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Saturday, July 24, 2021

Basic timeline of Liberia

This post is a basic timeline of Liberia. There are 10 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• European settlements (15th century - 17th century)
• American Colony of Liberia (1821-1847)
• Liberia declares independence (1847)
• United States recognizes Liberian independence (1862)
• Firestone starts the world's largest rubber planation (1926)
• Coup d'état (1980)
• First Liberian Civil War (1989-1997)
• Monrovia clashes (1998)
• Second Liberian Civil War (1999-2003)
• Ebola epidemic (2014-2015)

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