ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Togo </title> <META name="keywords" keyword="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> Togo <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xtogo.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xtogo.html"> <img src = "../banners/bantogo.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 30th 2005, last revised on April 1st 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 : Togo </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"> 1847 <BR> 1884 <BR> 1884-1891 <BR> 1891 <BR> 1897 <BR> 1899, 1904 <BR> 1900 <BR> 1905 <BR> 1905 <BR> 1913 <BR> 1914 <BR> 1922 <BR><BR><BR> 1934 <BR> 1937 <BR> 1945 <BR> 1946 <BR> 1955 <BR> 1955 <BR> 1956 <BR> 1958 <BR> 1960 <BR> 1960 <BR> 1960 <BR> 1962 <BR> 1963 <BR> 1963 <BR> 1967 <BR> 1969 <BR> 1970 <BR> 1973 <BR> 1974 <BR> 1975 <BR> 1975 <BR> 1978 <BR> 1979 <BR> 1985 <BR> 1992 <BR> 1993 <BR><BR> 1994 <BR> 2000 <BR> 2005 <BR><BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Missionaries of the North German Missionary Society arrived in Togo <BR> Establishment of German protectorate <BR> Togoland part of German West Africa, administrated from Duala (Cameroon) <BR> Togoland separate colony, seat Lome <BR> Franco-German agreement fixed borders with Dahomey, Upper Volta <BR> Anglo-German agreements fixed border with Gold Coast <BR> Construction of Lome Pier <BR> Togoland renamed Togo <BR> Railway Lome-Anecho taken into operation <BR> Census; population of Togo 1,031,900 (before partition) <BR> WW I; Anglo-French occupation <BR> League of Nations awarded (western) Togoland to Britain, eastern Togo to France. <BR> Togoland administrated as part of Gold Coast, Togo as a separate colony within <BR> French West Africa <BR> Togo annexed into (French) Dahomey <BR> Togo separated from Dahomey <BR> Women granted right to vote <BR> U.N. granted trusteeship over Togoland, Togo to Britain, France <BR> Apostolic Vicariate of Togo, seat at Lome, elevated to Diocesis of Togo <BR> Togo granted political autonomy <BR> Togoland fully integrated into Gold Coast <BR> Election held in (French) Togo, won by National Union Party <BR> Togo granted independence <BR> Togo joined U.N. <BR> Population estimate 1,444,000 <BR> Togo joined WAMU (West African Monetary Union) <BR> Coup d'etat <BR> Togo founding member of O.A.U. <BR> Coup d'etat; Gnassingbe Eyadema seized power; political parties dissolved <BR> Eyadema founded Rassemblement du Peuple Togolais (RPT) <BR> University of Benin opened in Lome <BR> Television Togolaise established <BR> Phosphate industry nationalized <BR> Lome Agreement signed by 46 developing nations, EC <BR> Togo founding member of ECOWAS <BR> Oil refinery began production in Lome <BR> Constitution established one-party-state; Eyadema elected president <BR> bombings, failed coup <BR> new constitution <BR> President Eyadema disslved parliament; political unrest; France, Germany, U.S. <BR> cut aid <BR> WAMU upgraded to WAEMU (West African Economic and Monetary Union) <BR> Population estimate 5,018,500 <BR> Death of President Eyadema; his son appointed president in violation of Togolese <BR> constitution; international boycott; elections announced <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"; 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Utrecht <BR> Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Togo, from <A HREF = "http://www.katolsk.no/utenriks/kronologi/togo.htm"><B>Kirken i Norge</B></A> <BR> History of Togo, from <A HREF = "http://www.countriesquest.com/africa/togo/history.htm"><B>Countries Quest</B></A>, from <A HREF = "http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/africa/togo/history.htm"><B>Lonely Planet</B></A> <BR> A Short History of Togo, from <A HREF = "http://www.electionworld.org/history/togo.htm"><B>Election World</B></A> <BR> History of Togo, from <A HREF = "http://www.ecowas.info/toghist.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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