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| 1576–1671 |
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| From Luanda, Portugal conquered Ndongo in a century-long war. Portugal was aided by alliance with nomadic Jaga warriors, 1612–21. | 1 |
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| 1600–1650 |
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| By this date Loango had become an important commercial power, trading with Europeans, especially Dutch, in ivory, hides, red dyewood, and raffia but relatively few slaves. Political change in Loango led to emergence of a bureaucracy. Lunda began to grow as a centralized empire, possibly aided by the growth of international trade as a supplement to preexisting regional trade. | 2 |
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| 1612 |
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| Around 10,000 slaves shipped annually from Angola. Slave exports from West Central Africa remained more or less at 10,000 per year until 1720, when annual exports rose to 40,000 per year in the 1780s and 1790s. | 3 |
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| 1622 |
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| Angolan colony and its Jaga warrior mercenaries attacked southern provinces of Kongo to raid for slaves, undermining Portuguese influence and thus the monarchy, in Kongo. From this time the central authority in Kongo was weakened. | 4 |
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| 1624–63 |
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| Nzinga, queen of the Mbundu, revived the slave trade with Europeans. | 5 |
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| 1641–48 |
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| Dutch captured Luanda and occupied much of Angola in order to increase slave supply. | 6 |
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| 1641–1700 |
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| Italian Capuchin missionaries in Kongo began campaign to spread Christianity beyond nobles; they baptized large portions of the population. There was a much more limited spread of Christianity in Angola. Throughout West Central Africa, there was a gradual evolution of a syncretic religion, combining animist and Christian ideas in the 16th and 17th centuries. | 7 |
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| 1648–1730 |
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| Brazilians dominated Angolan slave trade. | 8 |
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| 1650 |
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| Portuguese recovery of Angola completed. | 9 |
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| 1659–1893 |
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| About 642,000 slaves shipped from Luanda and Benguela to Brazil. | 10 |
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| c. 1629 |
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| First reported efforts to grow maize, manioc, sweet potatoes, pawpaw, coconuts, guavas, and peanuts on small farms near Luanda. | 11 |
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| 1650 |
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| From this time, New World crops, especially the drought-resistant manioc (cassava), transformed agriculture in Kongo-Angola region, increasing yields and leading to better nutrition and supporting increased population growth. Manioc required careful processing; as a primary staple, manioc can lead to malnutrition. | 12 |
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