Lunda Empire
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Was a precolonial confederation of states in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, north-eastern Angola, and north-western Zambia.
Establishment
- January 1666: Foundation of the Nation of Lunda.
Chronology
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1. Events
- January 1851: The Lunda Empire doubled in size to around 300,000 km2 at its height in the nineteenth century.
- January 1857: The Yeke Kingdom was founded by chief Msidi (also spelled M'Siri, Mziri, Msiri) who had immigrated from Unyamwezi (central Tanzania).
- January 1863: In 1862, Portuguese explorer Serpa Pinto led an expedition to the Cuango basin in Angola, a colony at the time. The lack of land routes forced them to navigate through the river courses to establish control over the interior regions.
Disestablishment
- January 1885: At the start of the colonial era (1884), the Lunda heartland was divided between Portuguese Angola, King Leopold II of Belgium's Congo Free State and the British in North-Western Rhodesia, which became Angola, DR Congo and Zambia respectively.