Timeline of Zambia: Difference between revisions

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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]].
*'''1911''' - North-Eastern Rhodesia and North-Western Rhodesia, administered as separate units, were merged to form the British Colony of [[Northern Rhodesia]] (Later [[Zambia]]).
*'''1920s''' - Discovery of copper, which later encourages an influx of European technicians and administrators.
*'''1920''' - First plane flys over [[Lusaka]] air space.
*'''1921''' - Skull of [[Broken Hill Man]] is discovered in [[Kabwe]].
*'''1929''' - The [[Football Association of Zambia]] is founded.
*'''1935''' - [[Lusaka]] becomes the capital city of [[Zambia]] (then [[Northern Rhodesia]]}
*'''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]].
*'''1953''' - Creation of the [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]], comprising [[Northern Rhodesia]], Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Nyasaland (now Malawi).
*'''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.
*'''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.
*'''1960''' - [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP) formed by [[Kenneth Kaunda]] to campaign for independence and dissolution of federation dominated by white-ruled Southern Rhodesia.
*'''1960 May 17''' - The [[Kariba Dam]] is opened.
*'''1960 Aug 25''' - [[Lusaka]] gains city status.


==1800 - 1899==
==1800 - 1899==