Dates & Causes
Dates
1959 - A Hutu Rebellion rises against Tutsis and Belgians (Timeline, 2014)
January 1961 - Tutsi Monarchy is abolished (Timeline, 2014)
1973 - Juvénal Habyarimana takes control of Rwanda (Timeline, 2014)
1989 - World coffee prices plummet. This significantly affects Rwanda's economy because coffee was one of its major cash crops.
1990 - RPF invade Rwanda, causing a civil war (Timeline, 2014)
1991 - A new constitution allows for multiple political parties (Timeline, 2014)
April 7, 1994 - Hutu extremists begin killing their political opponents (Timeline, 2014)
April 9, 1994 - Massacre at Gikondo - hundreds of Tutsis are killed in the Pallottine Missionary Catholic Church (Timeline, 2014)
April 15-16, 1994 - Massacre at the Nyarubuye Roman Catholic Church. Thousands of Tutsi are killed (first by grenades and guns and then by machetes and clubs) (Timeline, 2014)
April 18, 1994 -The Kibuye Massacres. An estimated 12,000 Tutsis are killed after sheltering at the Gatwaro stadium in Gitesi. Another 50,000 are killed in the hills of Bisesero. More are killed in the town's hospital and church (Timeline, 2014)
April 28-29 - Around 250,000 people, mostly Tutsi, flee to neighboring Tanzania (Timeline, 2014)
May 23, 1994 - The RPF takes control of the presidential palace (Timeline, 2014)
July 5, 1994 - The French create a safe zone in the southwest corner of Rwanda (Timeline, 2014)
July 13, 1994 - About one million people, mostly Hutu, begin fleeing to Zaire (Timeline, 2014)
Mid-July 1994 - The Rwanda Genocide ends when the RPF gains control of the country (Timeline, 2014)
1959 - A Hutu Rebellion rises against Tutsis and Belgians (Timeline, 2014)
January 1961 - Tutsi Monarchy is abolished (Timeline, 2014)
1973 - Juvénal Habyarimana takes control of Rwanda (Timeline, 2014)
1989 - World coffee prices plummet. This significantly affects Rwanda's economy because coffee was one of its major cash crops.
1990 - RPF invade Rwanda, causing a civil war (Timeline, 2014)
1991 - A new constitution allows for multiple political parties (Timeline, 2014)
April 7, 1994 - Hutu extremists begin killing their political opponents (Timeline, 2014)
April 9, 1994 - Massacre at Gikondo - hundreds of Tutsis are killed in the Pallottine Missionary Catholic Church (Timeline, 2014)
April 15-16, 1994 - Massacre at the Nyarubuye Roman Catholic Church. Thousands of Tutsi are killed (first by grenades and guns and then by machetes and clubs) (Timeline, 2014)
April 18, 1994 -The Kibuye Massacres. An estimated 12,000 Tutsis are killed after sheltering at the Gatwaro stadium in Gitesi. Another 50,000 are killed in the hills of Bisesero. More are killed in the town's hospital and church (Timeline, 2014)
April 28-29 - Around 250,000 people, mostly Tutsi, flee to neighboring Tanzania (Timeline, 2014)
May 23, 1994 - The RPF takes control of the presidential palace (Timeline, 2014)
July 5, 1994 - The French create a safe zone in the southwest corner of Rwanda (Timeline, 2014)
July 13, 1994 - About one million people, mostly Hutu, begin fleeing to Zaire (Timeline, 2014)
Mid-July 1994 - The Rwanda Genocide ends when the RPF gains control of the country (Timeline, 2014)