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Zambia

country at the crossroads of Central and Southern Africa

9 dated entries naming Zambia, drawn from 8 separate years between 1855 CE and 2023 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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19th century

  • 1855November 17 – Scottish missionary explorer David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls, in modern-day Zambia–Zimbabwe.source
  • 1890January 11 – 1890 British Ultimatum: The United Kingdom demands Portugal withdraw its forces from the land between the Portuguese colonies of Mozambique and Angola (most of present-day Zimbabwe and Zambia).source

20th century

  • 1964October 24 – Northern Rhodesia, a former British protectorate, becomes the independent Republic of Zambia, ending 73 years of British rule.source
  • 1975The first Cuban forces arrive in Angola to join Soviet personnel who are there to assist the MPLA that controls less than a quarter of Angolan territory. The United States, Zaire and Zambia request South Africa to provide training and support for the FNLA and UNITA forces.source
  • 1975August 25 – The Victoria Falls Conference between Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and the United African National Council is held in a South African Railways coach on the Victoria Falls Bridge, officiated by Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda and South African Prime Minister John Vorster.source
  • 1977May 14 – An IAS Cargo Boeing 707 airplane crash in Lusaka, Zambia, kills all six on board.source
  • 1978March 3 – Rhodesian Bush War: Rhodesia attacks Zambia.source
  • 1999March 1 – One of four bombs detonated in Lusaka, Zambia, which destroys the Angolan Embassy.source

21st century

  • 2023September 20 – Archaeologists in Zambia find the world's oldest wooden structure, dating back 476,000 years, consisting of two interlocking wooden logs connected by a notch securing one perpendicular to the other.source

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