2015, John Magufuli elected
President, he began to reverse some democratic reforms of the past decade.
2005, Jakaya Kikwete was elected President.
7/8/1998, A lorry bomb exploded
outside the US embassy
in Tanzania.
1995, Banjamin Mkopa was elected President.
First free elections for nearly 30 years.
President Nyerere (born 13/4/1922)
27/10/1985, Julius Nyerere retired as President of Tanzania after 24 years. He
was succeeded by Ali Hassan Mwinyi. Mwinyi began to relax his predecessor�s Socialist policies.
29/1/1967, President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania issued the Arusha Declaration. It set out
principles of �African Socialism� which proved to be politically popular
but economically disastrous.
29/10/1964, The name of Tanzania was officially adopted, for
the union this day of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
26/4/1964. Tanganyika and Zanzibar
united as Tanzania. Julius Nyerere was the first President.
12/1/1964, 24 days after Zanzibar became independent
from the UK as a constitutional monarchy, its Sultan was overthrown; Zanzibar was proclaimed a Socialist
Republic. The Arab
Sultan of
Zanzibar was banished from the country, and an African-led government
took control. A
few months later it united with Tangynika to formTanzania.
10/12/1963. Zanzibar
became independent.� It had been a British
Protectorate since 1890.
9/12/1962, Tanzania became a Republic within the Commonwealth,
with Julius Nyerere as first President.
2/11/1962, Tangynika elected Nyerere as president.
13/4/1922, Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian politician, was
born.
9/12/1961, Tangynika
became independent. See 9/12/1962.
1/9/1960. Nyerere became Tangynika's first Prime Minister.
8/5/1925, Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of
Tanzania, was born.
1919,
After World War One, Britain took over the Tangynika colony from Germany.
13/6/1916, Jan Smuts
captured Wilthemstal in German East Africa (now Tanzania).
1/7/1913. Zanzibar was incorporated into British East Africa.
12/1898, German colonisers under Wissman stormed the rebel
port of Bagamoyo, where Bushiri bin Salim had incited, in 1888, an
uprising of coastal Arab slave traders against the British and Germans. Bushiri
was captured and hanged, whilst the British and Germans co-operated in
emnforcing a coastal blockade to prevent the export of slaves and import of
arms to the rebels.
27/8/1896, The shortest war in history occurred, between
Britain and Zanzibar, lasting just 45 minutes.
7/11/1890, Zanzibar
became a German Protectorate.
17/2/1885, Germany established a protectorate over the
Tanganyika coast.
25/1/1885, In Africa, Germany annexed Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
1873, The USA
forced the Sultan of Zanzibar to close the slave market.
1500, Portuguese
traders took over Swahili ports along the coast.
1200, A distinct Swahili culture, with Arab, African and Persian
influences, was flourishing.
850, Arab merchants established trading posts at Kilwa, whilst Persian
merchants settled at Zanzibar and Pemba.