Charles Lwanga is killed during the Buganda persecutions
About this date: The marker dates Lwanga's death; other victims were killed on different dates.
Charles Lwanga, a Catholic leader among royal pages, is killed during persecution of Christians in Buganda.
Historical context
The court setting connects religious conversion with authority, loyalty, and resistance to coercion. The wider persecution affected both Catholic and Anglican believers.
Key points
- Lwanga's death is dated to 3 June 1886.
- The executions were a series of events, not a single undifferentiated incident.
- Catholic and Anglican commemorations overlap without making all the victims members of one church.
People
- Charles Lwanga
- Mwanga II
Sources and further reading
- Saints Charles Lwanga et ses 21 compagnons martyrs en Ouganda
Catholic commemorative biography dates Lwanga's execution and acknowledges Anglican fellow martyrs. - Uganda Martyrs Day historical overview
Institutional overview places the June 1886 executions within the wider persecution of Catholic and Anglican converts.