Polity Kingdom of Buganda

This article is about the specific polity Kingdom of Buganda and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was one of the precolonial African Great Lakes Kingdoms. The Kingdom of the Baganda people, Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day East Africa, consisting of Buganda's Central Region, including the Ugandan capital Kampala.

Establishment

  • January 1798: In the late eighteenth century the Kabaka Jjunju of Buganda defeated the Nyoro army and captured Buddu, which had been a province of Bunyoro.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 1801: Buganda, originally a vassal state of Bunyoro, rose to power in the 18th and 19th centuries under the leadership of Kabaka Mutesa I and Kabaka Mwanga II. By 1800, Buganda had become the dominant kingdom in the African Great Lakes region.

Disestablishment

  • January 1892: In 1891, Mwanga concluded a treaty with Lugard whereby the Kingdom of Buganda would place his land and tributary states under the protection of the Imperial British East Africa Company.