ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Ghana </title> <META name="keywords" keyword="Gold Coast, British Togoland"> <!-- 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> Ghana <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xghana.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xghana.html"> <img src = "../banners/banghana.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <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> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted 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 : Ghana (former Gold Coast) </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"> 1482 <BR> 1792 <BR> 1807 <BR> 1821 <BR> 1821 <BR><BR> 1824-1826 <BR> 1843 <BR> 1850 <BR> 1861 <BR> 1863 <BR> 1865 <BR><BR><BR> 1866 <BR> 1872 <BR> 1874 <BR> 1874 <BR> 1875 <BR> 1877 <BR> 1878 <BR> 1886 <BR> 1893 <BR> 1896 <BR> 1897 <BR> 1898 <BR> 1899, 1904 <BR> 1901 <BR> 1913 <BR><BR> 1914 <BR> 1920 <BR> 1925 <BR> 1935 <BR> 1946 <BR> 1947 <BR> 1949 <BR> 1950 <BR> 1951 <BR> 1952 <BR> 1954 <BR> 1957 <BR> 1957 <BR> 1957 <BR> 1957 <BR> 1958 <BR> 1958 <BR> 1960 <BR> 1960 <BR> 1961 <BR> 1962 <BR><BR> 1963 <BR> 1963 <BR> 1964 <BR> 1964 <BR> 1965 <BR> 1966 <BR> 1969 <BR> 1972 <BR> 1975 <BR> 1979 <BR> 1981 <BR> 1983 <BR> 1986 <BR> 1989 <BR> 1992 <BR> 1994 <BR> 2000 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Begin of Portuguese Trade on the Gold Coast <BR> Denmark abolished slave trade (effective in 1803) <BR> Britain abolished slave trade (effective in 1808) <BR> Charter of Company of Merchants Trading with Africa revoked <BR> Gold Coast part of British West Africa Settlements, a crown colony, seat of administration <BR> Freetown (<A HREF = "xsleone.html">Sierra Leone</A>) <BR> War against the Ashanti <BR> British Gold Coast established as separate crown colony <BR> Denmark sold her assets on the Gold Coast to the British <BR> <A HREF = "lagos.html">Lagos</A> proclaimed a British protectorate, under Gold Coast <BR> Ashanti invasion of the coastal region <BR> Select Committee on West Africa recommended to British parliament in 1865 to no more <BR> extend areas under British protection, to establish self-government and to withdraw from <BR> all settlements except for <A HREF = "xsleone.html">Sierra Leone</A> <BR> British Gold Coast again integrated in British West Africa Settlements, under <A HREF = "xsleone.html">Sierra Leone</A> <BR> Anglo-Dutch Convention; the Dutch ceded their assets on the Gold Coast to the British <BR> British military victory over the Ashanti <BR> British Gold Coast proclaimed a eparate crown colony (with <A HREF = "lagos.html">Lagos</A>) <BR> First postage stamps issued for the Gold Coast <BR> Capital moved from Cape Coast Castle to Accra <BR> Introduction of cacao trees <BR> <A HREF = "lagos.html">Lagos</A> separated from Gold Coast <BR> Anglo-French agreement over mutual spheres of interest <BR> Expedition against the Ashanti <BR> Ashanti Goldfields Corporation organized <BR> Begin of railroad construction <BR> Anglo-German border agreements (Gold Coast-<A HREF = "xtogo.html">Togo</A>) <BR> Following the Ashanti Rebellion, Kingdom dissolved; King exiled <BR> West African Currency Board established, which minted coins (Shilling, Pence) <BR> and, since 1915, banknotes (West African Pound) <BR> British occupation of western <A HREF = "xtogo.html">Togo</A>, hence referred to as British Togoland <BR> National Congress of British West Africa convened <BR> First election for Legislative Council held <BR> Ghana Broadcasting Corporation founded <BR> New constitution; Africans gained majority in Legislative Council <BR> United Gold Coast Convention founded <BR> Convention People's Party founded (Nkrumah) <BR> Gold Coast produced more than half the world's cocoa <BR> New constitution <BR> Nkrumah elected first African prime minister <BR> New constitution; universal suffrage (men and women) introduced <BR> Gold Coast released into independence, renamed Ghana <BR> Following plebiscite, British Togoland annexed into Ghana <BR> Ghana joined the U.N. <BR> Unversity of Ghana established <BR> Currency Reform, Ghana Pound replaced West African Pound <BR> Ghana Airways established <BR> Republic proclaimed <BR> Population Census : 6,727,000 <BR> Ghana Nat'l Chamber of Commerce founded <BR> Law required foreign investors to invest at least 60 % of the profits generated <BR> in the country in the country <BR> Nkrumah published <i>Africa must unite</i> <BR> Ghana founding member of O.A.U. <BR> One Party State proclaimed <BR> Volta River dammed, Lake Volta created <BR> Currency Reform, Cedi replaced Ghanaan Pound <BR> Military coup d'etat; Nkrumah ousted <BR> Junta transfered power to civilian administration; new constitution <BR> Coup d'etat <BR> Ghana founding member of ECOWAS <BR> Coup d'etat <BR> Coup d'etat <BR> Policy of economic liberalization; subsidies abolished <BR> First AIDS case reported in Ghana <BR> Ghana Stock Exchange established <BR> New constitution introduced multiparty system <BR> Ethnic clashes cause internal displacement in the north <BR> Population estimated at 18,412,200 <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"; 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Utrecht <BR> Country Studies : Ghana, from <A HREF = "http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ghtoc.html"><B>Library of Congress</B></A> <BR> History of Accra, from <A HREF = 'http://www.arch.columbia.edu/Studio/Spring2003/UP/Accra/PDF's%20to%20printer/04%20-%20history.pdf"><B> Columbia Univ.</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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