ÿþ<html> <head> <title>WHKMLA : Timelines - Sub-Saharan Africa 1490-1648 </title> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2008 --> </head> <body bgcolor="lightblue" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"> </a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../meh.jpg" border = "0"> </a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> 1300-1490 </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../13001490/tlssafrica13001490.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "x14901648.html"> <img src = "../banners/ban14901648.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on November 8th 2008 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline Sub-Saharan Africa 1490-1648 </B></font><BR> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"><i> http://www.zum.de/whkmla/period/14901648/tlssafrica14901648.html </i></font></B> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1270-1974 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#ethiopia">Ethiopia</A> : Rule of Restored Solomonic Dynasty </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1482 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Portuguese constructed Fort Sao Jorge da Mina (<A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#elmina">Elmina</A>) on <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#goldcoast">Gold Coast</A> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1485 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> King of <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#kongo">Kongo</A> converted to Christianity </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1489 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Portuguese Pedro de Covilha visited <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#swahili">Swahili</A> city of <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#sofala">Sofala</A> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1497-1499 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Expedition of Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama to India </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1504 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> The Funj <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#sennar">Sultanate of Sennar</A> (Sudan) established, replacing the Christian <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#alodia">Kingdom of Alodia</A> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1505 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Portuguese conquest of Swahili city <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#kilwakis">Kilwa Kisiwani</A>; Portuguese until 1512 </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1505 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Portuguese conquest of Swahili city Zanzibar; Portuguese until 1698 </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1505 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Portuguese conquest of <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#sofala">Sofala</A>; Portuguese until 1974 </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1508 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Relations between Portugal and <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#ethiopia">Ethiopia</A> established </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1512 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Relations between Portugal and <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#mutapa">Kingdom of Mutapa</A> established </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1523 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Dynasty of <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#sennar">Sennar</A> converted to Islam </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1527 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#adal">Sultanate of Adal</A> threw off suzerainty of <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#ethiopia">Ethiopia</A>, invaded <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#ethiopia">Ethiopia</A> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1536 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Portuguese established trading factory on <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#goree">Goree</A> (Senegal) </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1543 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#ethiopia">Ethiopia</A>, with Portuguese aid, decisively defeated <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#adal">Sultanate of Adal</A> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1568 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Portuguese invasion of <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#mutapa">Kingdom of Mutapa</A> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1571-1603 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Peak of <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#kanem">Kanem</A>-<A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#bornu">Bornu</A> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1575 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> The Portuguese founded <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#luanda">Luanda</A> (Angola) </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1588 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Dutch fleet took <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#goree">Goree</A> from the Portuguese </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1591 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Moroccan force conquered <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#songhai">Sultanate of Songhai</A> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1593 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Portuguese conquest of <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#mombasa">Mombasa</A>; construction of Fort Jesus, Portuguese until 1698 </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> after 1606 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Mauritius : Extinction of the Dodo bird </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1622 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Portuguese invasion of <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#kongo">Kingdom of Kongo</A> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1637 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Dutch GWC conquered <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#elmina">Elmina</A> from the Portuguese </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1640 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Dutch GWC conquered <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#luanda">Luanda</A> from the Portuguese </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="110" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1648 </font></TD> <TD width="570" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Dutch GWC lost <A HREF = "hdssafrica14901648.html#luanda">Luanda</A> to the Portuguese </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "700"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> <B>EXTERNAL FILES : TIMELINES</B> <BR> Chronology of World History, by K. Polsson, <A HREF = "http://www.islandnet.com/~KPOLSSON/worldhis/wor1475.htm"><B>1475-1499</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://www.islandnet.com/~KPOLSSON/worldhis/wor1500.htm"><B>1500-1524</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://www.islandnet.com/~KPOLSSON/worldhis/wor1525.htm"><B>1525-1539</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://www.islandnet.com/~KPOLSSON/worldhis/wor1540.htm"><B>1540-1559</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://www.islandnet.com/~KPOLSSON/worldhis/wor1560.htm"><B>1560-1574</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://www.islandnet.com/~KPOLSSON/worldhis/wor1575.htm"><B>1575-1599</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://www.islandnet.com/~KPOLSSON/worldhis/wor1600.htm"><B>1600-1619</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://www.islandnet.com/~KPOLSSON/worldhis/wor1620.htm"><B>1620-1629</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://www.islandnet.com/~KPOLSSON/worldhis/wor1630.htm"><B>1630-1639</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://www.islandnet.com/~KPOLSSON/worldhis/wor1640.htm"><B>1640-1649</B></A> <BR> Timelines of World History, by Algis Ratnikas, <A HREF = "http://timelines.ws/1476_1499.HTML"><B>1476-1499</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://timelines.ws/1500_1524.HTML"><B>1500-1524</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://timelines.ws/1525_1549.HTML"><B>1525-1549</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://timelines.ws/1550_1574.HTML"><B>1550-1574</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://timelines.ws/1575_1599.HTML"><B>1575-1599</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://timelines.ws/1600_1625.HTML"><B>1600-1625</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://timelines.ws/1626_1660.HTML"><B>1626-1660</B></A> <BR> Cronologia, by Francomputer, in Italian, <A HREF = "http://cronologia.leonardo.it/storia/tabello/aa1401.htm"><B>1401-1500</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://cronologia.leonardo.it/storia/tabello/aa1501.htm"><B>1501-1600</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://cronologia.leonardo.it/storia/tabello/aa1601.htm"><B>1601-1700</B></A>, <BR> Wikipedia (English edition) <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1490"><B>1490</B></A> <BR> Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History <A HREF = "http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/intro/atr/08sm.htm"><B>1400-1600</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/intro/atr/09sm.htm"><B>1600-1800</B></A>, posted by Metropolitan Museum of Art; click Africa : Eastern and Southern Africa, Guinea Coast, Western and Central Sudan <BR> </font></TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "0"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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