Timeline of Rwandan history
20th century
20th century
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[thumb\|right\|150px\|Third president [Juvénal Habyarimana](/wiki/Juv%C3%A9nal_Habyarimana "Juvénal Habyarimana")](/wiki/File:Juv%C3%A9nal_Habyarimana_%281980%29.jpg "Juvénal Habyarimana (1980).jpg")
[thumb\|right\|150px\|President of Rwanda [Paul Kagame](/wiki/Paul_Kagame "Paul Kagame")](/wiki/File:Kagame1.jpg "Kagame1.jpg")

| Year | Date | Event |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1901 | 23 February | A boundary is agreed between German East Africa and [Nyasaland](/wiki/Nyasaland "Nyasaland"). |
| 1916 |  | Rwanda is occupied by Belgian forces. |
| 1922 | 20 July | Rwanda\-Urundi are joined as a [League of Nations mandate](/wiki/League_of_Nations_mandate "League of Nations mandate"), governed by Belgium. |
| 1933 |  | All citizens in Rwanda\-Urundi are issued with an identity card defining their ethnicity. |
| 1943 |  | Famine affects the region. |
| 1945 |  | Rwanda\-Urundi becomes a [United Nations Trust Territory](/wiki/United_Nations_Trust_Territories "United Nations Trust Territories"). |
| 1957 |  | The Hutu Manifesto is published. |
| 1959 | 24 July | [Mwami](/wiki/King_of_Rwanda "King of Rwanda") [Mutara III](/wiki/Mutara_III_of_Rwanda "Mutara III of Rwanda") dies. |
| 3 September | The [Union Nationale Rwandaise](/wiki/Union_Nationale_Rwandaise "Union Nationale Rwandaise") (UNAR) party is formed. |
| 1 November | Politician [Dominique Mbonyumutwa](/wiki/Dominique_Mbonyumutwa "Dominique Mbonyumutwa") is beaten by members of UNAR, leading to a violent backlash that kills thousands of Tutsis. |
| 1960 |  | An election is held. |
| 1961 |  | Rwandans vote to abolish the Tutsi monarchy. |
| 28 January | [Dominique Mbonyumutwa](/wiki/Dominique_Mbonyumutwa "Dominique Mbonyumutwa") becomes provisional President of Rwanda. |
| 1962 | 1 July | Belgium grants Rwanda independence. |
| 26 October | [Grégoire Kayibanda](/wiki/Gr%C3%A9goire_Kayibanda "Grégoire Kayibanda") becomes the first elected [President of Rwanda](/wiki/President_of_Rwanda "President of Rwanda"). |
| 1963 |  | Following a Tutsi guerilla attack from Burundi, an anti\-Tutsi backlash kills thousands. |
| 1973 | 5 July | Grégoire Kayibanda is overthrown in a military [coup d'état](/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat "Coup d'état"). [Juvénal Habyarimana](/wiki/Juv%C3%A9nal_Habyarimana "Juvénal Habyarimana") becomes the third President of Rwanda. |
| 1985 | 26 December | American naturalist [Dian Fossey](/wiki/Dian_Fossey "Dian Fossey") is murdered in her Rwandan cabin. |
| 1990 | 1 October | The Tutsi [Rwandan Patriotic Front](/wiki/Rwandan_Patriotic_Front "Rwandan Patriotic Front") (RPF) makes an attack from [Uganda](/wiki/Uganda "Uganda"), starting the [Rwandan Civil War](/wiki/Rwandan_Civil_War "Rwandan Civil War"). |
| 1993 | 4 August | The [Arusha Accords](/wiki/Arusha_Accords_%28Rwanda%29 "Arusha Accords (Rwanda)") are signed between President Habyarimana and leaders of the RPF in [Arusha](/wiki/Arusha "Arusha"), [Tanzania](/wiki/Tanzania "Tanzania"), ending the Rwandan Civil War. |
| 1994 | 6 April | President Habyarimana and Burundian President [Cyprien Ntaryamira](/wiki/Cyprien_Ntaryamira "Cyprien Ntaryamira") [are assassinated](/wiki/Assassination_of_Juv%C3%A9nal_Habyarimana_and_Cyprien_Ntaryamira "Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira") as their aircraft is shot down approaching [Kigali](/wiki/Kigali "Kigali"). This incident sparks the [Rwandan genocide](/wiki/Rwandan_genocide "Rwandan genocide"). |
| 8 April | [Théodore Sindikubwabo](/wiki/Th%C3%A9odore_Sindikubwabo "Théodore Sindikubwabo") becomes interim President of Rwanda. |
| 3 July | The RPF takes control of Kigali. |
| 19 July | The RPF forms a provisional government and [Pasteur Bizimungu](/wiki/Pasteur_Bizimungu "Pasteur Bizimungu") becomes President of Rwanda. |
| 21 August | The RPF controls the whole of Rwanda. |
| 8 November | The [International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda](/wiki/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_Rwanda "International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda") is established. |
| 2000 | 24 March | [Paul Kagame](/wiki/Paul_Kagame "Paul Kagame") is selected as interim President of Rwanda. |
| 22 April | Paul Kagame is sworn in as the fourth President of Rwanda. |


When did the Rwandan genocide start?