1445: The Portuguese
reached Cape Verde in 1445 and by 1480 they had charted and began
trade with the entire Guinea coast (modern Guinea-Bissau to
Nigeria). - Africa, Wikitravel.
1468: Sonni Ali seized Timbuktu in 1468 and Jenne in 1473, building his regime on trade revenues and the cooperation of Muslim merchants. - Africa, Wikipedia.
1492: The European discovery of the Americas in 1492 was followed by a great development of the slave trade, which, before the Portuguese era, had been an overland trade almost exclusively, and never confined to any one continent. - Africa, Genealogy_wikia.
18th century
December 19, 1722: Hesitate for some time to grant their
requests, but on the 19th of December 1722 letters patent were
granted by which the company of Ostend received for the period of
thirty
years the privilege of trading in the East and West Indies and
along the coasts of Africa on this side and on that of the Cape of
Good Hope. - Ostend Company, 1911encyclopedia.
November 16, 1839: John
Lander, who on his return to England in 1831 obtained a situation
at the London customs house,
died on the 16th of November 1839 of a disease contracted in
Africa. - Richard Lemon Lander, 1911encyclopedia.
September 13, 1842: After a shakedown cruise in June and July to Puerto Rico and back,
the new brig sailed out of New
York harbor on 13 September 1842 bound for the Atlantic coast
of Africa with dispatches for
frigateVandalia. - USS Somers (1842), Wikipedia.
1852: David Livingstone explored the continent between 1852 and his death in 1873; amongst other claims to fame, he was the first European to see the Victoria Falls. - Africa, Genealogy_wikia.
January 25, 1858: Born in Ixelles on 25
January 1858, Fuchs started his career working for Congo Free
State in June 1887 and in January 1888 he went to Africa to work at the Department
of Justice, and also as a supplementary judge of the Court of Appeal. - Félix Fuchs, Wikipedia.
February 17, 1872: She sailed for the coast of Africa on 17 February 1872, thence headed home
via the West Indies and remained on the Atlantic
coast until returning to European waters 1 November 1872. - USS Plymouth (1867), Wikipedia.
1885: The Berlin
Conference brought together European colonial powers to
carve up the continent into defined colonial territories with many
straight lines and no input from any African kingdom or
settlement. - Africa, Wikitravel.
20th century
1910s
November 13, 1910: The first radio message to Africa was sent from a
radiotelegraph station at Coltano, Italy and received in Massaua
(then part of Ethiopia). - Marconi Station, Wikipedia.
December 23, 1912: Migration of Barn Swallows between Britain and South Africa was first established on 23 December 1912 when a bird that had been ringed by James Masefield at a nest in Staffordshire, was found in Natal. - Barn Swallow, Wikipedia.
September 28, 1918: Von Lettow again crossed the Rovuma and
returned to German East Africa with the British still in pursuit. - Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, Wikipedia.
October 18, 1942: The Commando Order was a secret order issued by Adolf Hitler on October 18, 1942 stating that all Alliedcommandos encountered by German forces in Europe and Africa should be killed immediately, even if in uniform or if they attempted to surrender (prompted by the success of the British Commandos). - Commando Order, Wikipedia.
September 9, 1943: Hostilities in East Africa officially ceased in September 9,
1943 when the Italian government signed an Armistice with the Allies, but even then
some Italian soldiers continued their guerrilla war until October
1943, being unaware of the Italian armistice. - East African Campaign (World War II), Wikipedia.
February 10, 1944: She made eight voyages as a
convoy escort to north African
ports between 10 February 1944 and 12 June 1945, guarding men and
supplies essential to victory in the European theater of war. - USS Durant (DER-389), Wikipedia.
1950s
1950s: The 1950s through the 1970s saw a conglomeration of these various styles with the popularization of Afrobeat and Highlife music. - Africa, Wikipedia.
1951: The decolonization of Africa began with Libyan
independence from Italy in 1951. - Africa, Wikitravel.
December 24, 1951: When Libya declared its independence on
24 December 1951 it was the first country to achieve independence
through the United Nations and one of the first former European
possessions in Africa to gain
independence. - History of Libya, Wikipedia.
September 6, 1955: Spawned by a tropical wave which left the African coast on September 6, the
system became a tropical depression in the tropical North Atlantic,
before turning northwest and developing into a hurricane. - Hurricane Ione, Wikipedia.
1970s: The 1970s saw an escalation, as newly independent Angola and Mozambique aligned themselves with the Soviet Union, and the West and South Africa sought to contain Soviet influence by funding insurgency movements. - Africa, Wikipedia.
1972: The large Indian community in Uganda was expelled by the dictator Idi Amin in 1972, though many have since returned. - Africa, Genealogy_wikia.
February, 1974: The United Nations Council for Namibia under Seán
MacBride put forth a plan in February 1974 for a tertiary
educational institution for Namibia in Africa, preferably Zambia. - United Nations Institute for Namibia, Wikipedia.
September 11, 1980: Hermine developed from a tropical wave which moved off the coast of Africa on September 11. - Tropical Storm Hermine (1980), Wikipedia.
September 5, 1980: A strong low pressure system moved off the African coast on September 5 and rapidly strengthened, reaching hurricane intensity by the 7th. - 1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Wikipedia.
January 4, 1983: The
destroyer tender put to sea for a journey that took her not only to
the Orient but into the Indian Ocean and to
the east coast of Africa as
well. - USS Acadia (AD-42), Wikipedia.
August 13, 1983: Hurricane Barry originated from a tropical disturbance that left
the Northwestern African coast
on August 13. - 1983 Atlantic hurricane season, Wikipedia.
August 16, 1989: An organized tropical wave was seen emerging off the coast of Africa on August 16 by METEOSAT
imagery. - 1989 Atlantic hurricane season, Wikipedia.
October 7, 1990: A vigorous tropical wave emerged off the coast of
Africa near Cape Verde, and despite
semi-favorable conditions, the wave did not develop initially, due
to embedded westerlies, which caused the wave to remain
disorganized, despite having deep convection. - 1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Wikipedia.
September 16, 1991: The tropical wave that ultimately produced Hurricane Linda emerged from the northwest coast of Africa on September 16 and tracked westward across the tropical Atlantic. - 1991 Pacific hurricane season, Wikipedia.
September 11, 1991: Kevin formed from a westward-moving tropical wave which emerged from the northwest coast of Africa on September 11. - 1991 Pacific hurricane season, Wikipedia.
1994: South Africa remained under
firm control by its white minority, suppressing its black
population under a system called apartheid until
1994. - Africa, Wikitravel.
September 15, 1998: A tropical wave that emerged from the coast of Africa in mid September organized into a
tropical depression on September 15 while 300 nmi
(560 km) south-southwest of Cape Verde. - 1998 Atlantic hurricane season, Wikipedia.
August 29, 1999: A tropical wave moved off the coast of western Africa into the Atlantic Ocean on August 29, and
continued to move westward through the tropical waters of the
Atlantic into the Caribbean. - 1999 Pacific hurricane season, Wikipedia.
August 18, 1999: A tropical wave moved off the coast of Africa on August 18, and quickly developed into Tropical Depression Four on the 19th while around 300 miles (480 km) east-southeast of the Cape Verde Islands. - 1999 Atlantic hurricane season, Wikipedia.
November 30, 1999: The
Treaty for Establishment of the East African Community was signed
on 30 November 1999 and entered into force on 7 July 2000 following
its ratification by the original three Partner States – Kenya,
Uganda and Tanzania. - African Economic Community, Wikipedia.
21st century
September 28, 2000: Satellite observations of Joyce are inconclusive about when it became a named storm, but it became a Category 1 hurricane on September 28 while midway between Africa and the Lesser Antilles. - 2000 Atlantic hurricane season, Wikipedia.
October 18, 2000: The origins of Tropical Storm Rosa can be traced to a tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa on October 18. - 2000 Pacific hurricane season, Wikipedia.
September 13, 2001: The tropical wave that eventually developed into Lorena moved off the west coast of Africa on September 13. - 2001 Pacific hurricane season, Wikipedia.
2002: Morocco in northern Africa has also hosted the 2002 Morocco Cup, but the national team has never qualified for a major tournament. - Africa, Wikipedia.
September 17, 2006: Two gunmen emerged from behind nearby
taxis and kiosks and shot sister Leonella Sgarbati in her back
after about 30 years of aid work in Africa. - Leonella Sgorbati, Wikipedia.
September 19, 2007: Six hundred thousand people are made homeless by floods in Africa with at least 270 deaths with more rain expected. - September 2007, Wikipedia.
December, 2007: President Mugabe achieved a diplomatic coup in December 2007
when he attended a European Union-Africa summit despite a visa ban on
Zimbabwean government officials, effective since 2001. - Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, Wikipedia.
February 27, 2008: From 27 February 2008 James Cracknell covered over 1,400 miles
from the UK to Africa in 10
days, rowing, cycling and swimming. - James Cracknell, Wikipedia.
December 31, 2008: It is one of the strongest teams in Africa, As of 31 of December 2008, Libya is ranked 16 in the Futsal World Ranking. - Libya national futsal team, Wikipedia.
September 21, 2009: Rescuers scour the sea off the Morocco coast for dozens of African migrants who are missing and feared dead
after their boat capsized in an accident that kills eight others. - September 2009, Wikipedia.
January 8, 2010: Riots break out amongst immigrants and local inhabitants in the
town of Rosarno in southern
Italy in a protest against an
attack on African workers by
white youths. - January 2010, Wikipedia.
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