Kingdom of Rwanda

This article is about the specific polity Kingdom of Rwanda 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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The Kingdom of Rwanda was a precolonial kingdom in East Africa. It was later colonized first by the Germans, and after World War I by the Belgians. It gained independence from Belgium in 1959 but was replaced by a Republican system shortly after.

Establishment

January 1501: In the 15th century, one chiefdom managed to incorporate several of its close neighbor territories establishing the Kingdom of Rwanda.

Chronology

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1. Events

January 1701: Establishment of Kingogo.

January 1701: Bukunzi was a small kingdom located in the extreme southwest of what is now Rwanda.

January 1701: Establishment of Busozo.

January 1701: Establishment of Bushiru.

January 1855: The kingdom of Gisaka, cradle of the Abagesera-Bazirankende, is an East African kingdom which was annexed by Rwanda in 1854.

January 1856: Bugufi is occupied by Rwanda.

January 1861: Bugufi is occupied by Urundi (Burundi).

July 1890: By 1st july 1890 Germany controlled all of Tanganyka (the continental part of modern-day Tanzania), Burundi and Rwanda as with the Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty the treaty with the East Africa Protectorate controlled by Britain was fixed.

July 1959: Rwanda becomes independent from Belgium.

July 1962: Rwanda gained independence on 1 July 1962.