Mutapa Timeline

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  • Mar 29, 1430

    Mutapa is established

    Mutapa is established
    Mutapa is established by Mutota
  • Period: Mar 29, 1430 to

    Mutapa

  • Apr 2, 1430

    First King Of Mutapa

    First King Of Mutapa
    Nyatsimba Mutota was the king
  • Mar 29, 1550

    The first Portuguese missionary reached the Mutapa Kingdom

    The first Portuguese missionary reached the Mutapa Kingdom
    Ocurred in the Zambezi River
  • War started to expel the Portuguese

    War started to expel the Portuguese
    A new Monomotapa (Kapararidze, head of the Mutapa state in the middle Zambezi valley) tried to reunite the Shona people by starting a war to expel the Portuguese.
  • Mutapa becomes a Portuguese Vassal

    Mutapa becomes a Portuguese Vassal
    The mwenemutapa attempted to throw out the Portuguese. He failed and was overthrown, leading to the Portuguese installation of Mavura Mhande Felipe on the throne.
  • Portuguese aided Mutapa

    Portuguese aided Mutapa
    Portuguese aided a rival Monomotapa (or Mwene Mutapa) named Mavura to overthrew Kapararidze.
  • Period: to

    Portuguese aided Mutapa

    Portuguese aided a rival Monomotapa (or Mwene Mutapa) named Mavura to overthrew Kapararidze.
  • Period: to

    Mutapa was a protectorate Rozwi Empire

    They had no control
  • Period: to

    Mutapa is conquered

    Opponents of Mavura founded a new state (Chagamire) and conquered Mutapa.
  • Mutapa dynasty schism

    Mutapa dynasty schism
    Mutapa again came under the control of the Rozwi Empire.
  • Mutapa Disintegrates

    Mutapa Disintegrates
    Mutapa disintegrates over many civil wars