Timeline: Lesotho & Israel Timeline

Dec 31, 1795

Lesotho conflict between British and Dutch

conflicts between British and Dutch colonists leave the Cape Colony following its seizure from the French-allied Dutch by the British in 1795, and subsequently associated with the Orange River Sovereignty and subsequent Orange Free State

Dec 31, 1818

Lesotho Dictator (Colonial Experience)

Struggled under dictatorship of Shaka Zulu from 1818-1828.

Dec 31, 1820

Lesotho South African border (Background Border)

1820-Most of territory belonged to South Africa

Dec 31, 1822

Lesotho Emersion (Colonial Experience)

Emerged as a single polity under paramount chief Moshoeshoe 1 in 1822.

Dec 31, 1837

Lesotho Language Transition (Colonial Experience)

Everything translated into Sotho language between 1837- 1855 (Set up diplomatic channels against Europeans & Korana people)

Dec 31, 1850

Lesotho Territory Lost (Background Border)

1850-1860- Territory lost in war to Orange Free State

Dec 31, 1851

Lesotho army defeated

1851 a British force was defeated by the Sotho army at Kolonyama, touching off an embarrassing war for the British

Dec 31, 1853

Lesotho defeated Tloka

After repulsing another British attack in 1852, Moshoeshoe sent an appeal to the British commander that settled the dispute diplomatically, then defeated the Tlokoa in 1853

Dec 31, 1858

Lesotho-lost great portion of land in this war

1858 Moshoeshoe fought a series of wars with the Boers in the Free State-Basotho War, losing a great portion of the western lowlands

Dec 31, 1867

Lesothos' Final War

last war in 1867 ended when Moshoeshoe appealed to Queen Victoria, who agreed to make Basutoland a British protectorate in 1868

Dec 31, 1869

Lesotho treaty agreed upon (Colonial Experience)

1869 British signed treaty at Aliwal- ceded Western territories.

Dec 31, 1869

Lesotho Share Border (Background Border)

1869-Orange Free state and Lesotho share border

Dec 31, 1917

Israel stuggling to gain independence

1917, in the Balfour Declaration, the British government promised to support the establishment of a Jewish national home
in Palestine

Dec 31, 1919

Israel decides who gets the land.

Between 1919 and 1936, the ruling British
supported taking the land of tens of thousands of “fellahin” ( Palestinian villagers) and giving it to European Zionist settlers

Dec 31, 1923

Israel- Struggle to rid Natives

1923, it was possible to talk openly about getting rid of the native population

Dec 31, 1933

Lesotho Current Government

parliamentary constitutional monarchy-1993

Dec 31, 1933

Lesotho WTO

World Trade organization (WTO) 1933

Dec 31, 1939

Israel Boycott (Colonial experience)

Palestinians resisted and called for a general strike from 1936 to 1939 accompanied by boycotts of all British and Zionist institutions
end of 1947, Zionists had acquired only 6.59% of the total land mass of Palestine.