Zulu Kingdom (Protectorate)

This article is about the specific polity Zulu Kingdom (Protectorate) 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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Establishment

• July 1879: After the Anglo-Zulu War, the Zulu Kingdom, led by King Cetshwayo, became a de facto protectorate of the British Empire.

Chronology

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1. Anglo-Zulu War

Was a war between the Zulu Kingdom and the British Empire. At the end of the war the Zulu Kingdom became a British protectorate.

1.1. Second invasion (Anglo-Zulu War)

Was a British military campaign against the Zulu Kingdom during the Anglo-Zulu War.

• July 1879: After the Anglo-Zulu War, the Zulu Kingdom, led by King Cetshwayo, became a de facto protectorate of the British Empire.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

• August 1884: After Boer farmers, who lived in the area, helped Dinuzulu defeat his rival Zibhebhu for succession of the Zulu throne, land was given to them by way of session by the new Zulu king along the banks of the Mfolozi River. On August 5, 1884, the Boers formed the Nieuwe Republiek (New Republic) with recognition by Germany, ZAR and Portugal with Vryheid as its capital.
• November 1884: The Santa Lucia Bay (German: Santa Lucia Bay) was the subject of a contract that came about in 1884 on behalf of the trading house Adolf Lüderitz on the coast of southern Africa. According to Lüderitz, the bay should be placed under the "protection" of the German Empire.

Disestablishment

• January 1888: The British annexed Zululand in 1887.