Zanzibar Timeline of Events

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Zanzibar

Zanzibar ,Persian: زنگبار, from suffix bār: "coast" and Zangi: "bruin" ; is a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, in East Africa. It comprises the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of numerous small islands and two large ones: Unguja , and Pemba...

Timeline of Events

1896

8.27.1896

Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history (09:00 to 09:45) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.

1963

6.24.1963

The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.

1964

1.12.1964

Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.

4.26.1964

Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.

10.29.1964

Tanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form the Republic of Tanzania.