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Thursday, June 24, 2021

Basic timeline of Nigeria

This post is a basic timeline of Nigeria. There are 23 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• First humans (100,000 years ago)
• Nok culture (1500 BC - 500 AD)
• Kanem-Bornu Empire (700-1380 AD)
• Hausa Kingdoms (9th century - 19th century AD)
• Kingdom of Benin (1180-1897)
• Oyo Empire (1300-1896)
• Atlantic slave trade begins (15th century)
• Songhai Empire (1464-1591)
• Aro-Ibibio War (1630-1720)
• Aro Confederacy (1690-1902)
• Britain annexes Nigeria (1865)
• Britain forms Northern and Southern Nigeria Protectorates (1901)
• First Nigerian Republic (1963-1966)
• Military coup d'état (1966)
• Anti-Igbo massacre (1966)
• Biafra secedes from Nigeria (1967-1970)
• Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970)
• Second Nigerian Republic (1979-1983)
• Military coup d'état (1983)
• Third Nigerian Republic planned and fails (1993)
• Sani Abacha is head of state (1993-1998)
• Fourth Nigerian Republic (1999 - now)
• Conflict in the Niger Delta (2003 - now)

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