Senegal

country on the coast of West Africa

22 dated entries naming Senegal, drawn from 18 separate years between 1062 CE and 2018 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.

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11th century

1062The Almoravids overrun modern-day Morocco, and establish an intercontinental kingdom, stretching from Spain to Senegal.source

14th century

1374Musa II succeeds his father, Mari Djata II, as Mansa of the Mali Empire (modern-day Mali and Senegal).source
1390N'Diklam Sare succeeds Sare N'Dyaye, as ruler of the Jolof Empire (now part of Senegal).source

15th century

1446Portuguese navigator Álvaro Fernandes reaches the mouth of the Casamance River in Senegal.source
1446Nuno Tristão is killed by natives on the coast of Senegal.source

17th century

1624French colonial empire: Coastal trading settlements established in French Guiana and Senegal.source
1633June 24 – The Compagnie normande (compagnie Rozée) obtains a 1-year monopoly of trade with Cape Verde, Senegal, The Gambia and (from 14 January 1634) Guinea.source
1670The first French settlers arrive on the Petite Côte of modern-day Senegal.source
1670The first French settlers arrive at the Petite Côte of modern-day Senegal.source

18th century

1726March 29 – The first large shipment of slaves is brought to New Orleans as the slave ship L'Aurore arrives with 290 black Africans captured in Gambia. During the 90-day voyage from Gorée in Senegal, 60 of the slaves have died.source

19th century

1816July 2 – The French frigate Medusa runs aground off the coast of Senegal, with 140 lives lost in the botched rescue that takes weeks, leading to a scandal in the French government.source
18162 July – French frigate Méduse (1810) runs aground off the coast of Senegal, with 140 lives lost in the botched rescue that takes weeks, leading to a scandal in the French government.source

20th century

1922L'Action sénégalaise weekly newspaper is founded in Senegal.source
1960June 20 – The short-lived Mali Federation, consisting of the Sudanese Republic (modern-day Republic of Mali) and Senegal, gains independence from France.source
1960August 20 – Senegal breaks away from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.source
1963May 4 – The Le Monde Theater fire in Dioirbel, Senegal, kills 64 people.source
1976August 14 – The Senegalese political party PAI-Rénovation is legally recognized, becoming the third legal party in the country.source
1982February 1 – Senegal and The Gambia form a loose Senegambia Confederation.source
1989January 13 – Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is expelled to Senegal from Zaire after using a fake Zairean passport in an attempt to return to Uganda. Amin is eventually expelled from Senegal and subsequently returns to Zaire after the Saudi government refuses to allow him in Saudi Arabia.source
1993April 27 – 1993 Zambia national football team plane crash: All members of the Zambia national football team die in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal.source

21st century

2006June 15 - Hundreds are wounded in fighting between rival factions of the Movement of the Democratic Forces of Casamance led by Salif Sadio, who supports the continuation of the Casamance conflict, and Magne Dieme, who supports reconciliation with the government of Senegal. The fighting has spread to the Gambia and Guinea-Bissau may intervene.source
20181 April - President Barrow accuses supporters of former President Jammeh of supporting rebels in Senegal's Casamance region.source