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Name: Ogbomoso

Type: Polity

Start: 1660 AD

End: 1890 AD

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Was a precolonial polity in Nigeria.

Establishment


  • January 1660: Olabanjo Ogunlola Ogundiran was the first king of the Ogbomoso chiefdom from 1659 to 1714.
  • Chronology


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    1. Events


  • January 1715: In 1714, the territory of Ogwashi-Uku was conquered by the powerful Oyo Empire.

  • January 1889: Ogwashi-Uku restored.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1891: By 1890 the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria was created. At this point most petty Kingdoms of southern Nigeria were already under British rule.
  • Selected Sources


  • Asakitikpi, A. E. / Asakitikp, A. O. (2024): Modern Nigeria, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, p. 36
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