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| 2. Uganda and the Interlacustrine Region |
| 1854–84 |
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| Rule of Kabaka Mutesa of Buganda. Under him, Buganda became an effective centralized and expansionist state. | 1 |
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| 1865–95 |
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| Rwanda, like Buganda, engaged in expansionist wars under population pressure. Buganda and Bunyoro participated in ivory and slave trades. | 2 |
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| 1870–76 |
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| Kabaka Mutesa of Buganda moved toward adoption of Islam, then purged Muslims in 1875 in the face of an Egyptian threat to his kingdom and began to court Christian missionaries. To this date, Islam had made little progress in other parts of the interior. After successful resistance to the Egyptian incursion under Charles Gordon, Mutesa issued a call for Westerners to come and live at his capital. | 3 |
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| 1876–77 |
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| First CMS missionaries arrived at Uganda, following an invitation by Kabaka Mutesa. | 4 |
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| 1879 |
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| Catholic White Fathers arrived at Mutesa's court. | 5 |
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| 1884 |
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| Death of Kabaka Mutesa. He was succeeded by his son, Mwanga, who soon became involved in struggles between various religious factions. | 6 |
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| 1885–86 |
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| Purge of Christian young men of the Buganda court. | 7 |
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| 1885, Jan. 5 |
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| Five CMS converts were martyred in Buganda. Religious and political struggles in Buganda were deeply intertwined. | 8 |
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| Oct |
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| Murder of Bishop James Hannington at the command of Mwanga. | 9 |
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