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Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Basic timeline of Uganda

This post is a basic timeline of Uganda. There are 15 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• First humans (50,000 years ago)
• Bantu Expansion (1000 BC - 0 AD)
• Bunyoro kingdom (13th century - 19th century)
• Bugana kingdom (1300-1894)
• British Protectorate of Uganda (1894-1962)
• Uganda gains independence (1962)
• Military coup d'état (1971)
• Idi Amin dictatorship (1971-1979)
• Uganda-Tanzania War (1978-1979)
• Ugandan Bush War (1980-1986)
• National Resistance Movement (1986 - now)
• Civil War in Uganda (1986-1994)
• Lord's Resistance Army (1987 - now)
• First Congo War (1996-1997)
• Second Congo War (1998-2003)

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