1879 AD
A British ultimatum precipitates the Anglo-Zulu War
British Empire · Colonization & sovereignty · War & conquest · Resistance & colonized agency
High Commissioner Bartle Frere delivered King Cetshwayo an ultimatum designed to be unacceptable, and British forces invaded Zululand. The Zulu victory at Isandlwana exposed imperial limits, but British reinforcements defeated the kingdom and fragmented its authority
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