Kingdom of Maravi
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The Maravi Confederacy was founded by the Bantu people immigrating into the valley of the Shire River (in current Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia) around 1480 AD.
Establishment
January 1481: The Maravi Confederacy was founded by the Bantu people immigrating into the valley of the Shire River (flowing out of Lake Nyassa) around 1480 AD. The territory was later incorporated into the Kingdom of Maravi, ruled by the famous leader Kalonga.
Chronology
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1. Events
January 1486: Angoshe sultanate established.
January 1501: The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama reached the Island of Mozambique in 1498, establishing a trade route to India. By 1500, the Portuguese had gained control of the island and the port city of Sofala, solidifying their presence in the region.
January 1531: By the 1530s, small groups of Portuguese traders and prospectors seeking gold penetrated the interior regions of Mozambique, where they set up garrisons and trading posts at Sena and Tete.
January 1701: The Marathas, led by their ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji, expanded eastwards into Mughal lands, capturing Hyderabad in 1700.
January 1796: The Nkamanga state was established in the region between Nyika Plateau, Dwangwa River, Bisa territory in Zambia, and Lake Malawi.
April 1889: In response to the portuguese incursion, Johnston's deputy John Buchanan declared a Shire Highlands Protectorate in Johnston's absence.
November 1889: In 1889, Harry Johnston proclaimed the Nyasaland Districts Protectorate west of Lake Malawi, against Foreign Office instructions. The territory was eventually handed over to the African Lakes Corporation. Johnston was a British explorer and colonial administrator in Africa.
December 1889: After Serpa Pinto's departure owing to serious illness in November 1889, his second-in-command, João Coutinho, pushed on as far as Katunga, the nearest river port to Blantyre, and some Kololo chiefs fled to Blantyre for safety.
Disestablishment
January 1892: The British Central Africa Protectorate (BCA) was a British protectorate proclaimed in 1889 and ratified in 1891 that occupied the same area as present-day Malawi.
