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In 1659, France established the trading post of Saint-Louis, Senegal, starting the colonization of the region. The territories in the interior of Senegal were colonized in the XIX century. French Senegal was a predecessor of modern-day Senegal but before the early XX century the colony included several other territores, particularly those that were recently conquered by France.
Establishment
January 1660: In 1659, France established the trading post of Saint-Louis, Senegal.
Chronology
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Was the graudal French conquest of modern-day Senegal that started in 1659 when France established the trading post of Saint-Louis.
January 1784: In 1783, French Senegal was returned to France after the American Revolutionary War, where France emerged victorious. This decision was made as part of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the war and resulted in territorial exchanges between European powers.
January 1810: Saint-Louis (Senegal) conquered by great britain.
January 1856: French conquest of the Kingdom of Waloo.
Was a global conflict that involved most of the European great powers, and was fought primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. At the end of the war the main winner was Great Britain, that obtained territories in North America, the Caribbean and India, becoming the most powerful maritime and colonial of the European powers.
2.1.African Theatre (Seven Years' War)
Was the African theatre of the Seven Years' War.
2.1.1.Capture of Senegal
Was a British naval expedition against the French island of Gorée off the coast of Senegal during the Seven Years' War.
May 1758: In 1758, during the Seven Years' War, British General Jeffrey Amherst led the military occupation of Saint-Louis, Senegal. The French garrison, under Governor Jean-Baptiste du Casse, was caught off guard and the fort surrendered to the British forces led by Colonel William Marsh on May 1, 1758. Local traders in the area then pledged their loyalty to the British.
November 1758: In 1758, during the Seven Years' War, the French trading station on the Gambia was captured by British forces led by Admiral Augustus Keppel and Lieutenant Colonel Robert Boyd. This military occupation of the whole French Senegalese coast was part of Britain's strategy to gain control of key trading posts in West Africa.
Were a series of conflicts from 1883 to 1898 between France and the Wassoulou Empire.
3.1.First Mandingo War
Was a war between France and the Wassoulou Empire.
January 1884: French troops occupied Bamako.
January 1810: Saint-Louis (Senegal) is reconquered by the French.
January 1826: In the Franco-Trarzan War of 1825, the French started to assert control of the mouth of the Senegal river against the rival state of Trarza.
January 1838: Purchase of land by France in Senegal where it builds the fortress of Sédhiou.
January 1851: The French admiral Bouët-Willaumez made a number of treaties with coastal communities in the area (usually under the threat of force), and ensured Marseilles based trade houses exclusive access to the palm oil trade by the 1840s.
January 1851: Although the Kingdom of Saloum won some major battles against the French, it was eventually conquered in 1850.
January 1855: From 1854, French colonial administrator Faidherbe started to establish a series of inland forts up the Senegal River.
January 1861: The French colonial governor of Senegal Louis Faidherbe in the 1850s formalised the colonial structure which was christened Rivières du Sud.
January 1861: Signing of treaties by the French with several villages of Boulouf: Tendouck, Elana, Mangagoulack and others.
January 1861: Fouta Toro was conquered by France in 1860.
March 1865: On 6 March 1865 Kayor was incorporated into the French colony of Senegal.
November 1865: In 1865, Maba Diakhou Bâ, a Muslim leader, enlisted the support of Lat Dior, a powerful ruler of Cayor, to conquer the Kingdom of Sine. This marked the beginning of their campaign to expand their influence over the neighboring states of Baol and Djolof.
February 1871: Cayor regains its independency from French Senegal.
January 1872: The Kingdom of Rip was supplanted by the French.
January 1876: Kingdom of Jolof conquered by Imamate of Futa Jallon.
January 1880: France invaded again and annexed Cayor again in 1879, when it ceased to be a sovereign state.
April 1888: The town of Ziguinchor was eventually handed over to France, in a deal brokered amongst the colonial powers at the Berlin conference of 1886.
August 1890: The western part of actual Mali was renamed French Sudan on August 18, 1890.
January 1891: By 1890, the colony of Senegal practically covered all the territories of modern-day Senegal.
January 1895: From 1895 the inland of Gambia was part of the British Gambia Colony and Protectorate.
January 1899: Zarmakoy Attikou (r.1897-1902) took the military help offered by the French forces based in Karimama, but found that after the military conquest of his enemies in 1898, the French forces remained stationed in Dosso.
January 1900: Goure became part of French Senegal.
January 1900: When French colonists reached Kokoro in 1899, the local people cooperated with them, paying taxes and providing laborers. The polity was integrated into French Senegal.
January 1900: Tera became part of French Senegal.
January 1900: Dargol became part of French Senegal.
January 1901: What remained of the Brakna Confederation was integrated into French Senegal.
January 1901: King Diawara was captured by French forces and then executed. This event marks the end of the kingdom of Diarra.
January 1901: The Sultanate of Makari was annexed by the French colonial empire.
January 1903: Expansion of German Kamerun after border treaties with France (1902).
January 1903: The Emirate of Trarza was annexed by France in 1902.
May 1903: French Mauritania was officially established on 21 May 1903.
January 1906: In 1905 Bondu was annexed by France and incorporated as a protectorate in the French colony of Senegal.
January 1912: To mark the borders between French Senegal and British Gambia, various pillars were erected in 1911.
January 1914: At some point before WWI the borders of the Protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria with the French colonies in Africa were adjusted in accordance with the agreements made at the Berlin Conference.
January 1932: Fuladu ruler Moussa Molo maintained a strong resistance against colonisation in the Upper Casamance, but he was defeated and killed in battle at Keserekunda in Gambia in 1931 by invading French forces.
April 1959: In April 1959, Senegal became a member of the Federation of Mali.
Disestablishment
April 1959: In April 1959, Senegal became a member of the Federation of Mali.
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Senegal (French Colony)
