Historical figures in Kampala
The atlas holds 12 people and 25 moments here, from 1928 to 2018. The most recorded lives are Idi Amin, Milton Obote and Mwai Kibaki. Among them Educators, Writers and Philosophers, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Chinua Achebe
in 1962
1 moment here
Nigerian novelist, poet, critic, editor, educator, and Biafran representative whose life moved between southeastern Nigeria, Lagos, East Africa,…
Edgar Lungu
from 2015 to 2016
3 moments here
Edgar Chagwa Lungu was a Zambian lawyer and politician who served as Zambia's sixth president from 2015 to 2021.…
Idi Amin
from 1928 to 1979
6 moments here
Ugandan army officer and dictator who was president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. This chronology records documented physical presences from his birth…
John Magufuli
from 2016 to 2018
2 moments here
John Pombe Joseph Magufuli was a Tanzanian chemist and politician who served as Tanzania’s fifth president from 5 November 2015 until his death in…
Julius Nyerere
from 1943 to 1994
2 moments here
Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…
Milton Obote
from 1969 to 1980
3 moments here
Apollo Milton Obote was a Ugandan politician who served as prime minister from 1962 to 1966 and as president from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985.…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 2010
1 moment here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Mwai Kibaki
from 1951 to 2012
3 moments here
Kenyan economist and politician who served as Kenya’s third president from 2002 to 2013. This chronology records documented physical presence from…
Pope Francis
in 2015
1 moment here
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was an Argentine Jesuit priest, archbishop of Buenos Aires, cardinal, and head of the Catholic Church and…
Siad Barre
in 1975
1 moment here
Mohammed Siad Barre was a Somali military officer and president of Somalia from 1969 to 1991.…
V. S. Naipaul
in 1966
1 moment here
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad-born British novelist, essayist, and travel writer.…
Yasser Arafat
in 1975
1 moment here
Palestinian political leader, founding member of Fatah, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization from 1969 to 2004, and president of the…
Moments
- 1928 Birth at Shimoni Police Barracks Idi Amin
- 1940 Nubian-riots injury at Wandegeya Idi Amin
- 1943 Makerere College studies Julius Nyerere
- 1945 Work in Kiyindi Parish Idi Amin
- 1951 Makerere undergraduate years Mwai Kibaki
- 1958 Makerere assistant lecturer Mwai Kibaki
- 1962 Makerere African Writers Conference Chinua Achebe
- 1966 Writer-in-residence at Makerere V. S. Naipaul
- 1966 Attack on the Kabaka's palace Idi Amin
- 1969 Assassination attempt at Lugogo Milton Obote
- 1975 Idi Amin wedding in Uganda Yasser Arafat
- 1975 Wedding during OAU summit Idi Amin
- 1975 OAU summit in Kampala Siad Barre
- 1979 Fled Kampala by helicopter Idi Amin
- 1980 Meeting in the President's Office Milton Obote
- 1980 Second presidential inauguration Milton Obote
- 1994 Pan-African Congress Julius Nyerere
- 2010 African Union summit in Kampala Muammar Gaddafi
- 2012 Honorary doctorate at Makerere Mwai Kibaki
- 2015 State visit to Uganda Edgar Lungu
- 2015 Uganda Martyrs commemoration Pope Francis
- 2016 Yoweri Museveni inauguration Edgar Lungu
- 2016 Museveni inauguration John Magufuli
- 2016 Operation Entebbe commemoration Edgar Lungu
- 2018 East African Community summit John Magufuli