Timeline of Burundian history
This is a timeline of list of colonial governors of Burundi, and list of presidents of Burundi.
19th century
| Year | Date | Event |
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| 1858 | The area was visited by British explorer John Hanning Speke, who became the first European to do so. |
20th century
| Year | Date | Event |
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| 1903 | Burundi came under the control of Germany.[1] | |
| 1922 | 20 July | Burundi and Rwanda were joined into the League of Nations mandate of Ruanda-Urundi, governed by Belgium.[1] |
| 1962 | 1 July | Burundi received independence from Belgium.[1] |
| 1965 | 15 January | Prime Minister Pierre Ngendandumwe was assassinated by a Rwandan Tutsi. |
| 1966 | 28 November | Michel Micombero became the first President of Burundi. |
| 1972 | 27 April | Burundi genocide (1972): A rebellion broke out which led to a genocide against Hutus .
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| 1976 | 2 November | Jean-Baptiste Bagaza assumed the Presidency of Burundi in a bloodless coup d'état. |
| 1987 | 3 September | 1987 Burundian coup d'état: Bagaza was deposed while in Canada.[2] |
| 2 October | Pierre Buyoya was sworn in as President of Burundi.[3] | |
| 1992 | March | Burundi adopted a new constitution.[4] |
| 1993 | 2 June | Burundian presidential election, 1993: The Hutu Melchior Ndadaye won the election.
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| 21 October | a genocide against Tutsis and a civil war.[1]
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| 1994 | 5 February | Cyprien Ntaryamira took office as President of Burundi. |
| 6 April | Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira: Ntaryamira and Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana were shot down as their aircraft approached Kigali.[5] | |
| 8 April | Sylvestre Ntibantunganya was named interim President.[6] | |
| 25 April | An attempted military coup was averted.[6] | |
| 30 September | Ntibantunganya was elected President by a new Convention of Government.[6] | |
| 1995 | 11 March | Mines and Energy Minister Ernest Kabushemeye was eaten by cannibals in Bujumbura.[7] |
| 1996 | 21 July | Hutu rebels attacked a refugee camp in the country, killing more than three hundred people.[8] |
| 25 July | 1996 Burundian coup d'état: Buyoya returned to power.[9] |
21st century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | May | The United Nations Operation in Burundi was established. |
| 2005 | 19 August | Burundian presidential election, 2005: Sole candidate Pierre Nkurunziza was elected President of Burundi.
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| 2007 | February | The United Nations shut down its peacekeeping operations in Burundi. |
| 2019 | February | The Burundian parliament votes to move the capital from Bujumbura to Gitega. |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Notholt (2008), p. 2.26
- ^ Lawson & Bertucci (1996), p. 168
- ^ Europa (2004), p. 135
- ^ Kieh (2007), p. 73
- ^ Notholt (2008), p. 2.24
- ^ a b c Europa (2004), p. 136
- ^ "World News Briefs; Burundi Aide Killed, Raising Ethnic Tension", The New York Times, 12 March 1995, retrieved 6 June 2010
- ^ "300 Slain in Attack on Camp For Refugees in Burundi Strife", The New York Times, Reuters, 22 July 1996, retrieved 6 June 2010
- ^ Palmer (2005), p. 221
- Sources
- ISBN 1-85743-183-9.
- ISBN 978-0-7391-0892-5.
- Lawson, Edward H.; Bertucci, Mary Lou (1996). Encyclopedia of Human Rights. ISBN 1-56032-362-0.
- Notholt, Stuart (2008). Fields of Fire: An Atlas of Ethnic Conflict. Troubador Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906510-47-3.
- ISBN 0-7425-3255-0.
Further reading
- OCLC 19093344.
Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft in Afrika südlich der Sahara
- "Burundi". Political Chronology of Africa. Political Chronologies of the World. ISBN 0203409957.
- Stef Vandeginste (2013). "Burundi". In Andreas Mehler; et al. (eds.). Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2012. Vol. 9. Koninklijke Brill. p. 291+. ISSN 1871-2525.
 List of years in Burundi (1962–present) | |
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