15 dated entries naming Senegal, drawn from 13 separate years between 1062 CE and 2020 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.
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
1670The first French settlers arrive on 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
20th century
1922L'Action sénégalaise weekly newspaper is founded in Senegal.source
1960August 20 – Senegal breaks away from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.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
1963May 4 – The Le Monde Theater fire in Dioirbel, Senegal, kills 64 people.source
1982February 1 – Senegal and The Gambia form a loose Senegambia Confederation.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
2020October 29 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirms the death of at least 140 migrants who drowned off the coast of Senegal on a vessel bound for the Spanish Canary Islands, making it the deadliest shipwreck of 2020.source