Zulu Kingdom
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Was a monarchy in Southern Africa that was created in the early XIX century when King Shaka consolidated several Zulu clans.
Establishment
January 1817: Upon Senzangakona's death in 1816, Chaka ascended to the throne of the Zulu people with the help of Dingiswayo.
Chronology
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Was a war fought between the expanding Zulu Kingdom and the Ndwandwe tribe in South Africa.
January 1821: Ndwandwe King Zwide was killed by the Zulu, and most of the Ndwandwe abandoned their lands and migrated north.
Was a war between the Zulu Kingdom and the British Empire. At the end of the war the Zulu Kingdom became a British protectorate.
2.1.First Invasion (Anglo-Zulu War)
Was a British military campaign against the Zulu Kingdom during the Anglo-Zulu War.
January 1879: In January 1879 a British force under Lieutenant General Frederick Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford invaded Zululand, without authorization by the British Government. The exact date of the invasion was 11 January 1879. Chelmsford crossed the Buffalo River at Rorke's Drift.
January 1879: The centre column was led by Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pulleine and Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Durnford. Isandlwana was the site of a major battle during the Anglo-Zulu War, where British forces suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of the Zulu army in January 1879.
January 1879: Meanwhile, the left flank column at Utrecht, under Colonel Evelyn Wood, had originally been charged with occupying the Zulu tribes of north-west Zululand and preventing them from interfering with the British central column's advance on Ulundi. To this end Wood set up camp at Tinta's Kraal, just 10 miles south of Hlobane Mountain.
January 1879: The Battle of Isandlwana was the greatest victory that the Zulu kingdom would enjoy during the war. The British centre column was wrecked and its camp annihilated with heavy casualties as well as the loss of all its supplies, ammunition and transport. The defeat left the British forces no choice but to hastily retreat out of Zululand.
March 1879: The British constructed an entrenched camp in Eshowe in an effort to defend the territory against the Zulu forces.
April 1879: The Zulu burned down Eshowe.
2.2.Second invasion (Anglo-Zulu War)
Was a British military campaign against the Zulu Kingdom during the Anglo-Zulu War.
June 1879: Chelmsford reorganised his forces and again advanced into Zululand in June, this time with extreme caution building fortified camps all along the way to prevent any repeat of Isandlwana.
July 1879: After the Anglo-Zulu War, the Zulu Kingdom, led by King Cetshwayo, became a de facto protectorate of the British Empire.
January 1821: Between 1818 and 1820 the Zulu Kingdom’s military campaigns led by King Shaka overran the region of Natal.
January 1840: The British annexed Port Natal on 4 December with a detachment of the 72nd Highlanders from Cape Colony.
January 1840: After the battle, Pretorius took advantage of dissension in the Zulu kingdom to ally himself with Mpande, brother of the Zulu king Dingane. At the Battle of Maqongqo, Dingane was crushed and was put to flight with what retainers chose to follow him into exile. Pretorius took 36,000 head of cattle and proclaimed a large tract of land extending from St Lucia Bay to be part of the Natalia Republic.
Disestablishment
January 1879: In January 1879 a British force under Lieutenant General Frederick Augustus Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford invaded Zululand, without authorization by the British Government. The exact date of the invasion was 11 January 1879. Chelmsford crossed the Buffalo River at Rorke's Drift.
January 1879: The centre column was led by Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pulleine and Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Durnford. Isandlwana was the site of a major battle during the Anglo-Zulu War, where British forces suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of the Zulu army in January 1879.
January 1879: Meanwhile, the left flank column at Utrecht, under Colonel Evelyn Wood, had originally been charged with occupying the Zulu tribes of north-west Zululand and preventing them from interfering with the British central column's advance on Ulundi. To this end Wood set up camp at Tinta's Kraal, just 10 miles south of Hlobane Mountain.
January 1879: The Battle of Isandlwana was the greatest victory that the Zulu kingdom would enjoy during the war. The British centre column was wrecked and its camp annihilated with heavy casualties as well as the loss of all its supplies, ammunition and transport. The defeat left the British forces no choice but to hastily retreat out of Zululand.
March 1879: The British constructed an entrenched camp in Eshowe in an effort to defend the territory against the Zulu forces.
April 1879: The Zulu burned down Eshowe.
June 1879: Chelmsford reorganised his forces and again advanced into Zululand in June, this time with extreme caution building fortified camps all along the way to prevent any repeat of Isandlwana.
July 1879: After the Anglo-Zulu War, the Zulu Kingdom, led by King Cetshwayo, became a de facto protectorate of the British Empire.
