British Nyasaland

This article is about the specific polity British Nyasaland 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 British Central Africa protectorate was renamed Nyasaland in 1907. It occupied the territories of present-day Malawi.

Establishment

July 1907: The British Central Africa Protectorate was renamed Nyasaland in 1907.

Chronology

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1. Events

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.

August 1953: Establishment of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, which consisted of Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland.

December 1963: The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland officially ended, being succeeded by British Nyasaland, Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia.

July 1964: Independence of Nyasaland.