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Conflict Africa

Matabele Wars

1893 CE – 1897 CE · 4 years

The British South Africa Company conquered the Matabele Kingdom using Maxim guns, establishing Rhodesia. The subsequent Matabele and Shona uprising was the first large-scale African resistance to colonialism.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • British South Africa Company (Cecil Rhodes)
  • Matabele Kingdom (Lobengula)

Key moments

Defining events in the Matabele Wars.

  1. 1893 Battle of the Shangani
  2. 1893 Battle of Bembezi
  3. 1896-1897 Mlimo Rebellion

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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Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

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Franco-Dahomean Wars

1890 CE – 1894 CE

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Rwenzori Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

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1896 CE – 1967 CE

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Anglo-Ashanti Wars

1824 CE – 1900 CE

Landmark · Africa

Serengeti National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

British East Africa

1895 CE – 1920 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1893 CE and 1897 CE.

1894 CE First Sino-Japanese War 1894 CE Donghak Peasant Revolution 1895 CE First Italo-Ethiopian War 1896 CE Philippine Revolution 1896 CE Battle of Adwa

And in the rest of the world

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

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Mosquito Coast Polity · Americas 1637 CE – 1894 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Otto von Bismarck Figure · Prussia / Germany 1815 CE – 1898 CE Russian Conquest of Central Asia Conflict 1839 CE – 1895 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing
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