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===History=== | ===History=== | ||
Angola (/ænˈɡoʊlə/) is a west-coast country of south-central Africa. It is the seventh-largest country in Africa, bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The capital and largest city of Angola is Luanda. | Angola (/ænˈɡoʊlə/) is a west-coast country of south-central Africa. It is the seventh-largest country in Africa, bordered by Namibia to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Zambia to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The capital and largest city of Angola is Luanda. | ||
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===Timeline=== | ===Timeline=== | ||
1575 - Luanda was settled with a hundred families and four hundred soldiers<br> | |||
1617 - Benguela was fortified in 1587 and became a township in 1617<br> | |||
1641 - 1648 The Dutch occupied Luanda<br> | |||
1641 - 1681 Portugal gained control of the coast through a series of treaties and wars and life for European colonists was difficult<br> | |||
1836 - The slave trade was abolished in Angola<br> | |||
1854 - The colonial government freed all its existing slaves<br> | |||
1884–1885 - Berlin Conference in 1884–1885 set the colony's borders, delineating the boundaries of Portuguese claims in Angola<br> | |||
1961 - 1973 Angolan demands for self-determination provoked an armed conflict which erupted in into a protracted war of independence that persisted for the next twelve years<br> | |||
1974 - The collapse of Portugal's government following the Carnation Revolution suspended all Portuguese military activity in Africa<br> | |||
1975 - The Angolan Civil War was a major civil conflict in Angola that began immediately after Angola became independent from Portugal<br> | |||
1992 - The Marxist–Leninist Popular Movement secured a major electoral victory<br> | |||
1992 - National Union for the Total Independence of Angola objected to the results of both the presidential and legislative vote count and returned to war. Following the election, the Halloween massacre occurred from October 30 to November 1, where The Marxist–Leninist Popular Movement forces killed thousands of National Union for the Total Independence of Angola supporters<br> | |||
1975 - 2002 - The end of a 27-year-long civil war and the government continues to resettle internally displaced persons as its economy recovers and expands, The civil war internally displaced four million people, one third of Angola's population<br> | |||
[[Category:Angola]] | [[Category:Angola]] | ||
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