French Senegal

French Senegal was a colony in West Africa coast and forest (North and West Africa) that lasted from 1659 to 1960 CE, about 301 years. Its people spoke Latin and Romance languages (Latin, Italic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian).

French trading post at Saint-Louis that grew into a colony under Faidherbe in the 1850s. Its Four Communes elected a deputy to Paris, starting with Blaise Diagne in 1914.

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Facts

Dates

1659 to 1960 CE

Duration

301 years

Type

Colony

Region

West Africa coast and forest, North and West Africa

Language family

Latin and Romance

Capital

Saint-Louis, later Dakar

Became

• Senegal 1960 CE to the present

Events in North and West Africa during its time

• 1700 Peak of the Atlantic slave trade
• 1798 Napoleon invades Egypt
• 1804 Usman dan Fodio's jihad
• 1869 Suez Canal opens
• 1884 Berlin Conference
• 1896 Battle of Adwa
• 1954 Algerian War begins
• 1956 Suez Crisis

Neighbours in North and West Africa

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE
• Mali Empire c. 1235 to 1670 CE
• Kingdom of Benin c. 1180 to 1897 CE
• Bornu Empire c. 1387 to 1893 CE
• Oyo Empire c. 1400 to 1836 CE
• Funj Sultanate of Sennar 1504 to 1821 CE
• Regency of Algiers 1516 to 1830 CE
• Alaouite Sultanate of Morocco 1666 to 1912 CE
• Ashanti Empire 1701 to 1901 CE
• Saadi Sultanate 1510 to 1659 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 to 1767 CE, Southeast Asia
• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE, South Asia
• Portuguese Brazil 1500 to 1815 CE, South America

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