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1548 Zelia part of Ottoman Empire.
1877 Zeila annexed by Egypt ( Egyptian Somaliland ), both under
nominal Ottoman suzerainty.
1884 British take over former Egyptian Somaliland.
1887 British Somaliland protectorate ( in the north ) subordinated
to Aden to 1905.
1889 Benadir Coast Italian Protectorate ( in the north east ).
1905 Italian Somalia ( Italian Somaliland ) colony ( in the
northeast and in the south ).
1910 Italian Somaliland a crown colony.
1935 Italian Somalia Part of Italian East Africa with It. Eritrea (
and from 1936 Ethiopia ) .
1936 Part of Italian East Africa, province of Somalia.
1940 Italian occupation of British Somaliland.
1941 British administration of Italian Somalia.
1950 Italian Somalia becomes United Nations trust territory under
Italian administration.
1960 Independence of British Somaliland as the State of Somaliland.
1960 Unification of Somaliland with Italian Somalia to form the
Somali Republic.
1969 Somali Democratic Republic
1991 Somalia collapses, no single functioning government.
1991 Secession of former British Somaliland; as Republic of
Somaliland which is proclaimed 1991 ( not internationally recognized
).
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