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Saturday, July 10, 2021

Basic timeline of Niger

This post is a basic timeline of Niger. There are 14 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• First humans (60,000 years ago)
• Bura culture (3rd century - 13th century AD)
• Kanem-Bornu Empire (700 -1380 AD)
• Gao Empire (9th century - 1430 AD)
• Mali Empire (1230-1670)
• Songhai Empire (1464-1591)
• French West Africa (1895-1958)
• Niger becomes a French colony (1922)
• Niger gains independence (1960)
• Attempted coup d'état (1974)
• First Tuareg rebellion (1990-1995)
• Second Tuareg rebellion (2007-2009)
• Nigerien constitutional crisis (2009-2010)
• Attempted coup d'état (2021)

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