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| 1951 | Northern Rhodesian African National Congress |  |
| Appointed Organising Secretary of the Northern Rhodes ian African National Congress for Northern Province |
| 1953 | Chairman Secretary General | |
| Appointed Secretary General of the ANC, under the presidency of Harry Nkumbula |
| 1953 | Rule of Nyasaland | |
| The combined efforts of Kaunda and Nkumbula are unsuccessful in mobilizing African people against the White-dominated Federation of Rhodes ia and Nyasaland |
| 1953 | Rule of Rhodesia | |
| The combined efforts of Kaunda and Nkumbula are unsuccessful in mobilizing African people against the White-dominated Federation of Rhodes ia and Nyasaland |
| 1955 | Arrest | |
| Kaunda and Nkumbula are imprisoned for two months (with hard labour) for distributing "subversive" literature |
| 1958 | Zambian African National Congress | |
| Oct Kaunda breaks from the ANC and forms the Zambian African National Congress (ZANC) |
| 1959 | Arrest | |
| Kaunda is sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, which he spent first in Lusaka, then in Salisbury (Harare) |
| Oct While Kaunda is in prison, Mainza Chona and other nationalists break away from the ANC and, in October 1959, Chona becomes the first President of the United National Independence Party (UNIP), the successor to ZANC |
| 1959 | United National Independence Party | |
| Oct While Kaunda is in prison, Mainza Chona and other nationalists break away from the ANC and, in October 1959, Chona becomes the first President of the United National Independence Party (UNIP), the successor to ZANC |
| 1959 | Zambian African National Congress | |
| The Zambian African National Congress is banned |
| 1960 | President | |
| Jan When Kaunda is released from prison he is elected President of UNIP |
| 1964 | Constitution | |
| Jan UNIP win the General Election under the new Constitution beating the ANC under Nkumbula, Kaunda is appointed Prime Minister |
| 24th Oct The first President of independent Zambia |
| 1964 | Economy | |
| Zambia institutes a program of national development under the direction of the National Commission for Development Planning, the Trans itional Development Plan (1964-66) |
| 1964 | General Election | |
| Jan When Kaunda is released from prison he is elected President of UNIP |
| 1964 | Independence | |
| 24th Oct The first President of independent Zambia |
| 1964 | National Commission for Development Planning | |
| Zambia institutes a program of national development under the direction of the National Commission for Development Planning, the Trans itional Development Plan (1964-66) |
| 1964 | President | |
| 24th Oct The first President of independent Zambia |
| 1964 | Prime Minister | |
| Jan UNIP won the General Election under the new Constitution beating the ANC under Nkumbula, Kaunda is appointed Prime Minister |
| 1964 | State of Emergency | |
| Zambia institutes a program of national development under the direction of the National Commission for Development Planning, the Trans itional Development Plan (1964-66) |
| 1964 | Transitional Development Plan | |
| Zambia institutes a program of national development under the direction of the National Commission for Development Planning, the Trans itional Development Plan (1964-66) |
| 1965 | State of Emergency | |
| Kaunda proclaims a state of emergency that lasts until 1991 |
| 1966 | Economy | |
| Zambia institutes the First National Development Plan (1966-71) |
| 1966 | First National Development Plan | |
| Zambia institutes the First National Development Plan (1966-71) |
| 1966 | National Development Plan | |
| Zambia institutes the First National Development Plan (1966-71) |
| 1966 | University of Zambia | |
| Lusaka The University of Zambia is opened after Zambians all over the country had been encouraged to donate whatever they could afford towards its construction |
| 1968 | Economy | |
| April The Mulungushi Reforms, the government declares its intention to acquire an equity holding (51% or more) in key foreign-owned firms, controlled by the Indus trial Development Corporation (INDECO) |
| 1968 | Industrial Development Corporation | |
| April The Mulungushi Reforms, the government declares its intention to acquire an equity holding (51% or more) in key foreign-owned firms, controlled by the Indus trial Development Corporation (INDECO) |
| 1968 | Mulungushi Reforms | |
| April The Mulungushi Reforms, the government declares its intention to acquire an equity holding (51% or more) in key foreign-owned firms, controlled by the Indus trial Development Corporation (INDECO) |
| 1968 | Political Parties | |
| Kaunda bans all parties except UNIP, following violence during the 1968 elections |
| 1970 | Anglo American Corporation | |
| Zambia had acquired majority holding in the Zambian operations of the two major foreign mining corporations, the Anglo American Corporation and the Rhodes ia Selection Trust (RST) |
| 1970 | Economy | |
| Zambia had acquired majority holding in the Zambian operations of the two major foreign mining corporations, the Anglo American Corporation and the Rhodes ia Selection Trust (RST) |
| 1970 | Finance and Development Corporation | |
| The Finance and Development Corporation (FINDECO) allows the Zambian government to gain control of insurance companies and building societies |
| 1970 | Mining Development Corporation | |
| Kaunda announces the creation of a new parastatal body, the Mining Development Corporation (MINDECO) |
| 1970 | Rhodesia Selection Trust | |
| Kaunda announces the creation of a new parastatal body, the Mining Development Corporation (MINDECO) |
| Zambia had acquired majority holding in the Zambian operations of the two major foreign mining corporations, the Anglo American Corporation and the Rhodes ia Selection Trust (RST) |
| 1972 | Chona Commission | |
| Appoints the Chona Commission, was set up under the chairmanship of Mainza Chona to make recommendations for the constitution of a 'one-party participatory democracy' |
| 1972 | Constitution | |
| Kuanda appoints the Chona Commission, was set up under the chairmanship of Mainza Chona to make recommendations for the constitution of a 'one-party participatory democracy' |
| Zambia becomes a one-party state, probably because Kuanda is worried by Simon Kapwepwe's decision to leave UNIP and found a rival party, the United Progressive Party, which Kaunda immediately bans |
| 1972 | Political Parties | |
| Zambia becomes a one-party state, probably because Kuanda is worried by Simon Kapwepwe's decision to leave UNIP and found a rival party, the United Progressive Party, which Kaunda immediately bans |
| 1982 | Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd | |
| The giant Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd (ZCCM) is created |
| 1987 | Economy | |
| Kaunda breaks with the IMF in May 1987 and introduces a New Economic Recovery Programme in 1988 |
| 1988 | Economy | |
| 1988 | New Economic Recovery Programme | |
| Kaunda breaks with the IMF in May 1987 and introduces a New Economic Recovery Programme in 1988 |
| 1990 | Economy | |
| With the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe Kaunda is forced to make a major policy shift, he announces the intention to partially privatize the parastatals |
