— about 55 years ago
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1876-09-14 |
Henry Morton Stanley's expedition leaves Rwanda |
1921-03-01 |
Rwanda ceded to Great Britain |
1961-01-28 |
Republic of Rwanda proclaimed |
1961-08-23 |
Belgium sends troops to Rwanda-Urundi |
1962-01-01 |
Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium |
1962-06-30 |
Rwanda & Burundi become independent |
1962-07-01 |
Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days) |
1962-09-18 |
Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to UN |
1973-07-05 |
Maj Gen Juvenal Habyarimana becomes president of Rwanda following military coup |
1978-12-17 |
Referendum approves new constitution of Rwanda |
1990-10-01 |
10,000 Uganda RPF rebels move into Rwanda |
1994-04-13 |
President guard at Kigali Rwanda, chops 1,200 church members to death |
1994-04-22 |
7,000 Tutsi's slaughtered in stadium of Kibuye Rwanda |
1994-06-23 |
Some 2,500 French troops head into Rwanda to protect civilians, the first outside forces sent there since UN |
1994-08-21 |
The last French troops pull out of Rwanda, ending their highly controversial mission there |
1997-01-18 |
In north west Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other. |
1998-09-02 |
The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide. |
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1888-07-19 |
Eugene Jungers, Belgian governor of Rwanda Urundi |
1910-09-18 |
Henri A Cornelis, gov-general Belgian Congo/Rwanda-Urundi |
1912-05-15 |
Alexis Kagame, Rwanda, priest/writer |
1912-08-28 |
Rosamund Carr, A Mother's Love: Rosamond Carr and a Lifetime in Rwanda |
1932-03-12 |
Andrew Young, Rwanda Rising |
1937-03-08 |
Juvenal Hayarimana, president of Rwanda (1973-94) |
1948-11-11 |
Roberto Cicutto, Hotel Rwanda |
1952-12-20 |
Terry George, Hotel Rwanda |
1955-01-26 |
Roberto Citran, Hotel Rwanda |
1955-06-15 |
Paul Rusesabagina, Hotel Rwanda |
1961-08-24 |
Martin Katz, Hotel Rwanda |
1962-10-01 |
Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Hotel Rwanda |
1964-01-27 |
Lionel Steketee, Hotel Rwanda |
1965-12-17 |
Mike Wood, Hotel Rwanda |
1966-01-15 |
Benoît Dervaux, Rwanda, la vie après |
1969-01-25 |
Desmond Dube, Hotel Rwanda |
1969-10-17 |
Wyclef Jean, Hotel Rwanda |
1970-03-30 |
Leleti Khumalo, Hotel Rwanda |
1975-12-10 |
Gilbert Ndahayo, Rwanda: Beyond the Deadly Pit |
1979-03-26 |
Mothusi Magano, Hotel Rwanda |
1979-10-15 |
Raphaël Glucksmann, Rwanda: History of a Genocide |
1990-10-29 |
Ben Proudfoot, Rwanda & Juliet |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1958-09-17 |
Eugene Jungers, Belgian governor of Rwanda Urundi, dies at 70 |
1985-12-27 |
Dian Fossey, American zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered in Rwanda |
1994-04-06 |
Agatha Uwilingiyimana, Rwanda/1st female PM in Africa, assassinated |
1994-04-07 |
Agathe Uwilingiyimana, PM of Rwanda, assassinated |
2006-09-29 |
Rosamund Carr, A Mother's Love: Rosamond Carr and a Lifetime in Rwanda |
