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Liberia

sovereign state in West Africa

17 dated entries naming Liberia, drawn from 16 separate years between 1820 CE and 2021 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Republic of Liberia in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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19th century

  • 1820February 6 – A group of 86 free African American colonists sail from New York City to Freetown, Sierra Leone, with a goal of creating a home for freed American slaves, to be called "Liberia".source
  • 1821History of Liberia – The first groups of freed slaves from the U.S. arrive in modern-day Liberia and found Monrovia.source
  • 1822April 25 – The American Colonization Society lands at Cape Mesurado on the West African coast, after purchasing 60 mi of coastline. The settlement will soon become Monrovia, as the nation of Liberia is established to fill the ACS mission of freeing black American slaves and sending them "back to Africa".source
  • 1847July 26 – The nation of Liberia, founded as a haven for freed African-American slaves, becomes independent.source
  • 1848January 3 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of the independent African Republic of Liberia.source
  • 1857Liberia annexes the Republic of Maryland as native groups (notably Grebo people and Kru people) continually attack and kill settlers in Cape Palmas.source
  • 1882March 20 – British gunboats enter Monrovia, with Arthur Havelock demanding that Liberia cede disputed territory to the British colony of Sierra Leone, of which he is Governor.source

20th century

  • 1980April 12 – 1980 Liberian coup d'état: Samuel K. Doe overthrows the government of Liberia in a violent coup d'état, executing President William Tolbert and ending over 130 years of democratic presidential succession in that country.source
  • 1993January 5 – MV Braer, a Liberian-registered oil tanker, runs aground off the Scottish island of Mainland, Shetland, causing a massive oil spill.source
  • 1996April 6 – First Liberian Civil War: fighting breaks out in Monrovia, Liberia, between various rebel factions struggling for power in the country's interrupted civil war. Several foreign nationals leave the nation.source

21st century

  • 2007June 2007, Bo Waterside, a key border crossing on the Mano River, re-opens for the first time since 1990 allowing increased traffic between Sierra Leone and Liberia.source
  • 2010December 8 - Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf warns former rebel fighters not to get involved in the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire.source
  • 2011Thousands of refugees flee Ivory Coast to neighbouring countries; at least 18,000 of them to Liberia.source
  • 2011March 6 - Fighting erupts in western Ivory Coast between rebels and forces loyal to incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo, with injured people crossing into Liberia.source
  • 2012April 25 – Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is found guilty on 11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Sierra Leone Civil War.source
  • 2019July 19 – The Iranian Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps captures British tanker Stena Impero and temporarily seizes British-operated and Liberian-flagged tanker Mesdar in the Persian Gulf. The British Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, warns there will be "serious consequences" if Iran does not release the tanker.source
  • 202130 July - A Liberian-flagged tanker ship was struck by a drone attack off the coast of Oman, killing two crew members.source

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