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==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
1859 - David Livingstone reached Lake Malawi and identified the Shire Highlands south of the lake as an area suitable for European settlement<br> | |||
1891 - The area was colonised by the British<br> | |||
1953 - Malawi, then known as Nyasaland, a protectorate of the United Kingdom, became a protectorate within the semi-independent Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland<br> | |||
1963 - Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was dissolved<br> | |||
1964 - The protectorate over Nyasaland was ended and Nyasaland became an independent country under Queen Elizabeth II with the new name Malawi. Two years later it became a republic<br> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Malawi]] | [[Category:Malawi]] | ||