Saur TFA Timeline By claresaur 1804 World- Napoleon became leader of the French Republic. 1845 World- Irish Potato Famine. 1851 Nigeria- British Reduction of Lagos 1861 British control over Nigeria 1861 US- Civil War began. 1863 US- Emancipation Proclamation freed American slaves. 1884 World- Berlin Conference began. 1885 World- King Leopold seized Congo for his own possession. 1886 Nigeria- Lagos became a separate colony 1898 US- Spanish-American War. 1903 US- US took control of Panama. 1914 Nigeria became a British colony 1918 World- World War One ended. 1929 US- Great Depression began. 1930 Achebe was born. 1939 World- World War Two began. 1958 Achebe published Things Fall Apart. 1960 Nigerian Independence 1963 Nigeria became a republic 1966 Nigeria- Bloody coup led by southeastern military officers 1967 Achebe founded a publishing company with Christopher Okigbo. 1969 Achebe gave university lectures with Gabriel Okara and Cyprian Ekwensi on a US tour. 1975 Nigerian Military leader Yakubu Gowon held power until a group of younger officers staged a bloodless coup. 1979 Achebe received the Nigerian National Order of Merit and the Order of the Federal Republic. 1999 Nigeria shifted to civilian governance.
