Events in Côte d’Ivoire History
- 1889-01-10 Ivory Coast declared a protectorate of France
- 1893-03-10 Ivory Coast becomes a French colony (Cote d'Ivoire)
- 1932-09-05 The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger
- 1958-12-04 Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within French Community
- 1960-07-11 Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta and Niger declare independence
- 1960-08-07 Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) gains independence from France
- 1960-11-03 Ivory Coast adopts constitution
Houphouët-Boigny Elected
1960-11-27 Félix Houphouët-Boigny elected unopposed as the 1st President of Ivory Coast (rules until 1993)
- 1960-12-07 Ivory Coast claims independence from France
- 1964-08-22 Guinee, Liberia & Ivory Coast form joint market
- 1973-01-01 West African Economic Community formed (Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta)
- 1993-10-31 25 people killed during Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match
- 1993-12-07 Henri Konan Bedie names himself President of Ivory coast
- 1993-12-09 Ivory Coast Premier Ouattara resigns
- 2000-01-30 Off the coast of Ivory Coast, Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing 169.
- 2012-02-12 Zambia defeat Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in the Africa Cup of Nations
- 2015-02-08 Ivory Coast wins the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations football championship
- 2023-08-03 Forty-one migrants form Ivory Coast and Guinea drown and just four survive after their boat capsizes off Italian island of Lampedusa [1]
Famous People from Ivory Coast
Didier Drogba
Félix Houphouët-Boigny