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Historical Timeline for Malawi - A chronology of key events
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Malawi Timeline[edit | edit source]

Date Event
2.5 million years BC. AD Hominids, and more particularly hominins, inhabit the north of present-day Malawi.
60 to 50,000 years BC. Proven presence of Homo sapiens on the shores of the lake at the end of the Mesolithic, in particular on the site of Mwanganda.
8000 to 1500 BC. AD Arrival from Central Africa of Twa Pygmies (Batwa). The cave paintings of Chongoni are a powerful testimony to their presence in the center of the country some 2000 years ago.
250-1000 Culture of Nkope (between Monkey Bay and Mangochi), known for its ceramics, examples of which researchers have found in eastern Zambia, Mozambique and throughout southern Malawi.
800-1100 Close to the culture of Nkope, that of Kapeni flourishes on the banks of the Shire.
Circa 1000 Culture of Longwe in the valley of the Shire and on the eastern and northern foothills of the Mulanje massif. The actors of this civilization were excellent potters and probably practiced hunting and gathering.
1200-1750 Culture of Mawudzu, mainly defined by its pottery which supplanted that of Longwe and Kapeni.
1500-1800 The kyungu (kings of the Ngonde kingdom) trade (ivory, gold, etc.) from Mbande Hill, where their capital is established (north of present-day Malawi), with Swahili merchants.
1600-1650 Under the reign of Masula, the kingdom of Maravi, founded at the end of the 15th century and whose capital is Mankhamba, is at its peak. It stretches from eastern Zambia to the Mozambican coastline while embracing central and southern Malawi, from which t
1616 The Portuguese Gaspar Boccaro is the first European to ascend the Shire to Lake Malawi. However, some sources claim that Lusitanians set foot in Malawi as early as the 16th century.
First decades of the 19th century The Yao, originally from northern Mozambique, massively converted to Islam and settled in south-eastern Malawi.
1845-1894 The slave chief Jumbe organizes the slave trade from Nkhotakota to the trading centers bordering the coast of the Indian Ocean.
1859 David Livingstone travels the south of the country (Zomba, Mulanje ...).
1864 Vain mediation, organized by Livingstone, between the Chewa and Jumbe chiefs to put an end to the slave trade.
1876 Foundation of the Presbyterian mission of Blantyre.
1877 Creation of the African Lakes Company by the Moir brothers in order, among other more or less avowed objectives, to supply the Presbyterian missionaries active in the region.
Decade 1890 The British administered and included the Malawian territory within the British Central Africa Protectorate. They put an end to the slave trade by defeating in particular Mlozi, a feared slave owner from the Karonga region, and several yao chiefs. Creatio
1894 Robert Laws founds the Presbyterian mission of Livingstonia.
1902 Creation of the Catholic mission of Mua by the White Fathers.
1907 Establishment of the British protectorate of Nyasaland.
September 1914 Fighting between British and German troops in Karonga during the First World War.
January 23 and 24, 1915 Failure of the uprising orchestrated by John Chilembwe against the wealthy planters of the upper Shire valley.
1943 Hastings Kamuzu Banda founds the Nyasaland African Congress to fight against the British colonial administration.
1953-1963 The protectorate is incorporated into the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
1959 The Nyasaland African Congress, banned by the British authorities, becomes the Malawi Congress Party. Kamuzu Banda is imprisoned following the organization of strikes and demonstrations across the country.
July 6, 1964 Proclamation of the independence of Malawi.
1960s and 1970s The State sets up large public sugar companies.
1971 The head of state, Hastings Kamuzu Banda, proclaims himself president for life.
1981 In order to get out of the economic slump in which it is struggling, Malawi calls on the IMF and the World Bank, which advocate a structural adjustment program.
1992 Creation of the United Democratic Front by Bakili Muluzi.
1994 First multiparty elections in the history of Malawi. Bakili Muluzi, embodying the alternation, is elected President of the Republic. Promulgation of a new Constitution.
1997 Death of Hastings Kamuzu Banda.
1999 Re-election of Bakili Muluzi.
2004 Bingu wa Mutharika, member of the United Democratic Front, wins the presidential elections.
2005 Bingu wa Mutharika creates the Democratic Progressive Party following dissensions within the United Democratic Front.
2009 Bingu wa Mutharika is reelected President of the Republic.
2011 Sometimes degenerating into riots, protests against shortages, the high cost of living and the government's economic policies rock Malawi. The country's vice-president, Joyce Banda, founds the People's Party.
April 5, 2012 Bingu wa Mutharika succumbs to a heart attack.
2012-2014 Joyce Banda becomes interim President of the Republic.
May 2014 election of Bingu wa Mutharika's brother, Peter Mutharika, to the supreme office.
May 2019 Peter Mutharika begins a second term as head of the country following his victory in the presidential elections.

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