Reading the short history of Uganda: 9th century · nascence of Bantu tribal states in the south of the country 17th century · the kingdom of Kitwara dominates the region 18th century · the kingdom of Bunyoro dominates the region 19th century · the kingdom of Buganda dominates the region 1858 · the British explorer John Hanning Speke discovers the Victoria Sea and perceives it as the spring-sea of Nile River 1871 · invasion of Egypt troops, the by Nilots inhabited north of the country comes to the Egypt Equator Province 1877 · start of the christian mission 1882 · British troops conquer Egypt 1884/1885 · Congo Conference, the British claims for Buganda become recognized 1885 · the German colonial politician Carl Peters visits Buganda, making contracts 1882–1898 · Mahdi revolt in Sudan, Emin Pascha the governor of the Egypt Equator Province withdraws from 1885 to 1889 to Wadelei in the north of the country 1890 · Uganda Treaty, the Imperial British East Africa Company purchases all German rights in Buganda and starts with the colonization of the region 1894 · the kingdom of Buganda becomes a British protectorate 1895 · establishment of the Protectorate of British East Africa 1896 · the kindoms of Toro and Bunyoro become British protectorates, Buganda, Toro and Bunyoro become administratively merged to Uganda 1900 · the Kingdom of Ankole becomes a British protectorate 1900 · immigration of Indians (today 0,5% of the population) 1st of April in 1905 · Uganda gets separated from British East Africa and becomes an individual colony to 1910 · the tribal territories in the southwest (Chiga, Mpororo), north (Lango, Madi, Lugbara, Alur) and east (Kumam, Teso, Basoga, Bagishu) become British protectorates to 1920 · the tribal territories in the northeast (Acholi, Karamojong) become British protectorates 1946 · anti British agitations 1949 · anti British agitations 1953 · the king of Buganda claims more freedom, anti British agitations 1958 · first elections, boycott in the kingdom of Buganda 1960 · anti monarchistic agitations in Buganda 30th of December 1960 · Buganda declares unilaterally its independence and the withdrawal from the British protectorate of Uganda, resistance of the tribal territories 1961 · elections, new constitution 1st of March 1962 · Great Britain grants self-administration (inner autonomy) June 1962 · Uganda Conference, agreement about a federative structure of the country 9th of December 1962 · Great Britain grants the independence within the framework of the Commonwealth of Nations 9t of December 1963 · Uganda becomes republic, president becomes the King of Buganda 1966 · Milton Obote becomes president 8th of September 1967 · the kingdoms become abolished (Buganda, Toro, Ankole and Bunyoro) 25th January 1971 · military coup d’état by Idi Amin, deposition of Obote 1979 · expulsion of Amin by troops of Tanzania, the country remains occupied by troops of Tanzania until 1981 1980 · elections, Milton Obote becomes president again 1985 · civil war, Obote goes in exile, new government under Tito Okello 1987 · civil war 24th of July 1993 · the kingdoms become re-established 1995 · new constitution 1996 · first free presidents elections, Yoweri Museveni becomes president 1997 · troops from Kongo-Kinshasa operate in Uganda 12th of March 2001 · presidents elections, Yoweri Museveni becomes president again
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