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| 1890, June 27 |
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| The BSAC signed a treaty of protection with Barotseland. The BSAC Pioneer Column established posts at Fort Tuli, Fort Victoria, Fort Charles, and Fort Salisbury. On Sept. 12, the British flag was raised. | 1 |
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| 1891 |
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| First hospital was opened in Salisbury by the Dominicans. | 2 |
| First Anglican bishop of Mashonaland was named. | 3 |
| John Booth started the Baptist Zambezi Mission. | 4 |
| The Portuguese government chartered the Mozambique Company, financed largely by British capital, to develop the hinterland of Beira. | 5 |
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| 1892–98 |
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| Pacification of Ngoni and Arab risings in the British Central Africa protectorate. | 6 |
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| 1892–93 |
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| Ndebele rebellion against British South Africa Company. In Nov. 1893, the BSAC invaded and conquered Ndebele kingdom, forcing King Lobengula to flee. | 7 |
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| 1894 |
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| Rapid development of Bulawayo. | 8 |
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| 1895–99 |
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| Risings in Mozambique weakened Portuguese authority. King Gungunhana, chief of the Gaza, was deported to Lisbon. | 9 |
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| 1897 |
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| A Ndebele uprising in Rhodesia was followed by a rebellion by the Shona, who proved much more difficult to pacify. The Shona called their resistance the Chimurenga. | 10 |
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| 1898, Jan |
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| Anglo-Portuguese military operations against Yao chief Mataka. | 11 |
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| 1901 |
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| Portuguese East African administration granted a labor-recruiting monopoly to the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association in return for a capitation fee. As a result, the state established authority over the hinterland and was able to profit from a labor migration that it could not prevent. | 12 |
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| c. 1906 |
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| Beginning of the Watchtower (Kitawala) movement in Nyasaland. | 13 |
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| 1907, May |
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| The government of Mozambique was reorganized. | 14 |
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| 1908 |
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| Railway to Blantyre in the Shire Highlands opened the region to British colonization. | 15 |
| First tobacco factory was established in Nyasaland. | 16 |
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