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Friday, July 9, 2021

Basic timeline of Angola

This post is a basic timeline of Angola. There are 11 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• Bantu culture arrives (6th century AD)
• Kongo Kingdom (1390-1914)
• Diogo Cao and Portugal arrive (1482)
• Ndongo Kingdom (16th century - 17th century)
• Portuguese Angola (1575-1975)
• Portugal annexes Angola (1655)
• Angolan War of Independence (1961-1974)
• Carnation Revolution (1974)
• Angola gains independence (1975)
• Angolan Civil War (1975-2002)
• Battle of Cuito Cuanavale (1987-1988)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Angola at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Angola.)