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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
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 Second Matabele War, also known as the First Chimurenga, was fought in 1896 and 1897 in the region later known as Southern Rhodesia, now modern-day Zimbabwe. It pitted the British South Africa Company against the Matabele people, which led to conflict with the Shona people in the rest of Southern Rhodesia.
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
When the First Matabele War broke out, Wilson was given command of the Victoria Column and appointed the rank of major. He led the Shangani Patrol in search of King Lobengula and, on 4 December 1893, he and 36 of his men were cut off from the main column and killed by the Ndebele warriors.
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 ...
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 ...
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.