History of Ukerewe Island
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Updated: 23 Aug 2021
Various Happenings within the known history of the Island.
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Created byAndrew Josiah Olson
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Kagunguli Mission hospital builtKikerewe New Testament CompletedFirst Missionaries KilledCMS Missionaries arrive on UkereweCotton Ginnery EstablishedCatholic Mission re-established, KagunguliGerman Fort Constructed by German Antislavery CommitteeCatholic Mission BurnedCatholic Missionaries Arrive, KagunguliHandebezyo Site becomes MemorialFirst Recorded Permanent Settler Arrives (Foreigner)Rubya Forest PlantedPopulation 109,277Population 138,729Population 172,893Population 261,944Tarib Songoro begins trading on Ukerewe Island.Cartographer Oskar Bauman arrives on UkereweBritish Invade UkereweBishop Andrew Gulle Commissions New Kerewe Bible TranslationPopulation: 345,147First Kikerewe Dictionary Completed by David OddenCatechist Massacre leaves 30-50 dead.First known translation of Bible Stories into KikerewePeriods
Anton Oomen, Vicar Apostolic of Mwanza commissions Bible TranslationAlmas Simard translates New Testament into KikereweKahana I - King of UkereweGabriel Ruhumbika - King of UkereweMichael Lukumbuzya - King of UkereweMihogo II - King of UkereweMachunda - King of UkereweRukonge - King of UkereweMukaka - King of UkereweNew Kikerewe Bible Translation ProgramPius Msekwa of Ukerewe appointed to TZ Speaker of National Assembly
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