Chronological Order of Events in Northern Somalia
- 1884 - Khedives evacuate Somali coast. British garrison to Berbera from Bombay.
- 1885 - British treaties with the Issa, Isaaq and Darod clans.
- 1886 - British treaty with the Warsangali.
- 1895 - Mohammed Abdullah Hassan's Salihiyya religious revival in Berbera fails.
- 1898 - The British Foreign Office takes over administration of the British Somaliland Protectorate from the India Office. The Protectorate was then the only self-supporting British dependency in eastern Africa.
- 1899 - First truculent letter from Hassan at Kirit to Protectorate Administration.
- 1900 - Abyssinians fights Hassan at Haradigit. Hassan takes 2,000 Eidegalla camels.
- 1900 - November - Swayne's first expedition with engagements at: Kirit, Samala, Welahed, Anahadigli, Kurgerad, Ferdidin.
- 1901 - October - Swayne's second expedition with engagements at: Erago.
- 1903 - April - Third expedition with engagements at: Daratoleh.
- 1904 - January - Fourth expedition with engagements at: Jidballi.
- 1904 - March - Jidbali occupies: Higligab, and Las Khorey.
- 1904 - 21 March - Illig (Eyl).
- 1904 - October - Pestalozza Peace.
- 1909 - November - Sultan's forces repel British to coast.
- 1913 - 9 August - Battle of Dul Madoba, Hassan's forces defeat Somaliland Camel Constabulary. Colonel Richard Corfield also killed.
- 1913 - 5 September - Hassan raids Burao.
- 1914 - 12 March - Hassan raids Berbera. Somaliland Camel Corps established.
- 1914 - November - Shimbir Beris.
- 1916 - May - Dervishes shelled from sea whilst besieging Las Khorey.
- 1919 - November - Fifth (and "final") expedition with engagements at Badhan, Las Khorey, Medishe, Jidali, Talex.
- 1920 - January - British employ aerial bombardment for the first time on the continent in order to defeat of Hassan at: Medishe, Jidali, Badhan, Taleh, 3,000 H.Y. Warsangali, and Dhulbahante attack Hassan at Gorah near Shinileh. The year of aeroplanes (daiurada).
- 1920 - November - Hassan dies of influenza. Sultan Mohamoud Ali Shire exiled to Seychelles for seven years for ignoring British entreaties.
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