Travel Reference
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10 November 1871
Journalist and adventurer Henry Morton Stanley 'finds' Dr David Livingstone -
at home at his base in the village of Ujiji on the shore of Lake Tanganyika.
1873
Under pressure from the British Consul, the Sultan of Zanzibar agrees to abolish
the Zanzibar slave market and the mainland trade in human beings.
1885
German adventurer Carl Peters beats Henry Morton Stanley in a race to win the
allegiance of the inland Kingdom of Buganda, claiming the territory of Tanga-
nyika for Germany en route.
5 October 1889
Mt Kilimanjaro is scaled by Yohani Kinyala Lauwo and Hans Meyer. Lauwo
spent the remainder of his long life guiding trekkers up the mountain and train-
ing new guides.
1890
Britain trades Heligoland in the North Sea to Germany for recognition of British
control of Zanzibar. Between them, they divide up East Africa, with Tanganyika
allocated to Germany.
1905-07
In the Matumbi Hills near Kilwa, a mystic called Kinjikitile stirs African la-
bourers to rise up against their German overlords in what becomes known as the
Maji Maji Rebellion.
1909-12
A team of German palaeontologists unearth the remains of various dinosaur spe-
cies near Tendunguru, Lindi region. These include the skeleton of
Brachiosaur-
us brancai,
the world's largest known dinosaur.
1919
At the end of WWI, Tanganyika is placed under the 'protection' of the British
acting on behalf first of the League of Nations and then its successor, the UN.
1953
