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(approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363151372#Africa", "title": "500 BC", "revid": 1363151372, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 1894, "year_label": "1894 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 18", "text": "June 18 – Britain establishes a protectorate over Uganda.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369810485#June", "title": "1894", "revid": 1369810485, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1899, "year_label": "1899 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 9", "text": "April 9 – In Uganda, King Chwa II Kabalega of the Bunyoro kingdom, a leader of the fight against British colonial occupation, is taken prisoner after being shot in a battle near Hoima. 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