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Timeline of Burundian history

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This is atimeline ofBurundian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Burundi and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, seeHistory of Burundi. See also thelist of Kings of Burundi,list of colonial governors of Burundi, andlist of presidents of Burundi.

This is adynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help byediting the page to add missing items, with references toreliable sources.

19th century

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Year	Date	Event
1858		The area was visited byBritish explorerJohn Hanning Speke, who became the first European to do so.

20th century

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Year	Date	Event
1903		Burundi came under the control ofGermany.^[1]
1922	20 July	Burundi andRwanda were joined into theLeague of Nations mandate ofRuanda-Urundi, governed byBelgium.^[1]
1962	1 July	Burundi received independence fromBelgium.^[1]
1965	15 January	Prime MinisterPierre Ngendandumwe was assassinated by aRwandan Tutsi.
1966	28 November	Michel Micombero became the first President of Burundi.
1972	27 April	Burundi genocide (1972): A rebellion broke out which led to a genocide againstHutus.
1976	2 November	Jean-Baptiste Bagaza assumed the Presidency of Burundi in a bloodlesscoup d'état.
1987	3 September	1987 Burundian coup d'état:Bagaza was deposed while inCanada.^[2]
1987	2 October	Pierre Buyoya was sworn in as President of Burundi.^[3]
1992	March	Burundi adopted a new constitution.^[4]
1993	2 June	Burundian presidential election, 1993: TheHutu Melchior Ndadaye won the election.
1993	21 October	Burundi Civil War:Ndadaye was assassinated byTutsi extremists, startinga genocide against Tutsis and a civil war.^[1]
1994	5 February	Cyprien Ntaryamira took office as President of Burundi.
	6 April	Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira:Ntaryamira andRwandan PresidentJuvénal Habyarimana were shot down as their aircraft approachedKigali.^[5]
	8 April	Sylvestre Ntibantunganya was named interim President.^[6]
	25 April	An attempted militarycoup was averted.^[6]
	30 September	Ntibantunganya was elected President by a new Convention of Government.^[6]
1995	11 March	Mines and Energy MinisterErnest Kabushemeye was eaten by cannibals inBujumbura.^[7]
1996	21 July	Hutu rebels attacked a refugee camp in the country, killing more than three hundred people.^[8]
1996	25 July	1996 Burundian coup d'état:Buyoya returned to power.^[9]

21st century

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Year	Date	Event
2004	May	TheUnited Nations Operation in Burundi was established.
2005	19 August	Burundian presidential election, 2005: Sole candidatePierre Nkurunziza was elected President of Burundi.
2007	February	TheUnited Nations shut down its peacekeeping operations in Burundi.
2019	February	The Burundian parliament votes to move the capital fromBujumbura toGitega.

References

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General

"Timeline: Burundi".BBC. 25 February 2010. Retrieved6 April 2010.

Specific

^^a ^b ^c ^dNotholt (2008), p.2.26
^Lawson & Bertucci (1996), p.168
^Europa (2004), p.135
^Kieh (2007), p.73
^Notholt (2008), p.2.24
^^a ^b ^cEuropa (2004), p.136
^"World News Briefs; Burundi Aide Killed, Raising Ethnic Tension",The New York Times, 12 March 1995, retrieved6 June 2010
^"300 Slain in Attack on Camp For Refugees in Burundi Strife",The New York Times,Reuters, 22 July 1996, retrieved6 June 2010
^Palmer (2005), p.221

Sources

Europa Publications (2004).Africa South of the Sahara 2004.Routledge.ISBN 1-85743-183-9.
Kieh, George Klay (2007).Beyond State Failure and Collapse: Making the State Relevant in Africa.Lexington Books.ISBN 978-0-7391-0892-5.
Lawson, Edward H.; Bertucci, Mary Lou (1996).Encyclopedia of Human Rights.Taylor & Francis.ISBN 1-56032-362-0.
Notholt, Stuart (2008).Fields of Fire: An Atlas of Ethnic Conflict. Troubador Publishing.ISBN 978-1-906510-47-3.
Palmer, Mark (2005).Breaking the Real Axis of Evil: How to Oust the World's Last Dictators by 2025.Rowman & Littlefield.ISBN 0-7425-3255-0.

Institut für Afrika-Kunde; Rolf Hofmeier, eds. (1990). "Burundi".Afrika Jahrbuch 1989 (in German). Germany: Leske + Budrich.doi:10.1007/978-3-322-92639-5.ISBN 978-3-8100-0831-2.OCLC 19093344.Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft in Afrika südlich der Sahara
"Burundi".Political Chronology of Africa. Political Chronologies of the World.Europa Publications. 2001. p. 51+.ISBN 0203409957.
Stef Vandeginste (2013). "Burundi". In Andreas Mehler; et al. (eds.).Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2012. Vol. 9. Koninklijke Brill. p. 291+.ISBN 9789004256002.ISSN 1871-2525.

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