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1870s in Zimbabwe

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Events

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1870

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  • The first of Lobengula's royal towns called Bulawayo, is founded in 1870 (and will be destroyed in 1881).[1]

1871

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  • Europeans start to excavate the late Iron Age's capital city, Great Zimbabwe
  • The border post Mpandamatenga established close to modern Botswana

1872

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1876

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Births

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Terence O. Ranger (2010). Bulawayo Burning: The Social History of a Southern African City, 1893-1960. UK: Boydell & Brewer. pp. 14–17. ISBN 978-1-84701-020-9.