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==Events==
=== Pre-colonial period ===
* 1800s – The Bisa people expand their trade routes linking the Luangwa Valley with surrounding chiefdoms, strengthening regional trade in salt and iron tools.  

=== Colonial era ===
* 1924 – Northern Rhodesia officially comes under British Colonial Office administration, marking the beginning of direct rule from London.  
* 1953 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland announces new tax measures, sparking criticism from African nationalist leaders.  

=== Post-independence ===
* 1970 – President Kenneth Kaunda launches the Rural Reconstruction Programme aimed at improving agricultural production and infrastructure in rural provinces.  
* 1991 – Opposition political parties intensify campaigns for the upcoming multi-party elections, with rallies reported across Lusaka and the Copperbelt.  
* 2012 – The Zambian Government signs a bilateral trade agreement with Angola to boost cross-border commerce in oil and agricultural products.  

== Births ==
* 1948 – Mainza Chona, Zambian politician and diplomat, who served as Prime Minister (d. 2001).  
* 1986 – Hellen Mwale, Zambian civil society leader and media rights activist.  

== Deaths ==
* 2008 – Paul Tembo, Zambian politician and opposition figure, assassinated in Lusaka (b. 1955).  

[[Category:History of Zambia]]