History
History of Kenya
| before about. 3.5 My. Years | Tanzanian Laetoli footprints in the show for the first time a hominid to walk upright(Australopithecus) ; oldest stone tools, EarlyStone Age |
| before about. 1.6 My. Years | Gay erectus, it occurs later in Asia and Europe |
| before about. 800’000 Years | For the first time in East Africa use of fire |
| before about. 200’000 Years | developed in East Africa, Homo erectus to Homo sapiens; Transition to Middle Stone Age |
| before about. 20’000 Jahren auto. | Beginn des Later Stone Age |
| before about. 7’000 Jahren auto | First pottery |
| 3.Jahrtausend Vehicle | first proven breeding |
| 2.Jahrtausend Vehicle | kushitische stockmen's Lake Turkana; later first Nilotic peoples in the north of Kenya |
| 3.Jahrhundert Vehicle | Settlements of the EMA-culture at Lake Victoria, Eisenverarbeitung |
| 500 BC-1000 AD. | Help – Nilotic tribes and nations are settling in what is now Kenya. |
| 12.-15.Century | Heyday of the Swahili culture |
| 1498 | Vasco da Gama in Malindi landet |
| 1593-1596 | Portuguese built Fort Jesus in Mombasa |
| 1699 | The Omanis conquered Mombasa – The end of Portuguese rule in the East African coast |
| 18. you. 19. Century | The highlight of the slaves hands |
| 1846 | First missionaries arrive in Mombasa. The Germans Rebmann and Krapf “Explore” the Kilimanjaro (1848) and Mount Kenya (1849). Johann Ludwig Krapf has prepared the first grammar and the first Wöterbuch of Kiswahili and the basis for the lingua franca of East Africa. |
| 1901 | After opening up the construction of the Uganda-Kenya railway is British settlement. |
| 1904 | The fertile Kenyan highlands is the “Land of the white man” explained. Africans here lose all rights to their land. |
| 1920 | The East Africa Protectorate becomes a British crown colony and named “Kenya” |
| 1952-1960 | The British government imposed a state of emergency. The Mau-Mau uprising rocked Kenya |
| 1963 | Kenya becomes independent, Jomo Kenyatta erster Präsident. He rejected the country closely allied to the West and there follows a period of political stability and steady economic upswing. |
| 1978 | Kenyatta's death. Succeeded by Daniel Moi T.arap (to 2002) |
| 1982 | A coup attempt against the Moi government fails. Restriction of speech, Press- and freedom of assembly, Abuse of power, Repression of opposition movements, Corruption and mismanagement, economic and social problems. |
| 1990 | The events in Eastern Europe, triggering a debate on the introduction of a multiparty system. Opposition politicians are arrested |
| 1991 | A constitutional amendment ended the one-party system. The opposition movement is founded FORD |
| 1992 | For the first time since 26 Years are held free parliamentary elections. The fractious opposition parties lose. The former ruling party “Kenya African National Union” (CANOE) emerges as the winner. President Moi won again the presidential elections. Final term : to 2002 |
| 1998 | Bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, probably committed by foreign Islamic fundamentalists. |
| 2002 | September – Suicide attack on a beach frequented mostly by Israelis- hotel near Mombasa Calls 15 Fatality December – Mwai Kibaki, Chairman of the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) replaced by 24 Daniel Arap Moi years as president from. |
| 2004 | Kabinettsumbildung, controversial appointment of some ministers of the opposition party KANU |
| October 2007 | President Kibaki dissolved Parliament on 22.10.07 on. New elections are scheduled for 27th.Dec. |
| Jan 2008 | Unrest in Kenya after Kibaki is accused of election fraud. Chronology of the crisis in Kenya |
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