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| 1832 |
| | | The paddle steamer Alburkah becomes the first ocean-going iron ship, completing the journey from England to the Niger | |
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| c. 1835 |
| | | English artist Edward Lear begins a series of travels, sketching around the Mediterranean and in the Middle East | |
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| 1837 |
| | | Zanzibar becomes the main place of residence of the sultan of Oman | |
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| c. 1841 |
| | | Britain sends four naval ships up the river Niger to make anti-slavery treaties with local kings | |
|  | Anti-slavery treaty with African chiefs
National Archives, Kew
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| 1847 |
| | | Liberia wins independence and international recognition as a republic | |
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| 1850 |
| | | The British government buys the Danish fortresses on the Gold Coast, including Christiansborg castle in Accra | |
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| 1853 |
| | | David Livingstone makes a heroic six-month journey from the Zambezi river to the west coast of Africa | |
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| 1854 |
| | | William Baikie, on an expedition up the Niger, protects his men from malaria by administering quinine | |
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| 1861 |
| | | Lagos, on the coast of Nigeria, is annexed as a British colony when the royal family prove unable or unwilling to end the slave trade | |
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| 1862 |
| | | Richard Burton, visiting Dahomey, provides reports of the kingdom's celebrated Amazons preparing for war | |
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