Events
The German Empire colonizes RwandaThe Treaty of VersaillesThe Catholic Church missionaries monopolizes
teaching in RwandaBelgians establish a racial classification systemPARMEHUTU is foundedRwanda officially gained independence and
declared its separation from Belgium. Internal
conflict and ethnic violence consequences
catalyzes the Rwandan Genocide.The system that furthered the subjection of
Hutu people to forced labour, called the ubuhake
system, is abolishedThe RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Front), a Tutsi-commanded party
formed in Uganda, storms Rwanda and triggers a civil warGeneral Juvenal Habyarimana seizes Rwanda's presidential
power and vows to recover orderThe Arusha AccordsHabyarimana's airplane gets shot down,
along with the president of Burundi. This
actuates the Rwandan GenocideThe RPF gains presidential power in Rwanda.The Hutu population retreats to Congo.The National Unity and Reconciliation Commission is
established with the objective to increase efforts
of and bolster reconciliation of the nation of RwandaThe Royal Proclamation of 1763Canada signs The UN Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples 2007.The Pass SystemThe Indian Act of 1876Periods
The Berlin ConferenceThe 1930s was a period
wherein colonizing powers
developed more attempts
to racially segregate the Hutu and
the Tutsi.The RPF restores government in the nation.
The Rwandan Genocide comes to an end.Tutsi massacres arise and the Tutsi population continues to flee RwandaMassacres of the Tutsi people arise. The Tutsi population flees to Tanzania.The Numbered Treaties, treaties between the
Canadian government and Indigenous peoples
also referred to as Historical Treaties 1 to 11,
were signed.
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