Era 0 — Colonial (1900–1959) — Kaduna State

1902 — Fall of Zaria. Colonel Morland's WAFF column takes the city without major resistance.
1903 — Kano falls (3 Feb); Battle of Burmi (27 July) kills Sultan Attahiru I in flight.
1920 — British depose Emir Aliyu dan Sidi of Zazzau for "misrule"; replace with Dallatu.
1929–1933 — Native Court protests in Kafanchan and Zangon Kataf against Zaria's appointed District Heads being placed over the southern Kaduna chiefdoms.Unprosecuted Massacre Cycle
1945 — Kaduna phase of the COLA general strike (Imoudu); railway and PWD workers in Kaduna paralyse the Northern administration for 45 days.Economic Shock Cycle
1953 — Kano Riots (1–4 May). Triggered by Action Group leader Akintola's planned visit to Kano in the aftermath of the Lagos self-government motion; spreads to Kaduna and Zaria. 36 killed (29 southerners, 7 northerners) per the Macpherson Commission. See Kano Riots 1953.Unprosecuted Massacre Cycle