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  2. History of Nigeria (1500–1800) - Wikipedia

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    During and after the Napoleonic period, the western powers gradually abolished slavery, which led to a collapse in demand and consequently a decline of the West African empires, and the gradual increase of western influence during the 19th century (the "Scramble for Africa"), in the case of Nigeria concluding with the British protectorates of ...

  3. Colonial Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Colonial Nigeria was ruled by the British Empire from the mid-nineteenth century until 1 October 1960 when Nigeria achieved independence. [8] Britain annexed Lagos in 1861 and established the Oil River Protectorate in 1884.

  4. History of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Ali's successors continued to rule Kanem and kept it as a province of Bornu until the 19th century. [ 54 ] : 77–78 The most prosperous period in the history of the empire was the reign of Idris Alauma (1571-1603).

  5. Category:19th century in Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    19th century in Nigeria by city (1 C) 19th-century crimes in Nigeria (1 C) L. 19th century in Lagos Colony (4 C) P. 19th-century Nigerian people (2 C, 81 P) Y.

  6. Timeline of Nigerian history - Wikipedia

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    Nigeria and her important dates, 1900-1966. 1966. Day to day events in Nigeria : a diary of important happenings in Nigeria from 1960-1970. 1982. Twenty-one years of independence : a calendar of major political and economic events in Nigeria, 1960-1981. 1982. Institut für Afrika-Kunde; Rolf Hofmeier, eds. (1990). "Nigeria".

  7. Category:19th-century establishments in Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    18th c. ← Establishments in Nigeria in the 19th century → 20th c. 1800s establishments in Nigeria — ...

  8. History of Northern Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    In the 19th century, the Fula people led a series of jihads across sudanic Africa. In Northern Nigeria and the central Sudan, Usman dan Fodio led the Fula in a bid to overthrow the Hausa Sultanates. By 1803, a new state known as the Sokoto Caliphate had replaced most of the former sultanates that had held sway over the region.

  9. Lagos Colony - Wikipedia

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    Lagos Colony was a British colonial possession centred on the port of Lagos in what is now southern Nigeria.Lagos was annexed on 6 August 1861 under the threat of force by Commander Beddingfield of HMS Prometheus who was accompanied by the Acting British Consul, William McCoskry.