Polity Kingdom of Karagwe

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Was a precolonial kingdom in the African Great Lakes Area located in northwestern Tanzania.

Establishment

  • January 1451: The Kingdom of Karagwe is founded by Ruhinda I.
  • January 1451: The Kingdom of Karagwe, also known as Bunyambo, is said to have been founded around 1450 by Ruhinda I.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 1701: Kyamutwara was incorporated into the Kingdom of Karagwe during the reign of Ruhinda I, a prominent ruler in the region during the 18th century.
  • January 1736: In 1735, the Bugufi chiefdom, located in present-day Burundi, was ruled by a chief named Bugufi. The territory was later annexed by the Kingdom of Burundi under the leadership of King Mwami Mwezi IV.
  • January 1801: Establishment of West Ussuwi in Tanganyka.
  • January 1801: Establishment of Kiziba in Tanganyka.
  • January 1851: In 1850, Buhimba split from Buzinja (Bukura).
  • January 1854: Establishment of the Kingdom of East Ussuwi as a split from the Kingdom of Buzinja (Buzinza).
  • July 1890: By 1st july 1890 Germany controlled all of Tanganyka (the continental part of modern-day Tanzania), Burundi and Rwanda as with the Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty the treaty with the East Africa Protectorate controlled by Britain was fixed.

Disestablishment

  • July 1890: By 1st july 1890 Germany controlled all of Tanganyka (the continental part of modern-day Tanzania), Burundi and Rwanda as with the Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty the treaty with the East Africa Protectorate controlled by Britain was fixed.

Selected Sources

  • Langer, W. L. (1951): The Diplomacy of Imperialism, 1890-1902, (1951) , Cambridge (USA), pp. 6-10