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Friday, July 9, 2021

Basic timeline of Ghana

This post is a basic timeline of Ghana. There are 22 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• Ghana Empire (300 - 1100 AD)
• Almoravid dynasty (1040-1147)
• Mossi kingdoms (11th century - 1896)
• Bono state (11th century - 20th century)
• Mali Empire (1230-1670)
• Portuguese Gold Coast (1482-1642)
• Dutch West India Company (1621-1792)
• Ashanti Empire (1670-1957)
• Ashanti-Fante War (1806-1807)
• British Gold Coast colony (1821-1957)
• Anglo-Ashanti wars (1823-1900)
• War of the Golden Stool (1900)
• British Ashanti Crown Colony (1901-1957)
• British Togoland (1916-1956)
• Accra riots (1948)
• Ghana gains independence (1957)
• First Republic of Ghana (1960-1966)
• Military coup d'état (1966)
• Second Republic of Ghana (1966-1979)
• June 4th Revolution (1979)
• Third Republic of Ghana (1979-1993)
• Fourth Republic of Ghana (1993 - now)

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