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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
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 ...
This article provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899.Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America, the Taiping Rebellion in Asia, the Paraguayan War in South America, the Zulu War in Africa, and the Australian frontier wars in Oceania.
Timelines of War: A Chronology of Warfare from 100,000 BC to the Present (1996), Global coverage. Cannon, John, ed. The Oxford Companion to British History (2003) Carlton, Charles. This Seat of Mars: War and the British Isles, 1485–1746 (Yale UP; 2011) 332 pages; studies the impact of near unceasing war from the individual to the national levels.
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
Matabeleland is a region located in southwestern Zimbabwe that is divided into three provinces: Matabeleland North, Bulawayo, and Matabeleland South.These provinces are in the west and south-west of Zimbabwe, between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers and are further separated from Midlands by the Shangani River in central Zimbabwe.