Timeline Monday 18 June 1894

Events on Monday 18 June 1894 1

• 1894 Uganda declared British protectorate Britain formalizes control over the Buganda kingdom and surrounding territory Britain declared a formal protectorate over Uganda on 18 June 1894, extending the informal control it had exercised since the Imperial British East Africa Company's charter lapsed. The protectorate incorporated the kingdom of Buganda and neighboring territories. It laid the administrative foundation for colonial Uganda, which gained independence in 1962.