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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Basic timeline of Lesotho

This post is a basic timeline of Lesotho. There are 10 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• Bantu culture arrives (Pre-European era)
• Sotho culture (Pre-European era)
• Free State-Basotho Wars (1858-1868)
• British Cape Colony annexes Basotho (1871)
• British Basutoland (1884-1966)
• Basutoland gains independence (1966)
• Basutoland is renamed to Lesotho (1966)
• Coup d'état (1986)
• Coup d'état (1994)
• Operation Boleas (1998-1999)

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