Polity Pemba

This article is about the specific polity Pemba 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.

If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this polity you can find it here: All Statistics

Pemba, an island off the coast of Tanzania, was intermittently an independent polity and a Portuguese possession in the period 1507-1698.

Establishment

  • January 1511: Pemba occupide by Portugal.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 1526: Pemba is conquered by Portugal.
  • January 1607: Pemba conquered by Malindi ad freed from Portuguese domain.

Disestablishment

  • January 1694: Pemba conquered by Portugal.