ReligionThe 1800s

Religion in the 1800s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged religion — faiths, institutions and religious change, narrowed to the 1800s — 3 of them, drawn from 3 nations, running from 1804 to 1809. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
3
Nations
3
Earliest
1804
Latest
1809

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Africa

    Niger

    Sokoto jihad reshapes the Hausa lands

    The Sokoto Caliphate's rise to the south drove Hausa rivals such as Gobir and the Katsina rulers northward into present-day Niger, recasting the politics of the southern savanna.

    Era: Hausa states, Damagaram and the shadow of Bornu

    Sources: History of Niger · Wikipedia, Niger (country) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. Africa

    Nigeria

    Usman dan Fodio launches his jihad

    The Fulani scholar Usman dan Fodio began a jihad in the Hausa lands, rallying followers against the existing rulers and igniting a religious and political revolution across the north.

    Era: The Atlantic slave trade and the Sokoto Caliphate

    Sources: Sultanate of Sokoto (Sokoto Caliphate): 1804–1903 · BlackPast.org, Usman dan Fodio · Wikipedia

  3. Africa

    Cameroon

    Modibo Adama founds the Adamawa Emirate

    Acting under Usman dan Fodio, the Fulani leader Modibo Adama launched a jihad into Fombina and established the Adamawa Emirate, spreading Islam and Fulani rule across the north as part of the Sokoto Caliphate.

    Era: Grassfields kingdoms, the Douala coast and the Fulani north

    Sources: Modibo Adama · Wikipedia, Adamawa (traditional emirate) · Encyclopaedia Britannica