— about 55 years ago
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1886-06-03 |
24 Christians burn to death in Namgongo, Uganda |
1890-05-13 |
Lord Salisbury offers Helgoland to Germany in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda & Equatoria |
1890-12-18 |
Lugards expedition to Mengo/Kampala, Uganda |
1890-12-26 |
King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company |
1892-01-24 |
Battle of Mengo, Uganda: French missionaries attack British missionaries |
1892-01-30 |
Capt Lugard occupies Uganda's King Mwanga's hide out |
1894-06-18 |
Premier Roseberry declares Uganda a British protectorate |
1900-03-10 |
Regents for the King of Uganda and leading chiefs sign a treaty with Great Britain agreeing to the organization of the government, taxation, courts, military, and other functions of their country, which is under British protection. |
1953-11-30 |
Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda. |
1962-10-09 |
Uganda becomes independent from the United Kingdom |
1962-10-25 |
110th member of UN admitted (Uganda) |
1963-04-20 |
-30] All Africa Conferences of Churches opens in Kampala Uganda |
1963-11-02 |
Only 1st-class cricket game played in Uganda, MCC v E African XI |
1966-02-23 |
Premier Obote grabs power in Uganda |
1967-09-08 |
Uganda abolishes traditional tribal kingdoms, becomes a republic |
1967-09-09 |
Uganda declares independence from Great Britain |
1971-01-25 |
Military coup in Uganda under Gen Idi Amin Dada |
1971-02-02 |
Idi Amin ousts Milton Obote to become dictator of Uganda |
1971-02-20 |
Maj General Idi Amin Dada appoints himself president of Uganda |
1972-08-05 |
Uganda president Idi Amin throws out all 80,000 Asians |
1972-09-17 |
Tanzania troops march in to Uganda |
1972-09-22 |
Dictator Idi Amin expels 8,000 Asians from Uganda |
1976-06-27 |
Air France Airbus hijacked in Germany to Uganda |
1976-06-27 |
Air France A-300B Airbus hijacked from Athens arrives at Entebbe, Uganda; four hijackers members Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Bader-Meinhof Gang in Germany |
1976-07-03 |
Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew & passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers |
1976-07-04 |
Operation Entebbe - Israel rescues 229 Air France hostage passengers In Uganda (3 hostages die along with Ugandan soldiers and Israeli soldier) |
1976-07-09 |
Uganda asks UN to condemn Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe |
1978-10-30 |
Uganda troops attack Tanzania |
1979-04-13 |
Yusuf Lule becomes premier of Uganda |
1979-06-03 |
Ex-president Idi Amin of Uganda flees to Libya |
1985-07-25 |
Uganda suspends constitution following coup |
1986-01-25 |
General Tito Okello's government flees Kampala Uganda |
1986-01-26 |
Yoweri Museveni's rebel army conquerors Kampala Uganda |
1986-01-29 |
Yoweri Museveni sworn in as president of Uganda |
1990-10-01 |
10,000 Uganda RPF rebels move into Rwanda |
1993-07-31 |
Prince Ronald "Ronnie" Mutebi crowned king of Uganda |
2013-06-30 |
30 people are killed after a fuel truck explodes in Kampala, Uganda |
2014-03-22 |
251 people are killed after a boat capsizes in Lake Albert, Uganda |
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1924-12-28 |
Milton Obote, President of Uganda (d. 2005) |
1940-05-24 |
Gerhard Bormann, Zwischenfall auf der 'Uganda' |
1944-01-29 |
Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda |
1946-03-13 |
Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli soldier who died leading rescue operation Entebbe in Uganda (d. 1976) |
1950-12-03 |
John Akii-bua, Uganda, 400m hurdler (Olympic-gold-1972) |
1972-06-14 |
Rajesh Nair, Escape from Uganda |
1975-06-04 |
Betty Okino, Uganda, US gymnist (Olympic-92) |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1885-10-29 |
James Hannington, English missionary, murdered in Uganda |
1969-11-21 |
Mutesa II of Buganda, President of Uganda (1924) |
1976-07-04 |
Yonatan Netanyahu, Israel commander killed freeing Israeli hostages during Operation Entebbe in Uganda aged 30 |
1981-02-26 |
Munabi, assistant to Uganda president Obote, murdered |
1991-04-01 |
Paulo Muwanga, chief of Uganda (1980), dies |
1996-06-04 |
Tito Okello, president of Uganda (1985-86), dies |
2001-08-05 |
Otema Allimadi, Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929) |
2005-10-10 |
Milton Obote, President of Uganda (b. 1925) |
2016-03-28 |
Uganda goalkeeper Abey Dhaira dies from cancer aged 28 |
