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==1800 - 1899== | ==1800 - 1899== | ||
*'''1891 Jun 11''': Portugal assigned [[Barotseland]], now in Zambia, to Britain, and Nyasaland becomes a British protectorate. | |||
*'''1889''' - Britain establishes control over [[Northern Rhodesia]], administering the area using a system of indirect rule which leaves power in the hands of local rulers. | |||
*'''1873 May 1''': [[David Livingstone]] (60), British physician, explorer, died in [[Chitambo]], [[Zambia]]. His body passed through Zanzibar for a funeral in London in Apr 18, 1874. | |||
*'''1855''' - [[David Livingstone]], English physician and explorer, first saw the 328-foot waterfall on the Zambezi River. Livingstone named the falls, which straddled the [[Zambia]] and Zimbabwe border, [[Victoria Falls]]. The local name is [[Musi-oa-Tunya]] (the smoke that thunders). | |||
*'''1851''' - British missionary David Livingstone visits. | *'''1851''' - British missionary David Livingstone visits. | ||
==19th Century== | ==19th Century== | ||
