Rwanda By chocolate12345 Jan 7, 1894 Germany colonizes Rwanda Period: Jan 7, 1894 to Jul 18, 1994 Rwandan History Jan 18, 1918 Belgium mandates Rwanda May 30, 1933 Belgians issue identity cards to all Rwandans Dec 9, 1948 United Nation declares genocides illegal Apr 3, 1959 Hutu's rebel against Tutsi's Jan 18, 1961 Tutsi monarchy is disassembled Jul 1, 1962 Rwanda gains independence Mar 8, 1973 Habarimana takes control Oct 31, 1973 RPF is formed Sep 6, 1989 Coffee industry crashes May 11, 1990 CIvil War begins when RPF invades Rwanda Aug 18, 1991 New constitution wrote and implemented, allowing more than one political party Jul 8, 1993 RTLM (the Rwandan hate radio) starts to broadcast Aug 3, 1993 Hutus and Tutsis are allowed to have government positions because Arusha Accords are agreed upon Apr 7, 1994 Hutu extremist begin to kill their opponents Apr 9, 1994 Major massacre at Gikondo Apr 18, 1994 Kibuye Massacres about 62,000 killed Apr 28, 1994 250,000 people flee to Tanzania May 23, 1994 RPF takes control Jul 5, 1994 French make a safe zone Jul 13, 1994 1 million people flee to Zaire Jul 15, 1994 RPF takes control of Rwanda and genocide ends