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French Activity
Frech Activity began in what is now modern Cote d'Ivoire in 1687 -
French Posts
Adm. Louis-Édouard Bouët-Willaumez established French posts at Assinié and Grand Bassam -
Garrisons withdrawn
After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the small garrisons of Assinié, Grand Bassam, and Dabou were withdrawn. -
Treaties signed preventing British advances
Treich-Laplène signed treaties with Indénié, Bettié, Alangoa, and other chiefdoms of the interior, thus preventing British advances into eastern Côte d'Ivoire from Ashanti. -
Frontier was settled
The new colony's frontier with Liberia was settled by a convention in 1892 -
New name and new govenor
the territory was renamed Côte d'Ivoire, and Col. Binger was appointed the first French governor. -
Railroad beugn
The railroad, begun in 1904, did not reach the northern part of the
colony until 1925. -
Military opperations carried out
Systematic military operations in the densely forested area between the upper Cavally and the upper Sassandra were carried out from 1908 onward until French rule was finally established in Côte d'Ivoire on the eve of World War I. -
Controlled by Vichy government
During World War II, Côte d'Ivoire, like the rest of French West Africa, remained under control of the Vichy government between 1940 and 1943. -
Cote d'Ivoire Independence
On 7 August 1960, the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire proclaimed its complete independence.