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First Matabele War: 1893–1894: Second Matabele War: 1896–1897: World War I involvement: 1914–1918: Colony of Southern Rhodesia: 1923–1965: World War II involvement: 1939–1945: Malayan Emergency involvement: 1948–1960: Federation with Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland: 1953–1963: Rhodesian Bush War: 1964–1979
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe ... 1896/97 - Siege of Bulawayo during the Second Matabele War [4] 1897
First Matabele War: 1893–1894: Second Matabele War: 1896–1897: World War I involvement: 1914–1918: Colony of Southern Rhodesia: 1923–1965: World War II involvement: 1939–1945: Malayan Emergency involvement: 1948–1960: Federation with Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland: 1953–1963: Rhodesian Bush War: 1964–1979
Mzilikazi [1] Moselekatse, Khumalo (c. 1790 – 9 September 1868) was a Southern African king who founded the Ndebele Kingdom now called Matebeleland which is now part of Zimbabwe.
The Matabele fighters honoured the dead men with a salute to their bravery in battle and reportedly told the king, "They were men of men and their fathers were men before them." Lobengula died in January 1894, under mysterious circumstances; within a few short months the British South Africa Company controlled Matabeleland, and white settlers ...
The Matabele War may refer to: The First Matabele War (1893) The Second Matabele War (1896–97); also called the Matabeleland Rebellion or the First Chimurenga
The First Matabele War was fought between 1893 and 1894 in modern-day Zimbabwe.It pitted the British South Africa Company against the Ndebele (Matabele) Kingdom. Lobengula, king of the Ndebele, had tried to avoid outright war with the company's pioneers because he and his advisors were mindful of the destructive power of European-produced weapons on traditional Matabele impis (units of ...
Lobengula, (born c. 1836, Mosega, Transvaal [now in South Africa]—died c. 1894, near Bulawayo, Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]), second and last king (1870–94) of the Mthwakazi (Matabele) nation. Lobengula—the son of the founder of the Ndebele kingdom, Mzilikazi—was unable to prevent his kingdom from being annexed by the British South Africa ...