28 August 1879 – Capture of Cetshwayo
Tuesday August 28, 2007
Following the Battle of Ulundi (oNdini) on 4 July 1879, the ability of the Zulu army to challenge the British was effectively broken. The Zulu king, Cetshwayo, had retired from ... Read More
27 August 1900 – Botha is Defeated at Bergendal
Monday August 27, 2007
The Battle of Bergendal, also known as the Battle of Belfast and the Battle of Dalmanutha, is called the "last set-piece battle of any size in the [Anglo-Boer] war" by ... Read More
23 August - International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Abolition
Thursday August 23, 2007
In recognition that the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was a crime against humanity, UNESCO endorsed international recognition of a day of remembrance in 2001. The event was actually first celebrated in ... Read More
20 August 1960 – Senegal Achieves Independence
Monday August 20, 2007
The region of Senegambia (formed by the combined basins of the Senegal and Gambia rivers) was a dependency of the states of the Sudan (the historical state not the modern ... Read More
19 August 1940 - British Somaliland Falls to the Italians
Sunday August 19, 2007
Following the invasion of British Somaliland, launched on 4 August 1940, and the Battle of Tug Argan, 11-18 August, Italian forces under the command of the Duke d'Aosta have driven ... Read More
7 August 1960 – Côte d'Ivoire Achieves Independence from France
Tuesday August 7, 2007
Originally one of the great trading empires of West Africa, the region was made the French colony of Côte d'Ivoire in 1893. The Malinke empire of the interior resisted the ... Read More
3 August 1960 – Niger Achieves Independence from France
Friday August 3, 2007
Part of the once powerful Islamic Sokoto Empire the region was annexed by France at the end of the nineteenth century. It was created an autonomous republic within a greater ... Read More