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nigeria by austin and alana

By daiy press

  • english slave traders capture 2 native nobles

    little ephraim robin john and ancona robin robin john were captured by english slave traders on the west coast of africa

  • mungo park is born

  • park settles the question

    he answers in what direction does the nigerian river flow

  • british majior denham and captain clapperton entered northern nigeria

    they endtered northern nigeria from the north crossing desert from tripoil

  • hugh clapperto died in sokoto

  • german travler heinrich barth discovered the royal chronicle

  • Royal Navy warship bombards Lagos

    Royal Navy warship bombards Lagos. Oba of Lagos (Oba Kosoko) is wounded and flees to Epe
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    nigeria

  • congress of berlin gave congo to belgium and nigeria to england

  • a massacre occurred in nembe over palm oil

  • bernin city was burned and ransacked by the brithish after the bini killed a british diplomatic mission

  • under british controle nigeria began to develope a railway system

  • new member of the league of nations

  • Sir Adesoji Aderemi becomes 1st Nigerian and 1st African to be appointed Governor

    Sir Adesoji Aderemi becomes 1st Nigerian and 1st African to be appointed Governor in the Commonwealth. He became Governor before Nigeria got independence.
  • nigeria was founded

    nigeria was founded

    on Oct,1,1960 sir herbert macauley was the first to find nigeria

  • its becomes a country

    It became its owen country

  • Nigeria's Independence Day

    Nnamdi Azikiwe ("Zik") becomes 1st indigenous Governor General. At independence, the Nigerian government consisted of three ethnic states united in a federation. Each state was controlled by a single dominant ethnic-based party.

  • first presadent

    Nnamidi Azikiwe became the first presadent

  • the first war

    Nigeria rode out to control the rest of nigeria

  • the civil war

    Thousands of rebals fought Nigeria

  • millatary

    millatary gained power again