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==2016 - 2020== | ==2016 - 2020== | ||
*'''2020 Mar 18''' - Zambia’s Health Minister [[Chitalu Chilufya]] announces the country's first recorded two cases of the global pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19)<ref>[https://www. | *'''2020 Mar 18''' - Zambia’s [[Ministry of Health|Health Minister]] [[Chitalu Chilufya]] announces the country's first recorded two cases of the global pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19) in [[Lusaka]]<ref>[https://www.znbc.co.zm/news/zambia-records-two-coronavirus-cases/ Coronavirus: Zambia records first two confirmed cases], [[ZNBC]] News</ref> | ||
*'''2016 Apr''' - Rioting and looting following accusations that Rwandans who have fled to [[Zambia]] have been involved in ritual killings. President Lungu speaks of his country's collective shame over mob attacks on foreigners. | *'''2016 Apr''' - Rioting and looting following accusations that Rwandans who have fled to [[Zambia]] have been involved in ritual killings. President Lungu speaks of his country's collective shame over mob attacks on foreigners. | ||
*'''2016 June''' - Zambia's first ever online encyclopedia was launched [[Chalo Chatu]] | *'''2016 June''' - Zambia's first ever online encyclopedia was launched [[Chalo Chatu]] | ||
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*'''2008 Oct 30''' - Zambia votes for a successor to the late President [[Levy Mwanawasa]] in an election the main opposition leader, [[Michael Sata]], accused the ruling party of rigging. Sata was ahead in early presidential election results, but his lead was slowly narrowed. [[Rupiah Banda]] won 40% of the vote and opposition leader Michael Sata secured 38%. | *'''2008 Oct 30''' - Zambia votes for a successor to the late President [[Levy Mwanawasa]] in an election the main opposition leader, [[Michael Sata]], accused the ruling party of rigging. Sata was ahead in early presidential election results, but his lead was slowly narrowed. [[Rupiah Banda]] won 40% of the vote and opposition leader Michael Sata secured 38%. | ||
*'''2008 Nov 2''' - Veteran diplomat [[Rupiah Banda]] (72) is sworn in as the new president of Zambia following a narrow and disputed victory over a populist rival in an election necessitated by the death of the country's former leader, [[Levy Mwanawasa]]. | *'''2008 Nov 2''' - Veteran diplomat [[Rupiah Banda]] (72) is sworn in as the new president of Zambia following a narrow and disputed victory over a populist rival in an election necessitated by the death of the country's former leader, [[Levy Mwanawasa]]. | ||
*'''2008 Nov 2''' - [[Elijah Mudenda]] dies at age 81 at [[ | *'''2008 Nov 2''' - [[Elijah Mudenda]] dies at age 81 at [[Maina Soko Medical Centre]] in [[Lusaka]]. | ||
*'''2009 Jul 20''' - Zambia's Catholic bishops and the International Press Institute condemned the arrest on obscenity charges of a newspaper editor who says she was trying to draw attention to the consequences of a health workers' strike. [[Chansa Kabwela]], editor of the independent [[The Post|Post], was arrested last week after e-mailing pictures of a woman giving birth in the streets to policy makers and aid groups. | *'''2009 Jul 20''' - Zambia's Catholic bishops and the International Press Institute condemned the arrest on obscenity charges of a newspaper editor who says she was trying to draw attention to the consequences of a health workers' strike. [[Chansa Kabwela]], editor of the independent [[The Post|Post], was arrested last week after e-mailing pictures of a woman giving birth in the streets to policy makers and aid groups. | ||
*'''2009 Aug 17''' - Former President [[Frederick Chiluba]] (1991-2001) was cleared of corruption charges following a six-year trial after a magistrate ruled that $500,000 of allegedly embezzled funds could not be traced to government money. The head of the anti-corruption task force is sacked after initiating an appeal against Chiluba's acquittal. | *'''2009 Aug 17''' - Former President [[Frederick Chiluba]] (1991-2001) was cleared of corruption charges following a six-year trial after a magistrate ruled that $500,000 of allegedly embezzled funds could not be traced to government money. The head of the anti-corruption task force is sacked after initiating an appeal against Chiluba's acquittal. | ||
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==1900 - 1960== | ==1900 - 1960== | ||
*'''1960 Aug 25''' - [[Lusaka]] gains city status. | |||
*'''1960 May 17''' - The [[Kariba Dam]] is opened. | |||
*'''1960''' - [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP) formed by [[Kenneth Kaunda]] to campaign for independence and dissolution of federation dominated by white-ruled Southern Rhodesia. | |||
*'''1959 October''': [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP) is formed as a successor to the [[Zambian African National Congress]] (ZANC), which had been banned earlier in the year. | |||
*'''1957''' - [[Alice Lenshina]] founded and led the [[Lumpa Church]] in [[Chinsali]], a religious sect that embraced a mixture of Christian and native beliefs and rituals. | |||
*'''1953''' - Creation of the [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]], comprising [[Northern Rhodesia]], Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Nyasaland (now Malawi). | |||
*'''1951''' - [[Lusaka Playhouse]] built. | |||
*'''1950-1959''': Zambia’s [[Chibuku Beer]] was developed in the 1950s by Max Heinrich, a German brewer. He ramped the indigenous home-brew to a commercial scale. In 1999, after passing through many hands, it was acquired by SABMiller and branded as [[Chibuku Shake Shake]]. | |||
*'''1935''' - [[Lusaka]] becomes the capital city of [[Zambia]] (then [[Northern Rhodesia]]}<ref>[http://www.lcc.gov.zm/lusakahistory.php History of Lusaka], [[Lusaka City Council]]</ref> | |||
*'''1937''' - [[City of Lusaka Football Club]] formed. | |||
*'''1929''' - The [[Football Association of Zambia]] is founded. | |||
*'''1921''' - Skull of [[Broken Hill Man]] is discovered in [[Kabwe]]. | |||
*'''1920''' - First plane flys over [[Lusaka]] air space. | |||
*'''1920s''' - Discovery of copper, which later encourages an influx of European technicians and administrators. | |||
*'''1911''' - North-Eastern Rhodesia and North-Western Rhodesia, administered as separate units, were merged to form the British Colony of [[Northern Rhodesia]] (Later [[Zambia]]). | |||
*'''1905''' - [[Cecil Rhodes]] brought about the construction of a 650 foot iron bridge to connect Zambia and Zimbabwe near [[Victoria Falls]]. | *'''1905''' - [[Cecil Rhodes]] brought about the construction of a 650 foot iron bridge to connect Zambia and Zimbabwe near [[Victoria Falls]]. | ||
==1800 - 1899== | ==1800 - 1899== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist|30em}} | ||
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[[Category:History of Zambia]] | [[Category:History of Zambia]] |
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