  • November 1894: Damara is annexed to German South West Africa.
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