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Original: Acts of Union 1800 Vector: Zscout370 · Public domain
Polity Africa

Basutoland

1880 CE – 1966 CE · 86 years

British Colony from 1884 to 1966

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Basutoland's founding and dissolution are recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. The atlas itself draws the world at 2 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1880 CE to 1900 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

1880 CE 2 snapshots 1900 CE
1880 CE1900 CE

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Africa

Thimlich Ohinga

1400 BCE – 1900 CE

Polity · Africa

Algeria

Founded 1900 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Sand War (Algeria–Morocco)

1963 CE

Landmark · Africa

Cathedral Notre-Dame du Congo

1914 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Sudan

Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Anglo-Ashanti Wars

1824 CE – 1900 CE

Landmark · Africa

Namugongo Martyrs' Shrine

1920 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

South Africa

Founded 1910 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1880 CE and 1966 CE.

1880 CE First Boer War 1883 CE Mandinka Wars (Samori Ture's Resistance) 1890 CE Franco-Dahomean Wars 1893 CE Matabele Wars 1899 CE Second Boer War 1899 CE Somaliland Campaign (Dervish War)

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Charles Darwin Figure · England 1809 CE – 1882 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing
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