ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Sierra Leone </title> <META name="keywords" keyword=""> <!-- 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> Sierra Leone <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xsleone.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = 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cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1628 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> First English trading factory established </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1787 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Freetown established by British abolitionists </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1806 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Municipal administration established in Freetown </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1807 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Britain banned slave trade </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1808 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Sierra Leone (Freetown & environs) declared Crown Colony </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1808 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Freetown became base for British vessels patroling the West African coast in order to suppress the slave trade </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1821 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> British West African Territories established (Sierra Leone, Gambia, Gold Coast) </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1821-1874 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Freetown capital of British West Africa </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1827 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Arrival of protestant missionaries </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1827 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Fourah Bay College, predecessor of Univ. of Sierra Leone, founded </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1850 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> British West African Territories dissolved </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1863 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Advisory Legislative Council established </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1866 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> British West African Settlements established (Sierra Leone, Gambia, Gold Coast, Lagos) </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1874 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Gold Coast, Lagos separated from British West Africa </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1882 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Anglo-French agrement delimited mutual spheres of interest </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1885 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Anglo-Portuguese agreement delimited mutual spheres of interest </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1888 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Gambia administratively separated from Sierra Leone </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1895 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Begin of railway construction in Sierra Leone </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1896 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Hinterland of Freetown declared British protectorate </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1898 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Introduction of hut tax; hut tax rebellion </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1913 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> West African Currency Board established, minted coins for British West Africa </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1934 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Cable broadcasting system (predecessor of radio) began operation </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1935 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> De Beers obtained diamond mining, prospecting rights </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1951 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> New constitution </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1955 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service (Radio) began operation </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1961 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Sierra Leone released into independence </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1961 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Currency reform; Sierra Leone Leone introduced </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1961 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Sierra Leone joined U.N. </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1961 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Women granted the right to vote </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1962 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> SLBS began television broadcasting </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1963 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Population census : 2,180,400 </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1963 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Sierra Leone founding member of OAU </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1964 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Njala University College (Univ. of Sierra Leone) founded </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1964 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Bank of Sierra Leone established </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1967 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Military coup d'etat; factual begin of one-party-state </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1968 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Military coup d'etat </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1968 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Diamond mining industry nationalized </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1971 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Republic proclaimed </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1975 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) founded </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1978 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> One-Party-State proclaimed; new constitution </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1985 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Population census : 3,517,500 </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1991 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Begin of Civil War </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1991 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> New constitution; multiparty system reintroduced </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1992 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Military coup d'etat </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1996 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Military coup d'etat </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1996-1997 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> In Sierra Leone's Civil War, peace signed in 1996; war resumed in 1997 </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1997 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Commonwealth suspended membership of Sierra Leone; UN imposed sanctions </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1998 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> West African Intervention Force ECOMOG, led by Nigerian troops, occupied Freetown </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1999 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Skirmishes between ECOMOG, Revolutionary United Front </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1999 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Population estimated at 4,949,000 </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1999 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Documentary video "Cry Freetown" directed by Sorious Samura </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1999 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Peace signed, but did not hold </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 2000 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> British force entered, evacuated British, western nationals </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 2002 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Civil War declared over </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 2002 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Elections held; British forces withdrawn </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 2004 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> War Crimes Trials begun 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