ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Cote d'Ivoire </title> <META name="keywords" keyword="Ivory Coast, Rivieres du Sud, French West Africa"> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2005-2007 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "150" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Cote d'Ivoire <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xciv.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xciv.html"> <img src = "../banners/banivory.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../histatlas/westafrica/haxciv.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "100" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Historical Atlas <BR> Cote d'Ivoire </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on March 25th 2005, last revised on April 5th 2005</i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5834279270464755"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-02-17: MIT_ Ganse google_ad_channel = "0420158018"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : Cote d'Ivoire </B></font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 1460es <BR> 1637 <BR> 1700 <BR><BR> 1842-1844 <BR> 1872 <BR> 1882 <BR> 1892 <BR> 1893 <BR> 1893 <BR> 1893-1898 <BR> 1895 <BR> 1900 <BR> 1900 <BR> 1905 <BR> 1905 <BR> 1909 <BR> 1917 <BR> 1926 <BR> 1932 <BR> 1933 <BR> 1934 <BR> 1940-1945 <BR> 1943 <BR> 1944 <BR> 1945 <BR> 1945 <BR> 1946 <BR> 1951 <BR> 1951 <BR> 1952 <BR> 1956 <BR> 1958 <BR> 1959 <BR> 1960 <BR> 1960 <BR> 1960 <BR> 1962 <BR> 1963 <BR> 1963 <BR> 1964 <BR> early 1970es <BR> 1975 <BR> 1976 <BR> 1979 <BR> 1983 <BR> 1990 <BR> 1993 <BR> 1994 <BR> 1995 <BR> 1999 <BR> 2000 <BR> 2000 <BR> 2000 <BR> 2001 <BR> 2002- <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Portuguese navigators reached Cote d'Ivoire <BR> French missionaries landed at Assinie <BR> French trading factories established at Assinie (abandoned 1704) at Grand Bassam <BR> (abandoned 1707) <BR> French protectorate declared over coastal zone (Grand Bassam, Assinie; under Senegal) <BR> France withdrew her garrisons; protectorate handed over to a French merchant, Verdier <BR> French protectorate on Cote d'Ivoire administrated as part of Rivieres du Sud (under Senegal) <BR> Franco-Liberianm agreement over mutual spheres of interest <BR> Cote d'Ivoire declared a separate colony <BR> Anglo-French agreement over mutual spheres of interest <BR> War against Samori Toure <BR> Cote d'Ivoire part of French West Africa <BR> Capital moved from Grand Bassam to Bingerville <BR> Introduction of a head tax <BR> Begin of railway construction <BR> First cacao tree planted in Cote d'Ivoire <BR> Revolt of the Akoue <BR> Resistance of the Baoule ended <BR> Census : population 1,724,500 <BR> Upper Volta partitioned; a large chunk annexed into Cote d'Ivoire <BR> Capital moved from Bingerville to Abidjan <BR> Railroad Abidjan-Bobo Dioulasso opened <BR> World War II <BR> Administration of Cote d'Ivoire switched allegiance from Vichy to Free French <BR> Union of African Farmers founded <BR> Currency Reform; CFA (Franc des Colonies Africaines) introduced <BR> Upper Volta restored <BR> Cote d'Ivoire no more colony, but overseas territory; CIV represented in French Nat'l Assembly <BR> Opening of Vridi Canal turned Abidjan into important sea port <BR> Begin of radio broadcasting (RTI) <BR> Women granted right to vote <BR> Limited self-government granted <BR> Cote d'Ivoire became Republic within Union Fran&ccedil;aise <BR> Center for Higher Education at Abidjan est.; since 1964 Univ. of Abidjan <BR> Cote d'Ivoire released into independence <BR> Population 3,230,000 <BR> Cote d'Ivoire admitted to the U.N. <BR> West African Monetary Union (WAMU) established, CIV member <BR> Cote d.Ivoire founding member of O.A.U. <BR> Radiodiffusion Television Ivorienne (RTI) began to broadcast tv program <BR> Party purges <BR> Oil discovered <BR> Govt. promoted cultivation of cotton, rubber, to reduce dependency on coffee, cocoa <BR> Abidjan Stock Exchange established <BR> Cote dIvoire became the world's leading cocoa producer <BR> Capital moved from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro <BR> First multiparty elections held <BR> Death of President Houphouet-Boigny (pres. since 1960) <BR> Western African Economic Monetary Union (WAEMU) established, CIV member <BR> Election boycotted by opposition <BR> Coup d'etat <BR> Contested election; two candidates declared themselves winner, street fighting <BR> Estimated population 15,981,000 <BR> Cote d'Ivoire abolished the death penalty <BR> Coup d'etat failed <BR> Civil War; north held by rebels <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </div><div align = "center"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> EXTERNAL <BR> FILES </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> Timeline, from <A HREF = "http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1043106.stm"><B>BBC News</B></A> <BR> <A HREF = "http://www.globalfindata.com/frameset.php3?location=/gh/index.html"><B>Global History of Currencies</B></A>, click : Ivory Coast <BR> Historical Population Statistics : Cote d'Ivoire, from <A HREF = "http://www.library.uu.nl/wesp/populstat/Africa/ivorycoc.htm"><B>Population Statistics</B></A> at Univ. Utrecht <BR> Background Notes :Cote d'Ivoire, from <A HREF = "http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2846.htm"><B>US Dept. of State</B></A> <BR> Article <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamoussoukro"><B>Yamoussoukro</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abidjan"><B>Abidjan</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingerville"><B>Bingerville</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand-Bassam"><B>Grand Bassam</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_C%F4te_d%27Ivoire"><B>History of Cote d'Ivoire</B></A> from Wikipedia <BR> Library ofCongress : Country Studies - <A HREF = "http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/citoc.html"><B>Cote d'Ivoire</B></A> <BR> Article Ivory Coast, from <A HREF = "http://1.1911encyclopedia.org/I/IV/IVORY_COAST.htm"><B>EB 1911</B></A> <BR> Ivory Coast History, from <A HREF = "http://www.africast.com/country_history.php?strCountry=Ivory%20Coast"><B>Africast</B></A> <BR> Cote d'Ivoire History, from <A HREF = "http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/africa/cote_divoire/history.htm"><B>Lonely Planet</B></A> <BR> Historique, from <A HREF = "http://www.rtici.tv/historique.asp"><B>RTI</B></A> <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> DOCUMENTS </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> REFERENCE </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "1"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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