Lesotho & Israel Timeline

Lesotho conflict between British and Dutch

Dec 31, 1795

conflicts between British and Dutch colonists leave the Cape Colony following its seizure from the French-allied Dutch by the British in 1795, and subsequently associated with the Orange River Sovereignty and subsequent Orange Free State

Lesotho Dictator (Colonial Experience)

Dec 31, 1818

Struggled under dictatorship of Shaka Zulu from 1818-1828.

Lesotho South African border (Background Border)

Dec 31, 1820

1820-Most of territory belonged to South Africa

Lesotho Emersion (Colonial Experience)

Dec 31, 1822

Emerged as a single polity under paramount chief Moshoeshoe 1 in 1822.

Lesotho Language Transition (Colonial Experience)

Dec 31, 1837

Everything translated into Sotho language between 1837- 1855 (Set up diplomatic channels against Europeans & Korana people)

Lesotho Territory Lost (Background Border)

Dec 31, 1850

1850-1860- Territory lost in war to Orange Free State

Lesotho army defeated

Dec 31, 1851

1851 a British force was defeated by the Sotho army at Kolonyama, touching off an embarrassing war for the British

Lesotho defeated Tloka

Dec 31, 1853

After repulsing another British attack in 1852, Moshoeshoe sent an appeal to the British commander that settled the dispute diplomatically, then defeated the Tlokoa in 1853

Lesotho-lost great portion of land in this war

Dec 31, 1858

1858 Moshoeshoe fought a series of wars with the Boers in the Free State-Basotho War, losing a great portion of the western lowlands

Lesothos' Final War

Dec 31, 1867

last war in 1867 ended when Moshoeshoe appealed to Queen Victoria, who agreed to make Basutoland a British protectorate in 1868

Lesotho treaty agreed upon (Colonial Experience)

Dec 31, 1869

1869 British signed treaty at Aliwal- ceded Western territories.

Lesotho Share Border (Background Border)

Dec 31, 1869

1869-Orange Free state and Lesotho share border

Israel stuggling to gain independence

Dec 31, 1917

1917, in the Balfour Declaration, the British government promised to support the establishment of a Jewish national home
in Palestine

Israel decides who gets the land.

Dec 31, 1919

Between 1919 and 1936, the ruling British
supported taking the land of tens of thousands of “fellahin” ( Palestinian villagers) and giving it to European Zionist settlers

Israel- Struggle to rid Natives

Dec 31, 1923

1923, it was possible to talk openly about getting rid of the native population

Lesotho Current Government

Dec 31, 1933

parliamentary constitutional monarchy-1993

Lesotho WTO

Dec 31, 1933

World Trade organization (WTO) 1933

Israel Boycott (Colonial experience)

Dec 31, 1939

Palestinians resisted and called for a general strike from 1936 to 1939 accompanied by boycotts of all British and Zionist institutions
end of 1947, Zionists had acquired only 6.59% of the total land mass of Palestine.

Israel Conflict (Background Border)

Dec 31, 1947

1947, as conflict between Jews and Arabs endured and the British made clear they would rather leave without a solution than stay in the cross-fire

Israel Declares Independence

May 14, 1948

1948-Jews took over Arabs-declared independence of Israel

Israel joins the European Union

Dec 31, 1951

European Union-1951

Lesotho Declares Independence

Oct 4, 1966

Basutoland gains independence in 1966-becomes Lesotho.

Arab-Israeli war

Dec 31, 1967

Arab-Israeli war of 1967, laid the foundations of today’s stalemate

Israel Government

Dec 31, 2003

Parliament Democracry-2003