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Conflict Africa

Anglo-Zulu War

1879 CE

Britain invaded the Zulu Kingdom and suffered one of its worst defeats at Isandlwana before ultimately destroying the Zulu military power at Ulundi.

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Anglo-Zulu War on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • British Empire
  • Zulu Kingdom

Key moments

Defining events in the Anglo-Zulu War.

  1. 1879 Battle of Isandlwana
  2. 1879 Battle of Rorke's Drift
  3. 1879 Battle of Ulundi

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

Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Angola

Attested 1815 CE – 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Anglo-Ashanti Wars

1824 CE – 1900 CE

Landmark · Africa

Rwenzori Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Morocco

Founded 789 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Landmark · Africa

Serengeti National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Ghana

Attested 800 CE – 2026 CE

Landmark · Africa

Victoria Falls

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1879 CE and 1879 CE.

1879 CE Christ Church, Zanzibar 1879 CE Battle of Isandlwana 1879 CE Battle of Rorke's Drift 1879 CE War of the Pacific

And in the rest of the world

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

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