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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | GOVERNOR | 
| 1894 | 23 january | Part of UK Rhodesia colony | |
| 1924 | 6 april | UK Colony of Northern Rhodesia | Sir Herbert James Stanley | 
| 1927 | 25 july | Richard Allmond Jeffrey Goode | |
| 1927 | 31 august | Sir James Crawford Maxwell | |
| 1932 | 1 december | Sir Ronald Storrs | |
| 1935 | 7 january | Sir Hubert Winthrop Young | |
| 1938 | 1 september | Sir John Alexander Maybin | |
| 1941 | 9 april | William Marston Logan | |
| 1941 | 16 october | Sir Eubule John Waddington | |
| 1947 | 16 october | Robert Christopher Stafford Stanley | |
| 1948 | 19 february | Sir Gilbert McCall Rennie | |
| 1953 | 1 august | State of Rhodesia Federation | |
| 1964 | 1 january | Self governing State of Rhodesia Federation | Sir Evelyn Dennison Hone |