ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Guinea </title> <META name="keywords" keyword="Guinee, French Guinea, Guinee Conakry"> <!-- 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> Guinea <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xguinee.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xguinee.html"> <img src = "../banners/banguinea.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 March 26th 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> <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 : Guinea </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"> 1725 <BR> 1849 <BR> 1865 <BR> 1882 <BR><BR> 1882 <BR> 1885 <BR> 1886 <BR> 1891 <BR> 1892 <BR> 1893-1898 <BR> 1895 <BR> 1900 <BR> 1904 <BR> 1906 <BR> 1910 <BR> 1911 <BR> 1914-1918 <BR> 1930es <BR> late 1930es <BR> 1940-1945 <BR> 1946 <BR> 1946 <BR> 1952 <BR> 1955 <BR> 1957 <BR> 1958 <BR> 1958 <BR> 1958 <BR> 1958 <BR> 1958-1984 <BR> 1960 <BR> 1961 <BR> 1961-1963 <BR> 1963 <BR> 1965 <BR> 1967 <BR> 1970 <BR> 1972 <BR> 1973 <BR> 1975 <BR> 1975 <BR> 1977 <BR> 1979 <BR> 1982 <BR> 1983 <BR> 1983 <BR> 1984 <BR> 1984 <BR> 1986 <BR> 1987 <BR> 1990 <BR> 1990 <BR> since 1990 <BR><BR> 1992 <BR> 1993 <BR> 1994 <BR> 1996 <BR> 1999 <BR> 2000 <BR><BR> 2000 <BR> 2002 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Begin of the Fulani Jihad <BR> France declared protectorate over coastal region <BR> Protectorate treaties signed with a number of coastal tribes <BR> French possessions in Guinea declared part of Rivieres du Sud, administratively <BR> under <A HREF = "xsenegal.html">Senegal</A> <BR> Anglo-French agreement over mutual spheres of interest <BR> Franco-Liberian agreement over mutual spheres of interest <BR> Franco-Portuguese agreement over mutual spheres of interest <BR> Guinea declared a separate French colony <BR> First postage stamps issued for Guinea <BR> War against Samori Toure <BR> French Guinea became part of French West Africa <BR> Begin of railway construction <BR> Britain ceded Los Islands to France <BR> Guinea became part of French West Africa <BR> Railway Conakry-Kurussa completed; from there Niger navigable <BR> Revolt of the Guerze and the Manon <BR> World War I; 36,000 Guineans mobilized <BR> Begin of Mining of Alluvial Diamonds at Aredor <BR> Begin of Bauxite export <BR> World War II; more han 18,000 Guineans mobilized <BR> Population estimated at 2,125,000 <BR> Guinea declared French Overseas Territory <BR> Sekou Toure founded Parti Democratique de Guinee <BR> Apostolic Vicariate Conakry elevated to Diocesis <BR> Elections; Sekou Toure's PDG won 56 out of 60 seats <BR> Guinea declared independence <BR> Women granted right to vote <BR> Currency reform; Guinean Franc introduced <BR> Guinea joined U.N. <BR> Sekou Toure president; socialist One-Party State <BR> Burning of the books <BR> Soviet ambassador expelled <BR> Guinea, Ghana, Mali formed Union of African States <BR> Guinea founding member of O.A.U. <BR> Diplomatic relations with France severed <BR> Guinean version of Cultural Revolution <BR> Invasion from territory of <A HREF = "xgbissau.html">Portuguese Guinea</A>, failed <BR> Currency reform; Franc replaced by Syli <BR> Nationalization of Guinea's Bauxite Mining Industry <BR> Diplomatic relations with France restored <BR> Guinee Conakry founding member of ECOWAS <BR> Market women's revolt <BR> State officially renamed People's Republic of Guinea <BR> Constitution <BR> Census : population 4,533,200 <BR> An estimated 2 milion Guineans lived in exile <BR> Coup d'etat by Military Committee of National Recovery (CMRN) <BR> CMRN suspended constitution, abolished PDG, dependent organizations <BR> Currency reform; Syli replaced by New Franc <BR> Ordinnance set rules for private investments <BR> Constitution <BR> UN's Quality of Life Index ranks Guinea last in the world <BR> Guinee Conakry accepted c.700,000 refugees from <A HREF = "xsleone.html">Sierra Leone</A>, <A HREF = "xliberoa.html">Liberia</A>, <BR> <A HREF = "xgbissau.html">Guinea Bissau</A> <BR> OPIP (Office de Promotion des Investissements Privees) created <BR> Multiparty election held <BR> Guinee Conakry was the world's second largest producer of Bauxite <BR> Soldiers' mutiny, street violence <BR> Garafin hydroelectric dam to be completed <BR> Rebels (Revolutionary United Front (RUF)) operating from bases in <A HREF = "xsleone.html">Sierra <BR> Leone</A>, <A HREF = "xliberia.html">Liberia</A> caused havoc in border region <BR> Estimated popultion 7,466,200 <BR> Guinee Conakry, <A HREF = "xsleone.html">Sierra Leone</A>, <A HREF = "xliberia.html">Liberia</A> agreed on measures to contain 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/1032515.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 : Guinea <BR> Historical Population Statistics : Guinea Bissau, from <A HREF = "http://www.library.uu.nl/wesp/populstat/Africa/guinbisc.htm"><B>Population Statistics</B></A> at Univ. Utrecht <BR> Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Guinea, from <A HREF = "http://www.katolsk.no/utenriks/kronologi/guinea.htm"><B>Kirken i Norge</B></A> <BR> History of Guinea, from <A HREF = "http://www.countriesquest.com/africa/guinea/history.htm"><B>Countries Quest</B></A>, from <A HREF = "http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/africa/guinea/history.htm"><B>Lonely Planet</B></A> <BR> A Short History of Guinea, from <A HREF = "http://www.electionworld.org/history/guinea.htm"><B>Election World</B></A> <BR> Article French Guinea, from <A HREF = "http://13.1911encyclopedia.org/F/FR/FRENCH_GUINEA.htm"><B>EB 1911</B></A> <BR> Guinee Conakry, from <A HREF = "http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/guinee_franco.htm"><B>Francophonie</B></A>, in French <BR> Background Notes : Guinea, from <A HREF = "http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2824.htm"><B>U.S. Dept. of tate</B></A> <BR> Republic of Guinea : Aredor, from <A HREF = "http://www.trivalence.com/guinea.html"><B>Trivalence</B></A> <BR> History of uinea, from <A HREF = "http://www.ecowas.info/guihist.htm"><B>ECOWAS Info</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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