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2nd century AD |
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beginning of Iron Age |
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10th century |
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Late Iron Age, cattle-keeping community established at Leopard's Kopje, near modern Bulawayo, Zimbabwe |
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11th century |
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Late Iron Age |
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1200 |
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Beginning of Great Zimbabwe state
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1400 |
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Most of Great Zimbabwe stone buildings completed.
Capital of BaKongo kingdom fixed at Mbanza Kongo
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1482 |
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Portuguese adventurer, Diogo Cao, arrives at the mouth of the River Kongo.
First European contract with BaKongo
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1491 |
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Manikongo (king) of Kongo, Nzinga a Nkuwu, is christened Joao II
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1500 |
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Great Zimbabwe finally abandoned
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1506 |
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Affonso I (formerly Nzinga Mbemba) becomes Manikongo (king) of
Kongo
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15th century |
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Great Zimbabwe decline.
Movement of people North East to found Mutapa state and towards
the south to establish Torwa state
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1512 |
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Portuguese design coat of arms for Manikongo
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1593 |
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Portuguese build Fort Jesus in Mombasa
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1631 |
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Sultan Muhammad Yusif bin Hassan massacres Portuguese garrison in Fort Jesus
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1639 |
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Queen Nzinga of Ndongo, in modern Angola, begins military
campaign against Portuguese
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1665 |
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Kongo defeated by Portuguese at battle of Mbwila
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1689 |
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Fort Jesus falls to Omani Arabs
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1704 |
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Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita claims to be possessed by St. Anthony. She founds a church and launches a mission to revive Kongo's former glory
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1706 |
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Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita burnt at stake for heresy
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1850 |
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Ovimbundu traders, in the middle of modern Angola, reach Lamba
of Northern Rhodesia
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1856 |
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Msiri, Nyamwezi trading king, establishes his seat of power in Katanga, in the southern part of modern DR Congo
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1873 |
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Zanzibar slave market closed down |
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