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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Basic timeline of the Gambia

This post is a basic timeline of the Gambia. There are 12 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• Mali Empire (1230-1670)
• Portuguese navigators arrive (15th century)
• Songhai Empire (1464-1591)
• Couronian colonization (1651-1659)
• British Senegambia (1766-1783)
• British Gambia Colony and Protectorate (1821-1965)
• The Gambia gains independence (1970)
• Attempted coup d'état (1981)
• Senegambia Confederation (1982-1989)
• Coup d'état (1994)
• Attempted coup d'état (2014)
• Gambian constitutional crisis (2016-2017)

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