Bunyoro - Kitahimbwa , Omukama of Bunyoro ( 18691869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events March 1 North German Confederation issues 10 gr and 30gr value stamps, printed on goldbeater's skin May 10 Transcontinental Railroad completed at Promontory, Utah. May 15 Wo- 1902Events January-April January 28 The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie. France, Loisy's L'evangile et l'Eglise which inaugurates the Modernist Crisis February 11 Police beat up universal suffrage)
BurundiBurundi is a small landlocked nation in the Great Lakes region of Africa. It is bordered by Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. History Main article: History of Burundi Burundi existed as an independent kingdom from the sixteenth centur - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of BurundiBurundi was ruled by a monarch until 1966. The Tutsi monarchy ruled the nation for centuries, but became largelly ceremonial with the colonization of the nation by Germany in 1899. The exact dates of the early monarchs is uncertain. Ntare III Rushatsi: 16 ( 1852Events January 14 President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic. January 17 United Kingdom recognizes independence of the Transvaal Devil's Island penal colony opens February 11 First British public toilet- 19081908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 A ball signifying New Year's Day drops in New York City's Times Square for the first time January 8 A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue T)
DahomeyDahomey was an African kingdom situated in what is now Benin. The kingdom was founded in the seventeenth century and survived until the late nineteenth century, when it was conquered by French troops from Senegal and incorporated into France's West Africa - Glele, King of Dahomey ( 1856- 1889)