Ashanti Empire
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Was a precolonial Akan state located in actual Ghana, Togo and Ivory Coast, and was one of the most powerful empires of the region during its time of existence.
Establishment
January 1702: Dwaben under Asante sovereignty.
January 1702: The Ashanti Kingdom utterly defeated them at the Battle of Feyiase, proclaiming its independence in 1701.
January 1702: The Asante Empire (Asante Twi: Asanteman) was an Akan empire and kingdom from 1701.
Chronology
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Expansion during the rule of Opoku Ware I in the Ashanti Empire.
January 1724: In 1723 Bono-Manso was conquered by the Asantehene (Ashanti king) Opoku Ware I and incorporated into the Ashanti kingdom.
January 1724: The Akwamu Kingdom was crushed about 1731 and annexed to the Ashanti Empire.
January 1724: Bono Manso annexed by Asanteman.
January 1741: In 1740, the Tekyiman Bono Empire was also incorporated into the Ashanti Empire.
January 1751: It was during the reign of Opokou Ware I (1718-1750) that the Ashanti Empire reached its maximum expansion controlling most of the territory of present-day Ghana, but also spilling over into parts of present-day Togo and Ivory Coast.
January 1751: Banda became part of the Ashanti Empire.
Was a war fought between the Ashanti Empire and the Fante Confederacy.
January 1812: The Ashanti captured a Dutch fort and a British fort at Apam and Tantamkweri respectively.
Were a series of wars between the British Empire and the Ashanti Empire (in present-day Ghana) that resulted in the latter becoming a British protectorate.
3.1.First Anglo-Ashanti War
Was a war between the British Empire and the Ashanti Empire of modern-day Ghana.
August 1824: On 7 August, the Ashanti army appeared and attacked the centre of the British line where the best troops were held.
September 1824: The novelty of the weapons, the explosions, rocket trails, and grievous wounds caused by flying metal shards caused the Ashanti retreat from the British territory.
January 1832: In 1831, the Pra River was accepted as the border between the British Gold Coast and the Ashanti Empire in a treaty.
3.2.Second Anglo-Ashanti War
Was a war between the British Empire and the Ashanti Empire of modern-day Ghana.
January 1865: Ashanti forces leave the territories they conquered during the Second Anglo-Ashanti War.
3.3.Third Anglo-Ashanti War
Was a war between the British Empire and the Ashanti Empire of modern-day Ghana.
February 1874: In 1874, the British forces, led by Governor Sir Garnet Wolseley, captured Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Empire. The Ashanti people abandoned the city to avoid further conflict with the British Gold Coast.
February 1874: The British leave Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti Empire, after a brief occupation.
August 1874: The Ashanti signed the Treaty of Fomena in July 1874 to end the Third Anglo-Ashanti War.
January 1718: In 1717, the territory of Gyaaman became part of the Ashanti Empire under the rule of King Osei Tutu.
January 1718: In 1717, Mampong became part of the Ashanti Empire under the rule of King Osei Tutu.
January 1721: Sefwi-Wiawso is established.
January 1724: Establishment of the Techiman Bono Kingdom.
January 1730: Nana Brempong Codjo becomes the first king of the chiefdom of Oguaa.
January 1735: By 1734 Denmark established Fort Fredensborg (today: Old Ningo) in the Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana).
January 1736: Manya Krobo is established.
January 1746: The Agani-N'Denie kingdom was founded in the actual Indénié-Djuablin region of Cote d'Ivoire.
January 1785: By 1787 Denmark established Fort Kongensten (today: Ada) in the Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana).
January 1806: Establishment of Assin Atandaso.
January 1807: Kpando state founded.
January 1813: Ewe state of Agwe founded in present-day Togo.
January 1819: Nana Korankye Ampaw established the chiefdom of Akyem Bosume in the early 19th century.
January 1869: In 1868 Denkyira entered the Fante Confederacy to fight for Great Britain against the alliance of the Asante Empire and the Dutch people.
January 1875: In 1874, the territory of Dwaben gained independence from Asanteman. Dwaben was a prominent state within the Ashanti Empire in present-day Ghana.
January 1875: Britain annexed the whole region south of the Asante empire as the Gold Coast crown colony.
January 1877: In 1874, the territory of Dwaben gained independence from Asanteman. Dwaben was a prominent state within the Ashanti Empire in present-day Ghana.
January 1891: By 1893, when the colony of French Ivory Coast was founded, the interior is presumed to be aleady occupied.
Disestablishment
January 1896: Establishment of the British protectorate over the Ashanti Empire.
