Events in Burundi History
- 1962-06-30 Rwanda and Burundi become independent
- 1962-07-01 Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days)
- 1962-09-18 Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica & Trinidad admitted (105th-108th) to UN
- 1966-07-08 King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi
- 1966-11-28 Coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared
- 1981-11-20 Burundi adopts its constitution
- 1987-09-03 Coup in Burundi suspends constitution
- 1993-06-01 Melchior Ndadaye elected President of Burundi
- 1993-07-10 Melchior Ndadaye becomes 1st Hutu Burundi President, Sylvie Kinigi Prime Minister
- 1993-10-21 Failed military coup in Burundi, led by ex-President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, includes assassination President Ndadaye; 525,000 Hutus flee
Rwandan Genocide
1994-04-06 Plane carrying Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down by surface-to-air missiles, abruptly ending peace negotiations and sparking the Rwandan Genocide. Those responsible have never been identified.
- 1994-09-30 Sylvestre Ntibantunganya elected president of Burundi
- 1995-02-15 Burundi premier Anatole Kanyenkiko resigns
- 1995-02-23 Antoine Nduwayo appointed Premier of Burundi
- 2004-08-13 156 Congolese Tutsi refugees massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi
- 2015-12-11 Unrest in Burundi leads to clashes between authorities and protesters in Bujumbura, killing at least 87
Famous People from Burundi
- 1953-03-28 Melchior Ndadaye, 1st Hutu President of Burundi (1993), born in Nyabihanga, Burundi (d. 1993)