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The two parts of Ruanda-Urundi become | HISTORY OF BURUNDI

Independence

The two parts of Ruanda-Urundi become independent in July 1962. There is pressure from the UN to federate as a single nation, but both opt to go their separate ways. Ruanda, in which ethnic violence has continued during...

The two parts of Ruanda-Urundi become | HISTORY OF RWANDA

Independence

The two parts of Ruanda-Urundi become independent in July 1962. There is pressure from the UN to federate as a single nation, but both opt to go their separate ways. Ruanda, in which ethnic violence has continued during...

The hunger of 1845-7 takes the | HISTORY OF IRELAND

Fenians

The hunger of 1845-7 takes the edge off political agitation against British rule, but Europe's year of revolution in 1848 is too stimulating an event to go entirely unobserved in Ireland. There is an insurrection in Augu...

Where other tribes engage in relatively | HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA

Shaka

Where other tribes engage in relatively safe long-distance warfare, throwing light spears, Shaka's Zulu regiments (known as impi) are armed with the short thrusting assegai, forcing them to go in and fight at clos...

Four Roman legions land in Kent | HISTORY OF THE CELTS

Roman conquest of Britain

Four Roman legions land in Kent in AD 43. The two sons of Cymbeline attempt to hold them at the Medway but are defeated (an engagement in which Togodumnus is killed, leaving Caractacus in sole command of the British forc...

Four Roman legions land in Kent | HISTORY OF ROMAN BRITAIN

Roman conquest of Britain

Four Roman legions land in Kent in AD 43. The two sons of Cymbeline attempt to hold them at the Medway but are defeated (an engagement in which Togodumnus is killed, leaving Caractacus in sole command of the British forc...

Four Roman legions land in Kent | HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ISLES

Roman conquest of Britain

Four Roman legions land in Kent in AD 43. The two sons of Cymbeline attempt to hold them at the Medway but are defeated (an engagement in which Togodumnus is killed, leaving Caractacus in sole command of the British forc...

When World War I breaks out | HISTORY OF CAMEROON

French and British rule

When World War I breaks out in 1914, aligning France and Britain against Germany, the two German colonies on the Gulf of Guinea are in an impossible position. Both Togoland and Cameroon are sandwiched between British and...

When World War I breaks out | HISTORY OF TOGO

French and British rule

When World War I breaks out in 1914, aligning France and Britain against Germany, the two German colonies on the Gulf of Guinea are in an impossible position. Both Togoland and Cameroon are sandwiched between British and...

Macbeth reigns seventeen years as the | HISTORY OF SCOTLAND

Duncan and Macbeth

Macbeth reigns seventeen years as the king of Scotland (or king of Scots, in the more authentic phrase), and on the whole he rules well. Indeed the kingdom is calm enough for him to go on pilgrimage in 1050 to Rome, wher...