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EVENTS

1890

6 May - The Pioneer Column left Cecil Rhodes ' farm at Kenilworth, a suburb of Kimberley , for Macloutsie under Col. Pennefather and Sir John Willoughby.

July - Fort Tuli is built by the Pioneer Column at the place known as Selous Camp and used by Frederick Selous as a base for his hunting expeditions.

12 September - The Pioneer Column ran up the Union Jack on Harare Hill in Salisbury and claimed Mashonaland for the British Empire

1 October - The Pioneer Column is disbanded and each member is granted land on which to farm

1891

15 February : A temporary frontier at Manica is settled.

, Matabeleland and Bechuanaland are declared British Protectorate s in London by Order In Council .

12 June : The United Kingdom and Portuguese governments reach agreement on the means of determining boundaries between their territories.

'' and later still the '' Zimbabwe Herald ''.

holds its first annual meeting in London.

1892

22 June : Kopje Fort is completed at Salisbury.

1893

impi enter Victoria and attack the Mashona .

's impis attack patrols of the British South Africa company.

3 October : War on the Matabele is authorised.

. This marks the effective occupation of Matabeleland by British settlers.

1895

and Matabeleland are renamed Rhodesia after Cecil Rhodes

is commenced.

1896

2 January : Jameson surrenders.

revolt against the British South Africa Company starts among the Matabele.

14 June : The Mashona join in the First Chimurenga.

13 October : The Matabele are defeated by the British South Africa Company, and their chiefs concede.

29 November : British forces leave Rhodesia as it is believed local troops can now defeat the Mashona.

1897

January: Final determination of the boundary between Rhodesia and Portuguese possessions to the east.

26 October : The municipalities of Salisbury and Bulawayo are formally created.

are defeated by the British South Africa Company thus ending the First Chimurenga .

December: The authority of the British South Africa Company is extended to cover Northern Rhodesia.

1898

Rhodesia is renamed the Colony of Southern Rhodesia

1899

An Order in Council grants Southern Rhodesia a part-elected Legislative council.

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May 15 : First session of the Legislative Council.

BIRTHS

DEATHS

1894 - Lobengula Kumalo dies

1898 - Nehanda and Kagubi, two spirit mediums are hanged