State · 1885 – 1966
Bechuanaland Protectorate
A state of 1885 – 1966 — 81 years in sub-Saharan Africa. It was replaced by Botswana. The atlas records 1 thing within it — unrest and atrocity 1. Its line of rulers holds 6 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 81 years
- 1885 – 1966
- Rulers
- 6
- the Monarch
- Within it
- 1
- recorded row
- Symbol
- 1
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
After it
- Botswana · replaced by · 1966 – present
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Victoria | 1885 – 1901 | 16 years | ending not on record | |
| Edward VII | 1901 – 1910 | 9 years | ending not on record | child |
| George V | 1910 – 1936 | 26 years | ending not on record | child |
| Edward VIII | 1936 – 1936 | under a year | ending not on record | child |
| George VI | 1936 – 1952 | 16 years | ending not on record | sibling |
| Elizabeth II | 1952 – 1966 | 14 years | ending not on record | child |
6 rulers, 6 with terms dated as terms, covering 1885 – 1966. Median reign 15 years. 0 of 5 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flag or arms
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
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What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 19991 row · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Sharpeville massacre · atrocity · 1960
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood81 years
stood longer than 42% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median16 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 51% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record6
has more rulers on record than 69% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 0 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1875 – 1976, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1926, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q747314 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.