Timeline of Igbo history
The history of the Igbo people starts from the migrations that have brought the Igbo to their present homeland.
30th century BC
9th century
Year | Date | Event |
c. 850 | | Bronzes found at the town of Igbo-Ukwu are created, among them iron swords, bronze and copper vases and ornaments and terracotta sculptures are made.[1] |
11th century
15th century
Year | Date | Event |
1434 | | Portuguese explorers make contact with the Igbo. |
17th century
18th century
Year | Date | Event |
1745 | | Olaudah Equiano is born in Essaka, but later kidnapped and shipped to Barbados and sold as a slave in 1765. |
1797 | | Olaudah Equiano dies in England a freed slave. |
19th century
20th century
Year | Date | Event |
1901–1902 | | The Aro Confederacy declines after the Anglo-Aro war. |
1902 | | The Aro-Ibibio Wars end. |
1906 | | Igboland becomes part of Southern Nigeria |
1914 | | Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria are amalgamated to form Nigeria. |
1929 | November | Igbo Women's War (first Nigerian feminist movement) of 1929 in Aba. |
1953 | November | Anti Igbo riots (killing over 50 Igbos in Kano) of 1953 in Kano |
1960 | October 1 | Nigeria gains independence from Britain; Tafawa Balewa becomes Prime Minister, and Nnamdi Azikiwe becomes President. |
1966 | January 16 | A coup by Igbo military officers takes over government and assassinate the Northern leaders. The Federal Military Government is formed, with General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi as the Head of State and Supreme Commander of the Federal Republic. |
1966 | July 29 | A counter-coup by military officers of northern extraction, deposes the Federal Military Government; General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi is assassinated along with Adekunle Fajuyi, Military Governor of Western Region. General Yakubu Gowon becomes Head of State. |
1967 | | Ethnoreligious violence between Igbo Christians, and Hausa/Fulani Muslims in Eastern and Northern Nigeria, triggers a migration of the Igbo back to the East. |
1967 | May 30 | General Emeka Ojukwu, Military Governor of Eastern Nigeria, declares his province an independent republic called Biafra, and the Nigerian Civil War or Nigerian-Biafran War ensues. |
1970 | January 8 | General Emeka Ojukwu flees into exile; His deputy Philip Effiong becomes acting President of Biafra. |
1970 | January 15 | Acting President of Biafra Philip Effiong surrenders to Nigerian forces through future President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, and Biafra is reintegrated into Nigeria. |
References
- 1 2 3 Understanding 'Things Fall Apart' by Kalu Ogbaa
Further reading
- Understanding 'Things Fall Apart' by Kalu Ogbaa ISBN 0-313-30294-4