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1804 |
Fulani Jihad begins
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1817 |
Ilorin Afonja revolt against Oyo; Fulani Alimi takes over
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1851 |
Occupation of Lagos by the British forces; Oba Kosoko defeated and deposed
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1859 |
First Nigerian newspaper, Iwe Irohin Fun Awon Ara Egba ati Yoruba [Newspaper for the Egbas and the Yoruba] set up December 1859 in Abeokuta by Anglican minister, Henry Townsend
CMS Grammar School, Lagos is established as Nigeria's first secondary school
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1861 |
Lagos ceded to British; Oba Docemo signs cession treaty; Lagos has its own governor
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1866 |
Governor of Sierra Leone rules over Lagos
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1867 |
"Iwe Irohin" newspaper ceases publication
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1871 |
First census of Lagos Colony
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1872 |
First prison (Broad Street) established in Nigeria
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1874 |
Governor of Gold Coast (now Ghana) rules over Lagos
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1879 |
In the North, Sir George Goldie forms the United and later National African Company, amalgamating rival traders
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1881 |
Census of the settlement of Lagos and its dependencies
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1885 |
Berlin West African Conference; Oil River Protectorate declared in the Eastern part of Nigeria
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1886 |
Successful military campaign by the British against Yoruba rulers outside Lagos begins (ending in 1906)
Charter granted to the National African Company (later called the Royal Niger Company) to administer the protected territories in Northern NIgeria
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1887 |
British punitive expedition against King Jaja of Opobo
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1889 |
Oil Ordinance, a colonial legislation, enacted
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1891 |
British consul in Calabar named a commisioner
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1892 |
British Expeditions against Emirs of Ilorin and Nupe
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1893 |
Oil River Protectorate (East) renamed Niger Coast Protectorate
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1894 |
British punitive expedition against Jekri Chief Nana in the South; in the North, Borno territory placed under British protection
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1895 |
British punitive expedition against Brass
Hope Waddell Training Institute, Calabar is established as Nigeria's first east of the Niger secondary school
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1897 |
British punitive expedition against Oba of Benin in the South; in the North, Emirates of Nupe and Ilorin defeated militarily
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1899 |
Niger Coast protectorate transferred to the Colonial Office |
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