Lagos Colony

Lagos Colony was a colony in West Africa coast and forest (North and West Africa) that lasted from 1861 to 1906 CE, about 45 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Britain annexed Lagos in 1861, claiming to suppress the slave trade, and made it a base for expansion into Yorubaland. It merged into Southern Nigeria in 1906.

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Facts

Dates

1861 to 1906 CE

Duration

45 years

Type

Colony

Region

West Africa coast and forest, North and West Africa

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Lagos

Became

• British Nigeria 1914 to 1960 CE

Events in North and West Africa during its time

• 1869 Suez Canal opens
• 1884 Berlin Conference
• 1896 Battle of Adwa

Neighbours in North and West Africa

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE
• Kingdom of Benin c. 1180 to 1897 CE
• Bornu Empire c. 1387 to 1893 CE
• Alaouite Sultanate of Morocco 1666 to 1912 CE
• Ashanti Empire 1701 to 1901 CE
• French Algeria 1830 to 1962 CE
• Muhammad Ali dynasty (Khedivate) 1805 to 1914 CE
• Sokoto Caliphate 1804 to 1903 CE
• French West Africa 1895 to 1960 CE
• Kingdom of Nri c. 900 to 1911 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Russian Empire 1721 to 1917 CE, Europe
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia

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