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18 - 19TH CENTURY
1800 - 1900
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Mozambique become a major slave-trading center
SLAVE TRADE BANNED
1807
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1842
1842
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Portugal outlaws slave trade from Mozambique, but secret trades continue for decades
1891
1891
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Portugal and Britain define Mozambique's western and southern borders
1902
1902
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Capital of Mozambique is named Lourenco Marques
1932
1932
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Portugal breaks up trading companies and imposes direct rule over country
1974
1974
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Portugal and Frelimo sign Lusaka Accord; traditional government is established
1975
1975
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Mozambique becomes independent. Frelimo rules under single-party system with leader Samora Machel as President
INDEPENDENCE
1975
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1976
1976
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Capital of Mozambique is re-named Maputo
1986
1986
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President Machel is killed in an air crash. Joaquin Chissano becomes President
1992
1992
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President Chissano and Renamo leader Afonso Dhaklama sign peace deal in Rome.
1995
1995
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Mozambique becomes Commonwealth member.
FEBRUARY - 2000
2000
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Devastating flood sweeps through south of country. Tens of thousands are forced to flee leaving a trail of destruction.
NOVEMBER - 2003
2003
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Brazil promises to build plant in Mozambique to produce anti-retro viral drugs for HIV and Aids sufferers
JULY - 2006
2006
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The World Bank cancels most of Mozambique's debt under a plan promoted by the G8 nations
APRIL - 2012
2012
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Portugal gives up it's remaining stake in the Cahora Bassa hydro-electric scheme, ending a long - running dispute