Timeline of Cotonou

The following is atimelineof thehistoryof thecityofCotonou,Benin.

Prior to 20th century

1830 - Cotonou founded as a "slaving port."^[1]
1878 - Cotonou "ceded to France."^[2]
1883 - French occupation.^[3]
1899 - Wharf built.^[4]

20th century

1904 - Cotonou becomes part of colonialFrench Dahomey.
1908 - Deepwater harbor opens.^[1]
1912 - Cotonou becomes a "commune mixte."^[4]
1920s - Population: 8,500.^[4]
1928 -Ancien Pont(bridge) built.
1955 - CatholicMetropolitan Archdiocese of Cotonouestablished.^[5]
1957 - January: Pan-AfricanGeneral Union of Negro African Workersfounded at a conference in Cotonou.
1960s - Tomety photo studio in operation.^[6]
1963
- Dantokpa Marketestablished.^{[citation needed]}
- Presidential Palace built.^[2]
1964
- L'action populairenewspaperbegins publication.^[7]
- Nigerian Yoruba Community-Cotonou organization formed.^[8]
1965 - Port constructed.^[2]
1967 - Les Muses theatre troupe formed.^[9]
1968 -Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou(musical group) and Société Béninoise de Textiles^[2]^[10]established in Cotonou.
1970 -Université du Dahomeyfounded.
1975 - City becomes part of thePeople's Republic of Benin.
1980 - Association des écrivains et critiques littéraires du Bénin founded.^[11]^[12]
1981 - Population: 383,250 (estimate).^[13]
1982 -Stade de l'Amitié(stadium) opens.
1988 -Musée olympique du Bénin[fr]opens.
1986 - Sister city relationship established with Salvador, Brazil.^[14]
1990 - February: Benin constitutional conference held.^[15]
1992 - Population: 536,827.^[16]
1995
- Centre de conferences international opens.^[17]
- December: Meeting of theOrganisation internationale de la Francophonieheld in city.^[3]
1996 -University of Science and Technology of Beninestablished.

21st century

2001 -L'Informateurnewspaperbegins publication.^[10]^[18]
2002 - Maison des Médias du Bénin founded.^[19]^[20]
2003
- 25 December:Airplane crash.^[21]
- Nicéphore Soglobecomes mayor.
2005 -Fondation Zinsou[fr](museum) opens.^[17]
2009 - Population: 815,041.^[22]
2011 - Population: 924,000.^[23]
2013 - Population: 679,012.^[24]

References

^^a ^bBradt 2006.
^^a ^b ^c ^dMathurin C. Houngnikpo; Samuel Decalo (2013).Historical Dictionary of Benin(4th ed.). US:Scarecrow Press.ISBN 978-0-8108-7171-7.
^^a ^bVictor T. Le Vine (2004).Politics in Francophone Africa.Lynne Rienner Publishers.ISBN 978-1-58826-249-3.
^^a ^b ^cCornevin 1980.
^"Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Benin".www.katolsk.no.Norway:Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo.Retrieved30 September2014.
^Erika Nimis (2013). "Yoruba Studio Photographers in Francophone West Africa". In John Peffer and Elisabeth L. Cameron (ed.).Portraiture and Photography in Africa.Indiana University Press. pp. 102–140.ISBN 978-0-253-00872-5.
^"Cotonou (Benin) -- Newspapers".Global Resources Network.Chicago, US:Center for Research Libraries.Retrieved30 September2014.
^Toyin Falolaand Aribidesi Adisa Usman, ed. (2009).Movements, Borders, and Identities in Africa.University Rochester Press.ISBN 978-1-58046-296-9.
^Don Rubin; et al., eds. (1997). "Benin".World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre.Vol. 3: Africa. Routledge. p. 57+.ISBN 978-1-136-35949-1.
^^a ^b"Benin: Directory".Africa South of the Sahara 2004.Regional Surveys of the World.Europa Publications.2004.ISBN 1857431839.
^Kamal Salhi, ed. (2000). "Discourse in the Periodicals of 20th-Century Benin".Francophone Studies: Discourse and Identity.Exeter, UK: Elm Bank.ISBN 978-1-902454-05-4.
^Mohamed Mekkawi."African & Caribbean Literature in French".Howard UniversityLibrary.Retrieved30 September2014.
^United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs,Statistical Office (1987)."Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants".1985 Demographic Yearbook.New York. pp. 247–289.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^"Ouidah Journal; A Cultural Bond That Bondage Could Not Crush",New York Times,5 August 1987
^"Benin: Chronologie".Jeune Afrique(in French).Retrieved30 September2014.
^United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997)."Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants".1995 Demographic Yearbook.New York. pp. 262–321.{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^^a ^bPetit Futé 2011.
^"City Guide: Journaux".Cotonou ça bouge(in French). Portail Internet des Villes Africaines.Retrieved30 September2014.
^"Maison des Médias"(in French). Cotonou. Archived fromthe originalon 26 April 2009.
^Karen Fung (ed.)."Benin: News".Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources.US: Stanford University.Retrieved30 September2014.
^"Benin Profile: Timeline".BBC News.11 April 2011.Retrieved30 September2014.
^"Benin".Britannica Book of the Year 2014.Encyclopædia Britannica. 2014. p. 549+.ISBN 978-1-62513-171-3.
^The State of African Cities 2014.United Nations Human Settlements Programme.2015-09-10.ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0.Archived fromthe originalon 10 September 2014.Retrieved30 September2014.
^"Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants",Demographic Yearbook – 2018,United Nations

This article incorporates information from theFrench WikipediaandGerman Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

R. Cornevin (1980)."Kotonou".In C.E. Bosworth; et al. (eds.).Encyclopaedia of Islam.Vol. 5. Leiden: Brill.
"Benin: Cotonou",West Africa(4th ed.),Lonely Planet,1999,OL 8314753M
Paul Tiyambe Zeleza;Dickson Eyoh, eds. (2003). "Cotonou, Benin".Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History.Routledge.ISBN 0415234794.
J. Joost Beuving and Joost Beuving (2004). "Cotonou's Klondike: African Traders and Second-Hand Car Markets in Bénin".Journal of Modern African Studies.42(4): 511–537.doi:10.1017/S0022278X04000382.JSTOR 3876137.S2CID 153955180.
J. Joost Beuving (2006)."Lebanese Traders in Cotonou: A Socio-Cultural Analysis of Economic Mobility and Capital Accumulation".Africa: Journal of the International African Institute.76(3): 324–351.doi:10.3366/afr.2006.0036.JSTOR 40022740.S2CID 56422479.
"Cotonou".Benin.Bradt Travel Guides.2006.ISBN 978-1-84162-148-7.

in French

Paule Brasseur-Marion (1953)."Cotonou porte du Dahomey".Cahiers d'Outre-Mer[fr](in French).6– viaPersee.fr.
Gautier Pirotte; Marc Poncelet (2003)."Société civile et nouvelle gouvernance au Bénin: Quelques réflexions illustrées à partir de l'analyse du nouveau secteur ONG à Cotonou".Bulletin de l'APAD[fr](in French).26– viaRevues.org.
Sébastien Dossa Sotindjo (2009).Cotonou: l'explosion d'une capitale économique, 1945-1985(in French). Paris:L'Harmattan.ISBN 9782296111516.
Auzias, Dominique; Labourdette, Jean-Paul (2011)."Cotonou".Benin.Le Petit Futé(in French).ISBN 9782746929241.

External links

"(Cotonou)".Directory of Open Access Journals.UK.(Bibliography ofopen accessarticles)
"(Cotonou)"– viaEuropeana.(Images, etc.)
"(Cotonou)"– viaDigital Public Library of America.(Images, etc.)
"(Cotonou)".Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa.Germany:Frankfurt University Library.(Bibliography)
"(Cotonou)".Connecting-Africa.Leiden, Netherlands:African Studies Centre.(Bibliography)
"(Cotonou)".AfricaBib.org.(Bibliography)

[FOOTNOTEBradt2006-1] Bradt 2006.

[Houngnikpo2013-2] Mathurin C. Houngnikpo; Samuel Decalo (2013).Historical Dictionary of Benin(4th ed.). US:Scarecrow Press.ISBN 978-0-8108-7171-7.

[Vine2004-3] Victor T. Le Vine (2004).Politics in Francophone Africa.Lynne Rienner Publishers.ISBN 978-1-58826-249-3.

[FOOTNOTECornevin1980-4] Cornevin 1980.

[katolsk-5] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Benin".www.katolsk.no.Norway:Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo.Retrieved30 September2014.

[PefferCameron2013-6] Erika Nimis (2013). "Yoruba Studio Photographers in Francophone West Africa". In John Peffer and Elisabeth L. Cameron (ed.).Portraiture and Photography in Africa.Indiana University Press. pp. 102–140.ISBN 978-0-253-00872-5.

[CRLnewspapers-7] "Cotonou (Benin) -- Newspapers".Global Resources Network.Chicago, US:Center for Research Libraries.Retrieved30 September2014.

[Falola2009-8] Toyin Falolaand Aribidesi Adisa Usman, ed. (2009).Movements, Borders, and Identities in Africa.University Rochester Press.ISBN 978-1-58046-296-9.

[rubin1997-9] Don Rubin; et al., eds. (1997). "Benin".World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre.Vol. 3: Africa. Routledge. p. 57+.ISBN 978-1-136-35949-1.

[europa2004-africa-10] "Benin: Directory".Africa South of the Sahara 2004.Regional Surveys of the World.Europa Publications.2004.ISBN 1857431839.

[Salhi2000-11] Kamal Salhi, ed. (2000). "Discourse in the Periodicals of 20th-Century Benin".Francophone Studies: Discourse and Identity.Exeter, UK: Elm Bank.ISBN 978-1-902454-05-4.

[12] Mohamed Mekkawi."African & Caribbean Literature in French".Howard UniversityLibrary.Retrieved30 September2014.

[13] United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs,Statistical Office (1987)."Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants".1985 Demographic Yearbook.New York. pp. 247–289.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[14] "Ouidah Journal; A Cultural Bond That Bondage Could Not Crush",New York Times,5 August 1987

[15] "Benin: Chronologie".Jeune Afrique(in French).Retrieved30 September2014.

[16] United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997)."Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants".1995 Demographic Yearbook.New York. pp. 262–321.{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[FOOTNOTEPetit_Futé2011-17] Petit Futé 2011.

[18] "City Guide: Journaux".Cotonou ça bouge(in French). Portail Internet des Villes Africaines.Retrieved30 September2014.

[19] "Maison des Médias"(in French). Cotonou. Archived fromthe originalon 26 April 2009.

[stanford-20] Karen Fung (ed.)."Benin: News".Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources.US: Stanford University.Retrieved30 September2014.

[bbc-timeline-21] "Benin Profile: Timeline".BBC News.11 April 2011.Retrieved30 September2014.

[22] "Benin".Britannica Book of the Year 2014.Encyclopædia Britannica. 2014. p. 549+.ISBN 978-1-62513-171-3.

[unhabitat2014-23] The State of African Cities 2014.United Nations Human Settlements Programme.2015-09-10.ISBN 978-92-1-132598-0.Archived fromthe originalon 10 September 2014.Retrieved30 September2014.

[24] "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants",Demographic Yearbook – 2018,United Nations

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History of Benin

History of the Kingdom of Dahomey
Early history
Great Ardra c. 1100–1724 Oyo Empire c. 1300–1836 Songhai Empire c. 1464–1591 Kingdom of Akwamu c. 1480–1734 Atlantic slave trade c. 1500–1800 Dutch Slave Coast c. 1660–1760 Kingdom of Whydah c. 1580–1728 Kingdom of Dahomey c. 1600–1904 Annual Customs c. 1730–1904
Modern period
First Franco-Dahomean War 1890 Second Franco-Dahomean War 1892–1894 French Dahomey 1894–1958 French West Africa 1895–1958 Republic of Dahomey 1958–1975 Soglo coup 1963 Kérékou coup 1972 People's Republic of Benin 1975–1990 Mercenary coup attempt 1977 Republic of Benin 1990–present
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