Chronology of events leading to Biafran Civil War

15 Jan. 1966	Military coup
24 May 1966	Unified Nigerian governance imposed by military
29 July 1966	Within Army: Northern troops massacred 240 Southern officers & soldiers (predominantly Easterners)
Sept. 1966	Massacres in North of Southerners [Amadi refers to these in Sunset]
30 May 1967	Republic of Biafra declared
1 June 1967	State system of central government instituted in law
1967-69	Mass migrations of Biafrans
1970	Nigerian Army controlled Port Harcourt; forced end of Biafra