Kingdom of Whydah
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Was a precolonial kingdom on the coast of West Africa in what is now Benin.
Establishment
January 1551: The Kingdom of Whydah was centered in Savi and is said to have been founded at the end of the first half of the sixteenth century.
Chronology
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1. Events
January 1681: Foundation of Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá.
January 1703: Akwamu conquest of Whydah, a coastal state of Dahomey.
January 1709: Under King Haffon the territory of Whydah was expanded to 64 km coast, stretching 40 km inland.
March 1727: The last ruler of Whydah was King Haffon who was deposed in 1727, when Whydah was conquered by the Kingdom of Dahomey.
Disestablishment
March 1727: The last ruler of Whydah was King Haffon who was deposed in 1727, when Whydah was conquered by the Kingdom of Dahomey.
