ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Zambia </title> <META name="keywords" keyword="Northern Rhodesia"> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2005-2007 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" 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 width = "150" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Zambia <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xzambia.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xzambia.html"> <img src = "../banners/banzambia.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 = "100" 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 April 7th 2005</i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5834279270464755"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-02-17: MIT_ Ganse google_ad_channel = "0420158018"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <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 : Zambia (Northern Rhodesia) </B></font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> 1872 <BR> 1889 <BR> 1890 <BR><BR> 1891 <BR> 1899 <BR> 1899 <BR> 1899 <BR> 1900 <BR> 1901 <BR><BR> 1901 <BR> 1902 <BR> 1904 <BR> 1905 <BR> 1906 <BR> 1907 <BR> 1909 <BR> 1911 <BR> 1911 <BR> 1917 <BR> 1918 <BR> 1924 <BR> 1931 <BR> 1931-1933 <BR> 1935 <BR> 1935 <BR> 1938 <BR> 1939-1945 <BR> 1940 <BR> 1941 <BR> 1944 <BR> 1946 <BR> 1948 <BR> 1948 <BR> 1948 <BR> 1950 <BR> 1953 <BR> 1959 <BR> 1959 <BR> 1959 <BR> 1960 <BR> 1960 <BR> 1962 <BR> 1963 <BR> 1964 <BR> 1964 <BR> 1964 <BR> 1964- <BR><BR><BR><BR> 1965 <BR> 1966 <BR> 1966 <BR> 1967 <BR> 1967 <BR> 1968 <BR> 1971 <BR> 1972 <BR> 1973 <BR> 1973 <BR> 1974 <BR> 1975 <BR><BR> 1975 <BR> 1978 <BR> 1984 <BR> 1987 <BR> 1991 <BR> 1991 <BR> 1994 <BR> 1999 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Note : The geographical term "Rhodesia" initially was applied to all of Northern and <BR> Southern Rhodesia, i.e. present day <A HREF = "xzambia.html">Zambia</A> and Zimbabwe. When Northern <BR> Rhodesia was released into independence in 1964 and renamed Zambia, the term <BR> Rhodesia came to be used for what had been Southern Rhodesia and since 1980 <BR> is called Zimbabwe. <BR><BR> First English traders arrived in Barotseland <BR> BSAC (British South Africa Company) granted charter <BR> Anglo-German agreement ceded Caprivi Strip (Barotse territory) to <BR> German South West Africa <BR> Anglo-Portuguese agreement fixed border to <A HREF = "../centrafrica/xangola.html">Angola</A> <BR> Border between NW, NE Rhodesia fixed along Kafue River <BR> Capital of NE Rhodesia established at Fort Jameson (Chipata) <BR> Avemba War (Bemba resistance suppressed) <BR> Northeastern Rhodesia Protectorate proclaimed <BR> Anglo-German agreement fixed border between NE Rhodesia, <A HREF = "../eastafrica/xtanzania.html">German <BR> East Africa</A> <BR> Hut Tax introduced in NE Rhodesia <BR> Begin of copper mining <BR> Hut Tax introduced in NW Rhodesia <BR> Border between NW, NE Rhodesia moved eastward <BR> Barotse National School established <BR> Capital of NW Rhodesia moved from Kalolo to Livingstone <BR> Railroad Livingstone-Ndola opened <BR> Northeastern, Northwestern Rhodesia merged <BR> Census : population 801,400 <BR> Advisory Council for N. Rhodesia established <BR> World War I in Africa ended on N. Rhodesian soil <BR> BSAC rule ended; Northern Rhodesia became British protectorate <BR> Benguela Railway constructed <BR> Great Depression caused decline in copper prices <BR> Capital of Northern Rhodesia moved from Livingstone to Lusaka <BR> Strike in Northern Rhodesia's Copper Belt <BR> (British) Mwinilunga Plan suggested settlement of Jewish refugees in N.R. <BR> World War II caused rising copper prices <BR> Second Copper Belt Strike <BR> Census : Northern Rhodesian population 1,381,800 <BR> Newspaper "The Northern News" founded; in 1965 renamed "The Times of Zambia" <BR> African Representative Council founded <BR> Northern Rhodesian Congress Party founded <BR> Two Africans appointed to Legislative Council <BR> African Mineworkers' Union organized <BR> Elementary education for African children made compulsory <BR> Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland created <BR> NRANC banned <BR> UNIP founded <BR> Elections held; the first with African participation <BR> Civil Disobedience Movement <BR> Kariba Dam closed, creating Lake Kariba; provided electricity <BR> New constitution; election resulted in African majority in Legislative Council <BR> Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland dissolved <BR> Northern Rhodesia, as Zambia, released into independence <BR> Currency reform; Zambia Pound introduced <BR> Zambia joined U.N., O.A.U. <BR> Zambia pursued a policy of promoting the struggle against colonialism in <BR> <A HREF = "../centrafrica/xangola.html">Angola</A> and <A HREF = "xmocambique.html">Mo&ccedil;ambique</A>, against Apartheid and white minority <BR> rule in <A HREF = "xzimbabwe.html">Rhodesia</A>, <A HREF = "xnamibia.html">South West Africa</A> and <A HREF = "xsafrica.html">South Africa</A>. Over the following years <BR> it accepted an influx of refugees and suffered economically. <BR> University of Zambia founded <BR> First National Developmernt Plan <BR> Zambian Broadcasting Services established <BR> Lusaka International Airport opened <BR> Zambian Airways founded <BR> Currency reform; Zambia Kwacha introduced <BR> Second National Development Plan <BR> Zambia became One Party State <BR> New constitution <BR> Oil crisis increased costs of fuel imports <BR> Census : population 4,677,000 <BR> TamZam Railway opened, connecting Zambian Copper Belt with port of Daressalaam, <BR> <A HREF = "../eastafrica/xtanzania.html">Tanzania</A>, financed by <A HREF = "../china/xchina.html">PR China</A> <BR> Begin of decline of copper prices hit Zambia's economy <BR> <A HREF = "xzimbabwe.html">Rhodesian</A> forces pursued guerillas deep into Zambian territory <BR> First AIDS case in Zambia reported <BR> President Kaunda announced his son had died from AIDS <BR> Multiparty democracy introduced by new constitution <BR> Election; Presient Kaunda voted out of office <BR> Lusaka Stock Exchange established <BR> Population estimated at 9.881,000 <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </div><div align = "center"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> EXTERNAL <BR> FILES </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> Timeline, from <A HREF = "http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1719293.stm"><B>BBC News</B></A> <BR> <A HREF = "http://www.globalfindata.com/frameset.php3?location=/gh/index.html"><B>Global History of Currencies</B></A>, click : Zambia<BR> Historical Population Statistics : Zambia, from <A HREF = "http://www.library.uu.nl/wesp/populstat/Africa/zambiac.htm"><B>Population Statistics</B></A> at Univ. Utrecht <BR> History of Lusaka, from <A HREF = "http://www.africatravelling.net/zambia/lusaka/lusaka_history.htm"><B>Africa Trevelling Net</B></A> <BR> History of AIDS in Zambia, from <A HREF = "http://www.avert.org/zambia-aids-history.htm"><B>avert</B></A> <BR> History of Zambia, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Zambia"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> DOCUMENTS </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> REFERENCE </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> John J. Grotpeter, <A HREF = "http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/081083345X"></B>Historical Dictionary of Zambia</B></A>, Metuchen : Scarecrow 1979 </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> </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 = "1"; 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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