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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> | |||
1975 - 1991 The Marxist–Leninist Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola implemented an economic and political system based on the principles of scientific socialism<br> | |||
1990 - The Marxist–Leninist Popular Movement abandoned its former Marxist ideology at its third party congress, and declared social democracy to be its new platform<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<br> | |||
[[Category:Angola]] | [[Category:Angola]] | ||