Category: African history

Pages with category: African history

Sub-Saharan Africa 1901: Lake Chad Rendezvous
Sub-Saharan Africa 1901
Lake Chad Rendezvous

In 1899 the Nubian warlord Rabih...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1902: Treaty of Vereeniging
Sub-Saharan Africa 1902
Treaty of Vereeniging

The Second Boer War resulted in an...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1903: Pacification of Northern Nigeria
Sub-Saharan Africa 1903
Pacification of Northern Nigeria

The 1899 Anglo-French agreement...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1903: Somaliland Campaign
Sub-Saharan Africa 1903
Somaliland Campaign

In the late 19th century Mohammed...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1904: Herero Wars
Sub-Saharan Africa 1904
Herero Wars

German South West Africa was better...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1905: Maji Maji Rebellion
Sub-Saharan Africa 1905
Maji Maji Rebellion

In 1905 revolt broke out in German...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1906: Conquest of the Sahara
Sub-Saharan Africa 1906
Conquest of the Sahara

The first French military...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1907: Consolidation of Ethiopia
Sub-Saharan Africa 1907
Consolidation of Ethiopia

By playing the European powers...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1908: Belgian Congo
Sub-Saharan Africa 1908
Belgian Congo

News of atrocities in the Congo Free...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1910: Union of South Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa 1910
Union of South Africa

In the wake of the Second Boer War...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1911: Neukamerun
Sub-Saharan Africa 1911
Neukamerun

In 1911 France sent troops to...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1913: French invasion of the Tibesti
Sub-Saharan Africa 1913
French invasion of the Tibesti

The Anglo-French Treaty of 1899...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1914: Amalgamation of Nigeria
Sub-Saharan Africa 1914
Amalgamation of Nigeria

By the 1910s the British had mostly...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1914: Outbreak of the Great War
Sub-Saharan Africa 1914
Outbreak of the Great War

In July 1914 World War I broke out...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1914: Opening Shots in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa 1914
Opening Shots in Africa

With the onset of World War I, the...

Follow us

Join Omniatlas

Affiliates