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@ Ribeira Grande (now Cidade Velha) 1462 - 1770 308) Praia (1770 - 1975 205)
Portuguese
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@ Ribeira Grande (now Cidade Velha) 1462 - 1770 308) Praia (1770 - 1975 205)
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@ Ribeira Grande (now Cidade Velha) 1462 - 1770 308) Praia (1770 - 1975 205)
Portuguese
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1712 Cassard's Pillage of Portuguese Cape Verde.  |
| 1712 French attack Ribeira Grande |
1781 Battle of Porto Praya   |
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@ Ribeira Grande (now Cidade Velha) 1462 - 1770 308) Praia (1770 - 1975 205)
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@ Ribeira Grande (now Cidade Velha) 1462 - 1770 308) Praia (1770 - 1975 205)
Portuguese
Colony
| 1944 Action of 13 May. Cape Verde Islands, Atlantic USA 1DE 0 VS Japan 1Sub 1 #52X |
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@ Praia
Portuguese, Cape Verdean Creole
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@ Mboul, Senegal.  Wolof |
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@ Mboul, Senegal. Wolof |
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@ Mboul, Senegal. Wolof |
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@ Mboul, Senegal. Wolof |
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Senegal conquered by Kaabu |
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Senegal conquered by Kaabu |
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Senegal conquered by Kaabu |
@ Orefondee
Pulaar
Sunni Islam
Monarchy
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@ SaintLewis
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| 1859 Battle of Logandeme. |
| 1825 FrancoTrarzan War. Senegal. France,
Comte de Villèle vs Forces of Muhammad al Habib |
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@ SaintLewis
Colony
| 1940 Battle of Dakar. Senegal German France 1B 1D 2C 4D 1 3Su 2 1Fre F VS UK, Australia, Free French 2B 2D 1AC 6To 5C 2D 10D |
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British Colony of Gambia
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@ Timbo
Pulaar
Sunni Islam
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Akim Tribes West Africa |
| 1806 - 7 11 AshantiFante War Ashanti Empire
British Empire Fante Confederacy
Dutch Empire Ghana |
1842 France occupies Tahiti, Guinea & Gabon |
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Koya Kingdom
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| 1801 - 5 4 Temne War British Empire
Susu Tribes Kingdom of Koya |
| 1815 TemneSusu War Kingdom of Koya Susu Tribes Sierra Leon |
| 1821 Sierra Leone, Gambia andGold Coast are combined to form British West Africa |
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@Niani; then Kaba, Mali. Ancestor worship. Mandinkan. 1250 100 K KM 1312 1.3M KM 1380 1.1MKM 1500 400K KM Keita Dynasty |
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@Niani; then Kaba, Mali. Ancestor worship. Mandinkan. 1250 100 K KM 1312 1.3M KM 1380 1.1MKM 1500 400K KM Keita Dynasty |
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@ Ségou, Mali Ancestor worship Bambara |
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| 1574 80 Years Warcapital of Zeeland, Middelburg declares forProtestants. |
| 1644 - 74 30 Mauritanian 30 Year War. |
| 1545 Songhai forces sackMalian capital of Niani |
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| 1725 Fulani nomads took complete control of Fuuta Jallon in Guinea & set upfirst of many Fulani jihad states to come. |
| 1738 - 56 18 Famine acrossSahel, halfpopulation of Timbuktu, Mali died. |
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| 1826 Seku Ahmadu conquers Timbuktu |
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| 1907 Great Mosque of Djenné Mali |
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@ Kumasi, Ghana. Ancestor worship. Twi. 1874 #3M 259K KM |
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@ Kumasi, Ghana. Ancestor worship. Twi. 1874 #3M 259K KM |
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@ Kumasi, Ghana. Ancestor worship. Twi. 1874 #3M 259K KM |
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@ Kumasi, Ghana. Ancestor worship. Twi. #3M 259K KM
| 1781 Battle of Elmina |
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@ Kumasi, Ghana. Ancestor worship. Twi. #3M 259K KM |
1811 GaFante War Ghana. Fante Confederacy,
Akwapim Tribes,
Akim Tribes vs Ashanti Empire,
Ga Tribes,
British Empire,
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| 1823 - 31 8 1st AngloAshanti War United Kingdom Ashanti Empire West Africa |
| 1894 - 62 4th AngloAshanti War United Kingdom Ashanti Empire Ghana |
1863 - 4 1 2nd AngloAshanti War Ghana. British Empire vs Ashanti Empire |
| 1894 Holy Trinity Cathedral (Accra) Completed |
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| 1894 Holy Trinity Cathedral (Accra) Completed |
1934 36 Suppression of Ghanese radicals |
| 1940 - 1 1 East African Campaign. Sudan, British Somaliland, Colonial Kenya, Italian Eritrea, Italian Somaliland, French Somaliland, Abyssinia UK, British Somaliland, Kenya Colony, British India, Gold Coast, Colonial Nigeria, N. Rhodesia, S. Rhodesia, Nyasaland, South Africa, Free Ethiopians, Belgium, Belgian Congo, Free French 20 then 250+ 4+ VS Italy 74, Italian E. Africa 182 Eritrean & Somalians 156 6+ 230C |
| 1957 Ghana Malay states become independent |
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Benin Slave trading post exported some thousand slaves a month |
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Benin Slave trading post exported some thousand slaves a month |
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Benin Slave trading post exported some thousand slaves a month |
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Benin Slave trading post exported some thousand slaves a month |
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Abomey, Benin. L Fon R Vodun 8K KM #350K
| 1883 Cotonou Cathedral Diocese Created |
| 1892 - 94 12 2nd Franco-Dahomean War France Dahomey Benin |
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@Lulama, Niger. Songhai |
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@Lulama, Niger. Songhai |
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Kingdom of Dosso
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| 1810 - 8 8 Amadus Jihad Forces of Seku Amadu Bamana Empire Niger |
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| 1795 Mungo Park sets out to discover source of Niger |
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1804 - 10 6 Fulani War, Nigeria & Cameroon. Forces of Usman dan Fodio vs Hausa Kingdoms |
| 1811 - 2 1 OwuIfe War. Nigeria. Owu vs Kingdom of IleIfe |
| 1854 French conquest of Senegal |
| 1804 - 10 6 Fulani Jihad in Nigeria. |
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| 1940 - 1 1 East African Campaign. Sudan, British Somaliland, Colonial Kenya, Italian Eritrea, Italian Somaliland, French Somaliland, Abyssinia UK, British Somaliland, Kenya Colony, British India, Gold Coast, Colonial Nigeria, N. Rhodesia, S. Rhodesia, Nyasaland, South Africa, Free Ethiopians, Belgium, Belgian Congo, Free French 20 then 250+ 4+ VS Italy 74, Italian E. Africa 182 Eritrean & Somalians 156 6+ 230C |
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| 1903 Britain takes Sokoto & ends Fulani Empire. Nigeria. |
| 1995 Nigeria suspended from Commonwealth |
| 1960 British Nigeria Independant. |
| 1984 Abuja National Mosque nigeria |
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