Namibia's history till Independence Day  

Namibia's history till Independence Day

Namibia's history till Independence Day, 21 March 1990

Add a comment | 1. January 100 - 1. January 1695

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Namibia's history till Independence Day

20 events | Add a comment | 1. January 100 - 1. January 1695

100-01-01

Prehistoric history

300000 to 27000 B.C. Painted rock fragments in Apollo-11 Cave, Huns Mountains, southern Namibia are in existence. The painted slabs were discovered by Wolfgang Wendt in 1969. The oldest rock paintings can be dated to between 27000 and 23000 B.C...

1. January 100

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100-01-02

Ancient Phoenicians and Egyptians visit southern Africa

300000 to 27000 B.C. Painted rock fragments in Apollo-11 Cave, Huns Mountains, southern Namibia are in existence. The painted slabs were discovered by Wolfgang Wendt in 1969. The oldest rock paintings can be dated to between 27000 and 23000 B.C...

2. January 100

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1399-12-31

Pre 1400's

300000 to 27000 B.C. Painted rock fragments in Apollo-11 Cave, Huns Mountains, southern Namibia are in existence. The painted slabs were discovered by Wolfgang Wendt in 1969. The oldest rock paintings can be dated to between 27000 and 23000 B.C...

31. December 1399

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1450-01-01

First European visitors

300000 to 27000 B.C. Painted rock fragments in Apollo-11 Cave, Huns Mountains, southern Namibia are in existence. The painted slabs were discovered by Wolfgang Wendt in 1969. The oldest rock paintings can be dated to between 27000 and 23000 B.C...

1. January 1450

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1486-01-01

January Diogo Cão sets foot on Namibia soil

300000 to 27000 B.C. Painted rock fragments in Apollo-11 Cave, Huns Mountains, southern Namibia are in existence. The painted slabs were discovered by Wolfgang Wendt in 1969. The oldest rock paintings can be dated to between 27000 and 23000 B.C...

1. January 1486

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1487-12-04

Bartholomeu Diaz arrives off the coast

Bartholomeu Diaz visits a place on the Namibian coast which he calls "Terra de Santa Barbara" (probably located near present-day Swakopmund).

4. December 1487

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1487-12-08

Diaz moves along the coast

Angra da Conceição is visited and identified as present-day Conception Bay.

8. December 1487

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Diaz visits Conception Bay

Angra da Conceição is visited and identified as present-day Conception Bay.

8. December 1487

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1487-12-23

Diaz at Hottentot Bay

Angra da Conceição is visited and identified as present-day Conception Bay.

23. December 1487

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1487-12-28

Diaz visits Elizabeth Bay

Golfo de Santa Vitória is visited and identified as present-day Hottentot Bay.

28. December 1487

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1488-07-24

Diaz visits Lüderitz

Bartholomeu Diaz visits a place on the Namibian coast which he calls "Terra de Santa Barbara" (probably located near present-day Swakopmund).

24. July 1488

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1489-01-01

First map of the Namibian coast (1489)

The oldest map depicting the Namibian Atlantic coast is Heinrich Hammer’s world map, Insularium Illustratum.

1. January 1489

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1500-01-01

Ovaherero enter present-day Namibia around 1500

The migrating Ovaherero enter present-day Namibia. The Sub-Group of the Ovambanderu settles around Lake Ngami in Bechuanaland. Later they are expelled by the community of the Ngwaketse and escape to the eastern areas of Namibia.

1. January 1500

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1589-01-01

Andrew Batteks arrives in northern Namibia

Andrew Battels, an Englishman captured by the Portuguese in Brazil, is sent to Angola as a soldier. He deserts and lives for sixteen months among the Ovambo in present-day Namibia. Probably he is the first "white" man to see the interior of the territory.

1. January 1589

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1670-03-01

Grundel reaches Namibia

In March 1670, the Dutch vessel Grundel arrived along the coast of Namibia. Violent skirmished with the Khoikhoi took place. However in subsequent years, trading took place between the Khoikhoi and visiting vessels...

1. March 1670

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1670-04-14

Grundel on its way back to Namibia

The vessel "Grundel" leaves Cape Town under the command of Captain GR Muys.

14. April 1670

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1670-05-01

Grundel reaches Sandwich Harbour

Grundel reaches Sandwich Harbour, south of present-day Walvis Bay.

1. May 1670

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1677-03-05

First armed resistance against Europeans

The vessel "Bode", under the command of Captain CT Wobma, sails to the Kuiseb River mouth from Cape Town and is involved in a skirmish with the local Nama community. This is the first recorded occurrence of armed resistance by Namibians against...

5. March 1677

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1690-01-01

fall of Ondonga King Nembulungo lyNgwedha

After the fall of Ondonga King Nembulungo lyNgwedha, his successor is the second Ondonga King Shindongo shaNamutenya gwa Nguti.

1. January 1690

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1695-01-01

First Nama Chief

The Nama Chief, #Hâb,of the Kai||haun (also called Red Nation), the main group of all Nama groups in Namibia, is probably the first Chief of this community. He is involved in several conflicts with San and Dama groups...

1. January 1695

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