Mbwila (Portugal)

This article is about the specific polity Mbwila (Portugal) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a precolonial polity in Angola, first mentioned only in the early seventeenth century. In 1619-20, Portuguese forces from the colony of Angola, founded in 1575, attacked Mbwila and forced its ruler to sign an act of vassalage. It remained a Portuguese vassal for 80 years.

Establishment

January 1621: In 1619-20, Portuguese forces from the colony of Angola, founded in 1575, attacked Mbwila and forced its ruler to sign an act of vassalage.

Chronology

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1. Events

January 1631: In 1627-30, when the Portuguese were seeking to subdue the forces of Queen Njinga of Ndongo, Mbwila ceased to be obedient to Portugal.

January 1694: Portugal sent another major army to attack Mbwila and reassert its vassalage in 1692-3.