Pre-1960
-1851 (December 26-27): Royal Navy warship bombards
-Lagos. Oba of Lagos (Oba Kosoko) is wounded and, flees to Epe.
-On board the ship was Lt. Labulo Davies, probably the, first Nigerian to be commisioned in a naval force.
-1862 (January 1): Lagos Island is annexed as a colony of Britain
-1862 (January 22): Mr H.S Freeman is appointed as the first Governor of Lagos Colony.
-1877: George Taubman Goldie arrived in the Niger Delta in 1877
-1885: Oil Rivers Protectorate proclaimed by the British after they had defeated of King Jaja of Opobo, the Oba of Benin and subdued all prominent oil merchants of the Niger Delta.
-1892 (19 May): At the Battle of the (sacred) Yemeni River the British wreaks havoc amongst the Ijebu infantry with a British Maxim (capable of firing 2000 rounds in three minutes).
-1893: Oil Rivers Protectorate renamed Niger Coast Protectorate with its capital at Calabar.
-1890's: British Journalist Flora Shaw, later wife of Lord Frederick Lugard, suggests the name "Nigeria" after the great Niger River.
-1897: The British overthrow Oba Ovonramwen of Benin. One of the last independent West African kings.
-1900: Niger Coast Protectorate was merged with the colony and protectorate of Lagos and renamed Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
-1914: Formation of Nigeria under Governor Frederick Lord.
-1929 (October): (Aba Women's Riot). Women in Abu demonstrate against high taxes and low prices of Nigerian exports.
-1954: The position of Governor was created in each region after the Federal System of Government is adopted.
-1958: Nigerian Armed Forces came under Federal control. The Nigerian Navy is created.
-1959: The new Nigerian currency is introduced
-1959: Northern Peoples Congress(NPC) and Niger Delta Congress(NDC) go into alliance to contest parliamentary elections. The alliance earned the Brass Division a seat in the Federal Parliament for the first time.
-1960(July): Sir Adesoji Aderemi becomes 1st Nigerian and 1st African to be appointed Governor in the Commonwealth. He became Governor before Nigeria got independence.
-1960 (October 1): Nigeria's Independence Day: Nnamdi Azikiwe ("Zik"
becomes 1st indigenous Governor General. At independence, the Nigerian
government consisted of three ethnic states united in a federation. Each
state was controlled by a single dominant ethnic based party.
-1851 (December 26-27): Royal Navy warship bombards
-Lagos. Oba of Lagos (Oba Kosoko) is wounded and, flees to Epe.
-On board the ship was Lt. Labulo Davies, probably the, first Nigerian to be commisioned in a naval force.
-1862 (January 1): Lagos Island is annexed as a colony of Britain
-1862 (January 22): Mr H.S Freeman is appointed as the first Governor of Lagos Colony.
-1877: George Taubman Goldie arrived in the Niger Delta in 1877
-1885: Oil Rivers Protectorate proclaimed by the British after they had defeated of King Jaja of Opobo, the Oba of Benin and subdued all prominent oil merchants of the Niger Delta.
-1892 (19 May): At the Battle of the (sacred) Yemeni River the British wreaks havoc amongst the Ijebu infantry with a British Maxim (capable of firing 2000 rounds in three minutes).
-1893: Oil Rivers Protectorate renamed Niger Coast Protectorate with its capital at Calabar.
-1890's: British Journalist Flora Shaw, later wife of Lord Frederick Lugard, suggests the name "Nigeria" after the great Niger River.
-1897: The British overthrow Oba Ovonramwen of Benin. One of the last independent West African kings.
-1900: Niger Coast Protectorate was merged with the colony and protectorate of Lagos and renamed Protectorate of Southern Nigeria
-1914: Formation of Nigeria under Governor Frederick Lord.
-1929 (October): (Aba Women's Riot). Women in Abu demonstrate against high taxes and low prices of Nigerian exports.
-1954: The position of Governor was created in each region after the Federal System of Government is adopted.
-1958: Nigerian Armed Forces came under Federal control. The Nigerian Navy is created.
-1959: The new Nigerian currency is introduced
-1959: Northern Peoples Congress(NPC) and Niger Delta Congress(NDC) go into alliance to contest parliamentary elections. The alliance earned the Brass Division a seat in the Federal Parliament for the first time.
-1960(July): Sir Adesoji Aderemi becomes 1st Nigerian and 1st African to be appointed Governor in the Commonwealth. He became Governor before Nigeria got independence.
-1960 (October 1): Nigeria's Independence Day: Nnamdi Azikiwe ("Zik"
becomes 1st indigenous Governor General. At independence, the Nigerian
government consisted of three ethnic states united in a federation. Each
state was controlled by a single dominant ethnic based party.
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