List of years in Lesotho

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This is a timeline of History of Lesotho . Each article deals with events in Lesotho in a given year.

Twentieth century

1990s
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
1980s
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
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1989
1970s
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1960s
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969

Twenty-first century

2020s
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2010s
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2000s
2000
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2009

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