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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]]} | |||
*'''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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