| 1548 |
Zelia part of Ottoman
Empire. |
| 7/9/1877: |
Zeila annexed by Egypt
as Egyptian Somaliland (under nominal Ottoman suzerainty). |
| 1884: |
British take over
former Egyptian Somaliland. |
| 20/7/1887: |
British Somaliland
protectorate (in the north) adminstered from Aden.From 1905 a
separate colony. |
| 3/8/1889: |
Benadir Coast Italian
Protectorate (in the south east). |
| 16/3/1905: |
Italian Somaliland
colony (in the south and south east). |
| Jul 1910: |
Italian Somaliland a
crown colony. |
| 15/1/1935: |
Italian Somalia Part
of Italian East Africa with Italian Eritrea (and from 1936
Ethiopia). |
| 18/8/1940: |
Italian occupation of
British Somaliland. |
| Feb 1941: |
British administration
of Italian Somalia. |
| 1/4/1950: |
Italian Somalia
becomes United Nations trust territory under Italian
administration. |
| 26/6/1960: |
Independence of
British Somaliland as State of Somaliland. |
| 1/7/1960: |
Unification with
Italian Somalia to form Somali Republic. |
| 21/10/1969: |
Somali Democratic
Republic. |
| 1/1/1991: |
Somalia collapses, no
single functioning government. |
| Jul 1992
- 27/8/2000: |
United Nations
declares Somalia a country without a government. |
| 18/5/1991: |
Republic of Somaliland
(in former British Somaliland) proclaimed (not internationally
recognized). |
| 21/7/1991: |
Somali Republic. |
| 1/4/2002: |
South West Somalia
declared itself an autonomous state. |
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