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Rhodesia

unrecognised state in Southern Africa (1965–1979)

15 dated entries naming Rhodesia, drawn from 8 separate years between 1965 CE and 1979 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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20th century

  • 1965December 8 – Rhodesian prime minister Ian Smith warns that Rhodesia will resist a trade embargo by neighboring countries with force.source
  • 1965November 11 – In Rhodesia (modern-day Zimbabwe), the white-minority government of Ian Smith unilaterally declares de facto independence ('UDI').source
  • 1965November 5 – Martial law is announced in Rhodesia. The United Nations General Assembly accepts British intent to use force against Rhodesia if necessary by a vote of 82–9.source
  • 1965October 4 – Prime minister Ian Smith of Rhodesia and Arthur Bottomley of the Commonwealth of Nations begin negotiations in London.source
  • 1966April 7 – The United Kingdom asks the United Nations Security Council for authority to use force to stop oil tankers that violate the embargo against Rhodesia (authority is given April 10).source
  • 1966December 17 – South Africa does not join the trade embargo against Rhodesia.source
  • 1968March 6 – Un-recognized Rhodesia executes 3 black citizens, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.source
  • 1969June 24 – The United Kingdom and Rhodesia sever diplomatic relations, after the Rhodesian constitutional referendum.source
  • 1972August 22 – Rhodesia is expelled by the International Olympic Committee for its racist policies.source
  • 1972December 21 – Rhodesian Bush War: ZANLA troopers attack Altera Farm in north-east Rhodesia.source
  • 1973December 14 – Rhodesia executes two Blacks at Salisbury Central Prison for murder.source
  • 1978February 15 – Rhodesia, one of only two remaining white-ruled African nations (the other being South Africa), announces that it will accept multiracial democracy within 2 years.source
  • 1978March 3 – Rhodesian Bush War: Rhodesia attacks Zambia.source
  • 1979December 26 – In Rhodesia, 96 Patriotic Front guerrillas enter the capital Salisbury to monitor a ceasefire that begins December 28.source
  • 1979June 1 – The first black-led government of Rhodesia in 90 years takes power, in succession to Ian Smith and under his power-sharing deal, in the unrecognized republic of Zimbabwe Rhodesia.source

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