June

• 30 June - Arnold Goodman
  Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman
  Arnold Abraham Goodman, Baron Goodman, CH, QC, was a British lawyer and political advisor.-Life:Lord Goodman was educated at University College London and Downing College, Cambridge. He became a leading London lawyer as Senior Partner in the law firm Goodman, Derrick & Co...
  
  , a British
  United Kingdom
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
  
   special envoy arrives in Rhodesia
  Rhodesia
  Rhodesia , officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state located in southern Africa that existed between 1965 and 1979 following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965...
  
   for talks with the Rhodesian government

November

• 15 November - Alec Douglas-Home
  Alec Douglas-Home
  Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC , known as The Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963 and as Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 1963 to 1974, was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964.He is the last...
  
  , the British Foreign Secretary, arrives in Salisbury
  Harare
  Harare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...
  
   to discuss settlement proposals
• 24 November - Ian Smith
  Ian Smith
  Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID was a politician active in the government of Southern Rhodesia, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe Rhodesia and Zimbabwe from 1948 to 1987, most notably serving as Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 13 April 1964 to 1 June 1979...
  
  , Rhodesian Prime Minister, and Alec Douglas-Home sign an agreement setting out proposals for settlement

December

• 16 December - The African National Council
  United African National Council
  The United African National Council is a political party in Zimbabwe.In 1979, led by Bishop Abel Muzorewa, the UANC Party held formal power in Zimbabwe during the short-lived period of the Internal Settlement...
  
   is set up as a temporary non-political body under Bishop Abel Muzorewa
  Abel Muzorewa
  Bishop Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia from the Internal Settlement to the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979...
  
   to oppose the settlement terms

See also

• 1970 in Zimbabwe
  1970 in Zimbabwe
  See also:1969 in Zimbabwe,other events of 1970,1971 in Zimbabwe and theTimeline of Zimbabwe history.-----March:* 2 March - Rhodesia becomes a republic but is not recognized by the international community...
  
  
• other events of 1971
• 1972 in Zimbabwe
  1972 in Zimbabwe
  -January:*11 January-11 March - The Pearce Commission arrives in Rhodesia to conduct tests of acceptability of settlement proposals which was agreed on in 1971-March:...
  
  
• Timeline of Zimbabwe history
  Timeline of Zimbabwe history
  -The Conquests:*1600s - 1610s - 1620s - 1630s - 1640s - 1650s - 1660s - 1670s - 1680s - 1690s*1700s - 1710s - 1720s - 1730s - 1740s - 1750s - 1760s - 1770s - 1780s - 1790s*1800s - 1810s - 1820s - 1830s - 1840s - 1850s - 1860s - 1870s - 1880s - 1890s...