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Friday, July 16, 2021

Basic timeline of Benin

This post is a basic timeline of Benin. There are 11 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• Oyo Empire (1300-1896)
• Dahomey kingdom (1600-1904)
• First Franco-Dahomean War (1890)
• France occupies Dahomey (1892-1960)
• Second Franco-Dahomean War (1892-1894)
• Dahomey gains independence (1960)
• Coup d'état (1963)
• Coup d'état (1965)
• Coup d'état (1972)
• Renamed to People's Republic of Benin (1975)
• Renamed to Benin (1990)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Benin at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Benin.)