-
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 -
Period: to
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
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
