1. Maps of Political Control Over Time
2. Lists and Timelines of Rulers
3. Monthly Summaries of Events
4. Time Series of Territorial Changes
5. Time Series of Historical Population and Area
6. Events Navigation - Explore All Territorial Changes
7. Rulers (only those who where involved in territorial changes)
8. Cities mentioned in territorial changes

Most recent flag or coat of arms of Basutoland (British Colony) — Most recent flag or coat of arms

Information

Name: Basutoland (British Colony)

Type: Polity

Nation: lesotho

Start: 1844

End: 1966

Basutoland (British Colony): All Data

This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.

Fearing expansionism of the Boer states in the area, the Kingdom of the Basotho concluded a treaty in 1843, placing the Kingdom under British protection. Basutoland gained its independence from the United Kingdom on 4 October 1966 and was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho.

1. Maps of Political Control Over Time

Basutoland (British Colony): Maximal extension of the polity compared to modern borders

Basutoland (British Colony): Map showing the initial year each territory was ruled by the polity

Basutoland (British Colony): Map depicting the polity's parent ruler in power when each territory was first controlled

Basutoland (British Colony): Map showing the final year each territory was ruled by the polity

Basutoland (British Colony): Map showing how many years the polity ruled each territory

2. Lists and Timelines of Rulers

Basutoland (British Colony): Top rulers ordered by largest reached area

Basutoland (British Colony): Alphabetical List of Rulers of the Nation.

Basutoland (British Colony): Timeline of the top rulers (of the parent) by territorial changes in terms of area

Basutoland (British Colony): Timeline of all the rulers (of the parent) involved in territorial changes

3. Monthly Summaries of Events

Summary of the Changes (Sub-Saharan Africa) for Basutoland (British Colony)

4. Time Series of Territorial Changes

Basutoland (British Colony): Time Series of all Territorial Changes

Time Series of Territorial Changes by specific invasor/invaded couple

All times that Orange Free State invaded Basutoland (British Colony)

All times that Basutoland (British Colony) invaded Basotho Kingdom

All times that British Cape Colony invaded Basutoland (British Colony)

All times that Orange River Sovereignty (Great Britain) invaded Basutoland (British Colony)

All times that Kingdom of Lesotho invaded Basutoland (British Colony)

All times that Basutoland (British Colony) invaded British Cape Colony

5. Time Series of Historical Population and Area

Basutoland (British Colony): time series of its population and area throughout history

6. Events Navigation - Explore All Territorial Changes

Events Navigation (Duration 1 Year): Basutoland (British Colony)

Events Navigation: Basutoland (British Colony)

Events Navigation (Duration 10 Years): Basutoland (British Colony)

7. Rulers (only those who where involved in territorial changes)

Victoria, Queen

Elizabeth II, Queen

8. Cities mentioned in territorial changes

Butha-Buthe

Hlotse

Mafeteng

Maseru

Mohale's Hoek

Mokhotlong

Quthing

Teyateyaneng

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