Events in Senegalese History
- 1758-12-31 British expeditionary army occupies Goree (Dakar) Senegal
- 1816-07-19 Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days
- 1857-07-18 Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French
- 1883-04-12 French troops under lt-colonel Borgnis-Desbordes occupy Bamako Senegal
- 1935-06-30 The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its first congress
- 1935-11-24 The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
Senegalese Democratic Bloc
1948-10-27 Léopold Sédar Senghor founds the Senegalese Democratic Bloc (BDS).
- 1957-02-23 The founding congress of the Senegalese Popular Bloc is opened in Dakar
- 1958-11-25 Senegal becomes an autonomous state in French Community
- 1959-04-04 Mali Federation founded, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960)
- 1960-04-04 Senegal declares independence from France
- 1960-06-20 Federation of Mali and Senegal become independent of France
- 1960-08-20 Senegal breaks from Mali federation, declaring independence
- 1960-09-05 Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is elected as the 1st President of Senegal
- 1963-03-03 Senegal adopts a new constitution
- 1966-04-01 1st world festival of black art (Dakar Senegal)
- 1973-01-01 West African Economic Community formed (Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta)
- 1974-12-28 Senegalese marxist group Reenu-Rew founds the political movement And-Jëf at a clandestine congress.
- 1975-07-09 The National Assembly of Senegal passes a law that paves way for a (albeit highly restricted) multi-party system
- 1977-07-03 The Senegalese Republican Movement (MRS) is founded
- 1980-01-01 Premier Adbou Diouf becomes president of Senegal
- 1980-10-31 Senegal routes troops to Gambia due to Libyan threat
- 1980-12-31 Senegal president Leopold Senghor resigns
- 1981-08-03 Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front-Suxxali Reew Mi.
- 1981-12-12 Gambia & Senegal sign agreement to be known as Senegambia in Feb 1982
- 1982-02-01 Senegal & Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia)
- 1982-07-08 Senegalese Trotskyist political party LCT is legally recognized
- 1989-09-30 Senegambia separates back into Gambia & Senegal
- 2002-09-26 Overcrowded Senegalese ferry MV Joola capsizes off the coast of Gambia killing more than 1,000
- 2012-03-26 Macky Sall elected as President of Senegal
- 2013-01-01 18 people are killed and 16 wounded after a bus and mini-bus collision in Thiès, Senegal
- 2014-08-29 Senegal is 5th country hit by Ebola
- 2014-09-05 World Health Organization estimates 1,900 people have died from the Ebola virus out of 3,500 infected in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone
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Khaby Lame
Léopold Sédar Senghor
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