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This is a non-exhaustive '''[[chronology]] of [[colonialism]]'''-related events, which may recensed political events, cultural events, as well as important global events which have influenced the colonization and the [[decolonization]].
This is a non-exhaustive '''[[chronology]] of [[colonialism]]'''-related events, which may recensed political events, cultural events, as well as important global events which have influenced the colonization and the [[decolonization]].


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*1542: Creation of the [[Viceroyalty of Peru]]
*1542: Creation of the [[Viceroyalty of Peru]]
*[[1550]]-[[1552]]: [[Valladolid Controversy]] and publication of ''[[A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies]]'' by Bishop of [[Chiapas]] [[Bartolomé de las Casas]]
*[[1550]]-[[1552]]: [[Valladolid Controversy]] and publication of ''[[A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies]]'' by Bishop of [[Chiapas]] [[Bartolomé de las Casas]]
*[[1600]]: Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]] grants [[Royal charter]] to the [[British East India Company]]
*[[1607]]: The first permanent British settlement in the North America at [[Jamestown, Virginia]]
*[[1619]]: The first African slaves arrive to Jamestown, Virginia
*[[1624]]: The [[British colonial empire|British]] set foot in [[Surat]]
*[[1624]]: The [[British colonial empire|British]] set foot in [[Surat]]
*[[1625]]: [[Charles I of England]] receives [[Oldman]], king of the [[Mosquito Nation]], who was taken to England by the [[Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick|Earl of Warwick]].
*[[1625]]: [[Charles I of England]] receives [[Oldman]], king of the [[Mosquito Nation]], who was taken to England by the [[Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick|Earl of Warwick]].
*[[1630]]: [[Puritans]] establish [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]
*[[1717]]: Creation of the [[Viceroyalty of New Granada]]
*[[1717]]: Creation of the [[Viceroyalty of New Granada]]
*[[1775]]-[[1783]]: [[American War of Independence]]
*[[1775]]-[[1783]]: [[American War of Independence]]
*[[1776]]: Creation of the [[Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata]]
*[[1776]]: Creation of the [[Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata]]
*1776: The 13 original colonies of the [[United States]] [[Declaration of Independence (United States)|declare independence]] from Britain
*[[1784]]: Britain passes the [[India Act]]
*[[1791]]-[[1804]]: [[Haitian Revolution]] and [[abolitionism|abolition of slavery]] by the [[French First Republic]] (reestablished by [[Napoleon]] in 1804)
*[[1791]]-[[1804]]: [[Haitian Revolution]] and [[abolitionism|abolition of slavery]] by the [[French First Republic]] (reestablished by [[Napoleon]] in 1804)
*[[1795]]: Britain invades the Cape region of present-day South Africa


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== 19th century==
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== 19th century to the First World War ==


*[[1804]]-[[1813]]: [[First Serbian Uprising|Uprising in Serbia]] against the presence of the [[Ottoman Empire]]
*[[1804]]-[[1813]]: [[First Serbian Uprising|Uprising in Serbia]] against the presence of the [[Ottoman Empire]]
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*1848: [[Decree-law]] [[Victor Schoelcher]] which abolish slavery (permanently) in the [[French colonial empire]]
*1848: [[Decree-law]] [[Victor Schoelcher]] which abolish slavery (permanently) in the [[French colonial empire]]
*1852-60: [[Second Opium War]]
*1852-60: [[Second Opium War]]
*1853-55: Publication of [[Arthur de Gobineau|Gobineau]]'s ''[[An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races]]''
*1854-56: [[Crimean War]]
*1854-56: [[Crimean War]]
*1854- [[Convention of Kanagawa]] after [[Matthew Calbraith Perry|Commodore Perry]]'s expedition to [[History of Japan|Japan]]
*1854- [[Convention of Kanagawa]] after [[Matthew Calbraith Perry|Commodore Perry]]'s expedition to [[History of Japan|Japan]]
*1857: [[Indian rebellion of 1857|Uprising in India against British occupation]], which leads to the creation of the [[British Raj]]
*1857: [[Indian rebellion of 1857|Uprising in India against British occupation]], which leads to the creation of the [[British Raj]]
*[[1861]]-[[1867]]: [[French intervention in Mexico]] ordered by [[Napoleon III]]
*[[1861]]-[[1867]]: [[French intervention in Mexico]] ordered by [[Napoleon III]]
*1870: [[Franco-Prussian War]]
*1870-80s: [[Conquest of the Desert]] in [[History of Argentina|Argentina]], led by [[Julio Argentino Roca]]
*1870-80s: [[Conquest of the Desert]] in [[History of Argentina|Argentina]], led by [[Julio Argentino Roca]]
*[[1877]]-[[1878]]: [[Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878|War between Russia and the Ottoman Empire]] and [[March 3]], [[1878]] [[Treaty of San Stefano]]
*[[1877]]-[[1878]]: [[Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878|War between Russia and the Ottoman Empire]] and [[March 3]], [[1878]] [[Treaty of San Stefano]]
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*[[1884]]-85: [[Berlin Conference]] (UK, France, Germany) which sets the [[right of conquest]] for the [[scramble for Africa]]
*[[1884]]-85: [[Berlin Conference]] (UK, France, Germany) which sets the [[right of conquest]] for the [[scramble for Africa]]
*[[1885]]: Foundation of the [[Indian National Congress]]
*[[1885]]: Foundation of the [[Indian National Congress]]
*[[1885]]: [[Treaty of Simulambuco]] (between Portugal and the [[N'Goyo Kingdom]]).
*[[1885]]: [[Treaty of Simulambuco]] (between Portugal and the [[N'Goyo Kingdom]])
*1887: France creates the Indochinese Union
*[[1888]]: ''[[Lei Áurea]]'' ("Golden Law") on [[May 13]] in [[Empire of Brazil|Brazil]] which abolish slavery
*[[1888]]: ''[[Lei Áurea]]'' ("Golden Law") on [[May 13]] in [[Empire of Brazil|Brazil]] which abolish slavery
*[[1889]]: [[History of Brazil (1889-1930)|Foundation of the Republic of Brazil]]
*[[1889]]: [[History of Brazil (1889-1930)|Foundation of the Republic of Brazil]]
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*1899-[[1902]]: [[Second Boer War]]
*1899-[[1902]]: [[Second Boer War]]
*1899-[[1913]]: [[Philippine-American War]]
*1899-[[1913]]: [[Philippine-American War]]

==20th century==

*[[1902]]: [[Anglo-Japanese Alliance]]: end of UK's [[Splendid isolation]]
*[[1902]]: [[Anglo-Japanese Alliance]]: end of UK's [[Splendid isolation]]
*[[1902]]: Italy puts a supplement to the [[Triple Alliance (1882)|Triple Alliance]] concerning France
*[[1902]]: Italy puts a supplement to the [[Triple Alliance (1882)|Triple Alliance]] concerning France
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*[[1910]]: [[Mexican Revolution]] and overthrow of [[Porfirio Díaz]]'s [[dictatorship]]
*[[1910]]: [[Mexican Revolution]] and overthrow of [[Porfirio Díaz]]'s [[dictatorship]]
*[[1910]]: Creation of [[French Equatorial Africa]] (AEF)
*[[1910]]: Creation of [[French Equatorial Africa]] (AEF)
*1910: Establishment of the Union of South Africa
*[[1911]]: [[Agadir Crisis]]
*[[1911]]: [[Agadir Crisis]]
*[[1911]]: [[Xinhai Revolution|Chinese Revolution]]
*[[1911]]: [[Xinhai Revolution|Chinese Revolution]]
*[[1912]]: France establish a full [[protectorate]] over [[History of Morocco|Morocco]]
*[[1912]]: France establish a full [[protectorate]] over [[History of Morocco|Morocco]]
*[[1912]]-[[1913]]: [[Balkan Wars]] and [[Italo-Turkish War]] ([[Tripolitania]] and [[Cyrenaica]] are transferred from the Ottoman Empire to Italy)
*[[1912]]-[[1913]]: [[Balkan Wars]] and [[Italo-Turkish War]] ([[Tripolitania]] and [[Cyrenaica]] are transferred from the Ottoman Empire to Italy)
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*[[1914]]-[[1918]]: [[World War I]]
*[[1916]]: [[May 16]] [[Sykes-Picot Agreement]]
*[[1916]]: [[May 16]] [[Sykes-Picot Agreement]]
*[[1916]]-[[1918]]: [[Arab Revolt]] initiated by [[Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca|Hussein bin Ali]] and [[Emir]] [[Faisal I of Iraq|Faisal]]
*[[1916]]-[[1918]]: [[Arab Revolt]] initiated by [[Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca|Hussein bin Ali]] and [[Emir]] [[Faisal I of Iraq|Faisal]]
*[[1917]]: [[October Revolution]]
*1917: [[November 2]] [[Balfour Declaration, 1917|Balfour Declaration]] concerning the plans of a "[[Jewish]] home in [[Palestine]]"
*1918: [[Woodrow Wilson]]'s January 9 speech on the [[Fourteen Points]]
*1918: [[Woodrow Wilson]]'s January 9 speech on the [[Fourteen Points]]
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*[[1919]]: Foundation of the [[League of Nations]] at the [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Paris Peace Conference]] and creation of the [[League of Nations Mandate]]s ([[British Mandate of Iraq|Iraq]] and [[British Mandate of Palestine|Palestine]] — including [[Transjordan]] — are passed to Great Britain's control, [[French Mandate of Lebanon|Lebanon]] and [[French Mandate of Syria|Syria to France]]; the [[Cameroons]] and [[Togoland]] are split between the UK and France; [[Ruanda-Urundi]] goes to [[Belgium]] and [[Tanganyika]] to the UK; [[Nauru]] and [[New Guinea]] to [[Australia]]; the [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands]] and the [[South Pacific Mandate]] to [[Japan]]; [[Samoa]] to [[New Zealand]] and [[South West Africa]] to [[South Africa]])

== 1919 to 1936 ==

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*[[1919]]: Foundation of the '''[[League of Nations]]''' at the [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Paris Peace Conference]] and creation of the [[League of Nations Mandate]]s ([[British Mandate of Iraq|Iraq]] and [[British Mandate of Palestine|Palestine]] — including [[Transjordan]] — are passed to Great Britain's control, [[French Mandate of Lebanon|Lebanon]] and [[French Mandate of Syria|Syria to France]]; the [[Cameroons]] and [[Togoland]] are split between the UK and France; [[Ruanda-Urundi]] goes to [[Belgium]] and [[Tanganyika]] to the UK; [[Nauru]] and [[New Guinea]] to [[Australia]]; the [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands]] and the [[South Pacific Mandate]] to [[Japan]]; [[Samoa]] to [[New Zealand]] and [[South West Africa]] to [[South Africa]])
*[[1919]]: [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]]
*[[1919]]: [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]]
*[[1919]]: [[Non-Cooperation Movement]] led by [[Mahatma Gandhi]]
*[[1919]]: [[Non-Cooperation Movement]] led by [[Mahatma Gandhi]]
*1919-[[1922]]: [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)|Greco-Turkish War]]
*[[1920]]: [[Sanremo conference]] in April
*[[1920]]: [[Sanremo conference]] in April
*[[1920]]: [[Treaty of Sèvres]] on [[August 10]] between the [[Triple Entente]] (UK, France and Russia) and the [[Ottoman Empire]]; [[Mustafa Kemal]] leads the [[Turkish War of Independence]] leading to the [[1923]] [[Treaty of Lausanne]]
*[[1920]]: [[Treaty of Sèvres]] on [[August 10]] between the [[Triple Entente]] (UK, France and Russia) and the [[Ottoman Empire]]; [[Mustafa Kemal]] leads the [[Turkish War of Independence]] leading to the [[1923]] [[Treaty of Lausanne]]
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*[[1927]]: [[May 19]] [[Treaty of Jedda]] accords independence to [[Saudi Arabia]] led by [[Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia|king Abdul Aziz]]
*[[1927]]: [[May 19]] [[Treaty of Jedda]] accords independence to [[Saudi Arabia]] led by [[Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia|king Abdul Aziz]]
*[[1931]]: [[Colonial exhibition]] in [[Paris]]
*[[1931]]: [[Colonial exhibition]] in [[Paris]]
*1931: South Africa gains independence from Britain
*[[1932]]: Independence of [[Iraq]]
*[[1932]]: Independence of [[Iraq]]
*[[1933]]: Portuguese Colonial Act
*[[1933]]: Portuguese Colonial Act
*1933: Publication of [[Gilberto Freyre]]'s ''Casa-Grande & Senzala'' ("The Great House and the Slave Quarters" - 1933)
*[[1934]]-[[1935]]: [[Long March]] by the [[Chinese Communist Army]]
*[[1934]]-[[1935]]: [[Long March]] by the [[Chinese Communist Army]]
*1935: [[Aimé Césaire]] coins the word ''[[Négritude]]''
*1935: [[Aimé Césaire]] coins the word ''[[Négritude]]''
*[[1936]]: [[Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence (1936)|Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence]] (never ratified by France)
*[[1936]]: [[Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence (1936)|Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence]] (never ratified by France)

== 1937 to 1962 ==

*[[1936]]-[[1939]]: [[Great Uprising|Great Arab Revolt]] in the [[British Mandate of Palestine]]
*[[1936]]-[[1939]]: [[Great Uprising|Great Arab Revolt]] in the [[British Mandate of Palestine]]
*1936-1939: [[Spanish Civil War]]
*1937-45: [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]
*1937-45: [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]
*1940-45: [[World War II]] and [[Holocaust]]
*[[1941]]: [[Atlantic charter]] signed by president [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Roosevelt]]
*[[1941]]: [[Atlantic charter]] signed by president [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Roosevelt]]
*1941: Foundation of the [[Viet Minh]] by [[Ho Chi Minh]]
*1941: Foundation of the [[Viet Minh]] by [[Ho Chi Minh]]
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*[[1942]]: [[Quit India Movement]] called for by Gandhi on [[August 9]]
*[[1942]]: [[Quit India Movement]] called for by Gandhi on [[August 9]]
*[[1943]]: Independence of [[Lebanon]]
*[[1943]]: Independence of [[Lebanon]]
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*[[1944]]: Nelson Mandela joins the [[African National Congress]]
*[[1945]]: [[Sétif massacre]] in Algeria on [[May 8]]
*[[1945]]: [[Sétif massacre]] in Algeria on [[May 8]]
*1945: [[Democratic Republic of Vietnam|Proclamation of the independence of Vietnam]] by Ho Chi Minh
*1945: [[Democratic Republic of Vietnam|Proclamation of the independence of Vietnam]] by Ho Chi Minh
*1945: Foundation of the [[Arab League]] on [[March 22]] ([[Egypt]], [[Iraq]], [[Jordan]], [[Lebanon]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Syria]] and [[Yemen]])
*1945: Fifty states sign the [[Charter of the United Nations]] on [[June 26]]
*1945-[[1950]]: [[Chinese Civil War]] between the nationalist [[Kuomintang]] and the [[Communist Party of China|Communist Party]] led by [[Mao Zedong]]
*1945-[[1950]]: [[Chinese Civil War]] between the nationalist [[Kuomintang]] and the [[Communist Party of China|Communist Party]] led by [[Mao Zedong]]
*1946-54: [[First Indochina War]]
*1946-54: [[First Indochina War]]
*[[1947]]: Official start of the [[Cold War]] (see [[Cold War (1947-1953)]] and [[Cold War (1953-1962)]])
*1947: [[Partition of India|Independence of India and of Pakistan]] on [[August 15]]
*1947: [[Partition of India|Independence of India and of Pakistan]] on [[August 15]]
*1947: [[1947 UN Partition Plan|UN Resolution 181 on the partition of Palestine]] in favor of a [[Two-state solution]].
*1947: [[History of Madagascar|French repression of the Malagasy uprising]]. 90 to 100 000 killed.
*1947: [[History of Madagascar|French repression of the Malagasy uprising]]. 90 to 100 000 killed.
*[[1948]]: [[Declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel]] on [[May 14]] and first [[1948 Arab-Israeli War|Arab-Israeli War]]
*[[1948]]: [[Declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel]] on [[May 14]]
*1948: Colonial exhibition in Belgium
*1948: Colonial exhibition in Belgium
*[[1949]]: Proclamation of the [[People's Republic of China]] by [[Mao Zedong]]
*[[1949]]: Proclamation of the [[People's Republic of China]] by [[Mao Zedong]]
*1949: [[1949 Armistice Agreements|Armistice Agreements]] between Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt
*1949: [[1949 Armistice Agreements|Armistice Agreements]] between Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt
*1951: Publication of [[Hannah Arendt]]'s ''[[The Origins of Totalitarianism]]'' (second section dedicated to imperialism)
*1952: [[Alfred Sauvy]] coins the term "[[Third World]]"
*1952: [[Alfred Sauvy]] coins the term "[[Third World]]"
*1953: US [[Operation Ajax]] against [[Mossadegh]] in [[History of Iran|Iran]]
*1953: US [[Operation Ajax]] against [[Mossadegh]] in [[History of Iran|Iran]]
*1954: US [[Operation PBSuccess]] against [[History of Guatemala|Guatemalean]] president [[Jacobo Arbenz Guzman|Arbenz]]
*1954: US [[Operation PBSuccess]] against [[History of Guatemala|Guatemalean]] president [[Jacobo Arbenz Guzman|Arbenz]]
*1954-62: [[Algerian War of Independence|Algerian War]]
*1954-62: [[Algerian War of Independence|Algerian War]]
*[[1955]]: '''[[Bandung Conference]]'''
*[[1955]]: [[Bandung Conference]]
*1955: Creation of the [[Latin American Episcopal Conference]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]]
*1955: Creation of the [[Latin American Episcopal Conference]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]]
*[[1956]]: [[Suez Crisis]] between Israel, the UK and France against Egypt, after [[Nasser]]'s [[nationalisation]] of the [[Suez Canal Company]]
*[[1956]]: [[Suez Crisis]] between Israel, the UK and France against Egypt, after [[Nasser]]'s [[nationalisation]] of the [[Suez Canal Company]]
*[[1957]]: [[Algeria|Algerian]] independence militant [[Larbi Ben M'Hidi]] murdered in prison, early March
*[[1957]]: [[Algeria|Algerian]] independence militant [[Larbi Ben M'Hidi]] murdered in prison, early March
*[[1958]]: Foundation of the [[United Arab Republic]] as a first step toward a [[Pan-arabism|Pan-arab]] nation; it is formed by Egypt and Syria (until [[1961]]). Creation also of the short-term [[Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan]].
*[[1959]]: [[Cuban Revolution]]
*[[1959]]: [[Cuban Revolution]]
*1959: Independence of [[History of Morocco|Morocco]] and [[History of Tunisia|Tunisia]]
*1959: Independence of [[History of Morocco|Morocco]] and [[History of Tunisia|Tunisia]]
*1959: Foundation of the [[Fatah]] by [[Yassir Arafat]]
*[[1960]]: Independence of French colonies in Africa; the [[United Nations]] (UN) reach 99 members states
*[[1960]]: Independence of French colonies in Africa; the [[United Nations]] (UN) reach 99 members states
*[[1961]]: Assassination of [[Patrice Lumumba]], first prime minister of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], on [[January 17]]
*[[1961]]: Assassination of [[Patrice Lumumba]], first prime minister of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], on [[January 17]]
*1961: Formation of the ''[[Conferência das Organizações Nacionalistas das Colónias Portuguesas]]'' on [[April 18]] in [[Casablanca]], [[Morocco]] ([[PAIGC]], [[MPLA]], [[FRELIMO]] and [[MLSTP]])
*1961: Formation of the ''[[Conferência das Organizações Nacionalistas das Colónias Portuguesas]]'' on [[April 18]] in [[Casablanca]], [[Morocco]] ([[PAIGC]], [[MPLA]], [[FRELIMO]] and [[MLSTP]])
*1961: Creation of the '''[[Non-Aligned Movement]]'''
*1961: Creation of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]]
*1961: [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]]
*1961: [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]]
*1961: [[Soviet Union|Soviet premier]] [[Nikita Khrushchev|Kruschchev]] declares that the Soviet Union would support all "[[national liberation movements]]"
*1961: [[Soviet Union|Soviet premier]] [[Nikita Khrushchev|Kruschchev]] declares that the Soviet Union would support all "[[national liberation movements]]"
*1961: Publication of [[Frantz Fanon]]' ''[[The Wretched of the Earth]]''
*1961: [[Paris massacre of 1961|October 17 Paris massacre]]
*1961-74: [[Portuguese Colonial War]]; See also [[Angolan War of Independence]] (1961-[[1989]])
*1961-74: [[Portuguese Colonial War]]; See also [[Angolan War of Independence]] (1961-[[1989]])
*[[1962]]: [[Evian Accords|March 18 Evian Accords]] put an end to the Algerian War
*[[1962]]: [[Evian Accords|March 18 Evian Accords]] put an end to the Algerian War
*1962: [[Sino-Indian War]] from September to November
*1962: [[Cuban missile crisis]] in October, which marks the climax of the Cold War and leads to the ''[[Détente]]''

== 1963 to 1990 ==

*[[1963]]: Assassination of [[Sylvanus Olympio]] on January 13, first president of [[Togo]]; he is replaced by [[Gnassingbé Eyadéma]], who ruled over Togo until his death in 2005
*[[1963]]: Assassination of [[Sylvanus Olympio]] on January 13, first president of [[Togo]]; he is replaced by [[Gnassingbé Eyadéma]], who ruled over Togo until his death in 2005
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*[[1965]]-[[1973]]: [[Vietnam War]]
*[[1964]]: Foundation of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (PLO) by the [[Arab League]]
*[[1965]]-[[1973]]: '''[[Vietnam War]]'''
*1965: Assassination of [[Mehdi Ben Barka]], leader of the [[National Union of Popular Forces|UNPF]] and of the [[Tricontinental Conference]]
*1965: Assassination of [[Mehdi Ben Barka]], leader of the [[National Union of Popular Forces|UNPF]] and of the [[Tricontinental Conference]]
*1965: [[Joseph Mobutu]] becomes the dictator of the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] until his overthrow in 1997 by [[Laurent-Désiré Kabila]]
*1965: [[Joseph Mobutu]] becomes the dictator of the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] until his overthrow in 1997 by [[Laurent-Désiré Kabila]]
*[[1967]]: [[Six Day War]] between [[Israel]] and [[Egypt]], [[Jordan]], and [[Syria]] ([[June 5]] to [[June 10]]), which leads to the [[Green Line (Israel)|occupation of the Golan Heights, the West Bank, the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza strip]]. On [[November 22]], [[1967]], [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 242|UN Security Council Resolution 242]] calls for the "withdrawal of [[Tsahal|Israeli armed forces]] from territories occupied in the recent conflict" and the "[t]ermination of all claims or states of belligerency".
*1967: Assassination of [[Che Guevara]] in [[Bolivia]] on [[October 9]]
*[[1969]]: Assassination of [[Eduardo Mondlane]], leader of the [[FRELIMO]]
*[[1969]]: Assassination of [[Eduardo Mondlane]], leader of the [[FRELIMO]]
*[[1970]]s: Independence of the former Portuguese colonies, following the [[April 25]], [[1974]] [[Carnation Revolution]] and the [[Portuguese Colonial War]]
*[[1970]]s: Independence of the former Portuguese colonies, following the [[April 25]], [[1974]] [[Carnation Revolution]] and the [[Portuguese Colonial War]]
*[[1971]]: Independence of [[History of Bangladesh|Bangladesh]] following the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|war with Pakistan]]
*[[1971]]: Independence of [[History of Bangladesh|Bangladesh]] following the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|war with Pakistan]]
*1971: Publication of [[Eduardo Galeano]]'s ''[[Open Veins of Latin America]]''
*1971: Publication of [[Gustavo Gutiérrez]]'s ''A [[Theology of Liberation]]: History, Politics, Salvation''
*[[1973]]: Assassination of [[Amilcar Cabral]], leader of the [[African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde]] (PAIGC) on [[January 20]]
*[[1973]]: Assassination of [[Amilcar Cabral]], leader of the [[African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde]] (PAIGC) on [[January 20]]
*1973: [[Chilean coup of 1973|Chilean coup led by Augusto Pinochet]] on [[September 11]]
*1973: The PAIGC proclaims the independence of [[Guinea-Bissau]] on [[September 24]]
*1973: The PAIGC proclaims the independence of [[Guinea-Bissau]] on [[September 24]]
*1973: [[Yom Kippur War]] from [[October 6]] to [[October 26]]
*[[1975]]: [[History of Portugal|Portugal]] recognizes [[Mozambique]]'s independence on [[June 25]] and [[Angola]] on [[November 11]]
*[[1975]]: [[History of Portugal|Portugal]] recognizes [[Mozambique]]'s independence on [[June 25]] and [[Angola]] on [[November 11]]
*[[1976]]: Assassination of [[Christian Democrat Party of Chile|Chilean Christian-Democrat]] [[Orlando Letelier]] in Washington D.C. on September 21
*[[1976]]: Assassination of [[Christian Democrat Party of Chile|Chilean Christian-Democrat]] [[Orlando Letelier]] in Washington D.C. on September 21
*[[1978]]: [[Camp David Accords]] between Egyptian president [[Anwar Sadat]] and Israeli prime minister [[Menachem Begin]]
*1978: [[Operation Litani]] by Israel in Lebanon and creation of the [[United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon|UN Interim Force in Lebanon]] through the [[March 19]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|UN Security Council Resolution 425]]
*[[1978]]: Publication of [[Edward Said]]'s ''[[Orientalism (book)|Orientalism]]''
*[[1979]]: [[Soviet war in Afghanistan|Sovietic invasion of Afghanistan]] and start of the [[Cold War (1979-1985)|"Second Cold War"]]
*[[1980]]: The UN reach 154 member states
*1980: Assassination of [[Óscar Romero]], [[prelate]] [[archbishop]] of [[San Salvador]] and proponent of the [[Liberation theology]], on [[March 24]]
*1980: Assassination of [[Óscar Romero]], [[prelate]] [[archbishop]] of [[San Salvador]] and proponent of the [[Liberation theology]], on [[March 24]]
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*[[1982]]: [[Latin American debt crisis]] (in particular in [[Mexico]], [[Brazil]] and [[Argentina]])
*[[1982]]: [[1982 Lebanon War|Lebanon War]]
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*[[1982]]: '''[[Latin American debt crisis]]''' (in particular in [[Mexico]], [[Brazil]] and [[Argentina]])
*[[1983]]: [[Invasion of Grenada]]
*[[1983]]: [[Invasion of Grenada]]
*[[1984]]: [[Bhopal disaster]] in India
*[[1984]]: [[Bhopal disaster]] in India
*[[1987]]-[[1993]]: [[First Intifada]]
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*[[1988]]: Assassination of [[Dulcie September]], member of the [[African National Congress]]
*[[1989]]: [[Operation Just Cause]] against [[Manuel Noriega]]
*[[1989]]: [[Operation Just Cause]] against [[Manuel Noriega]]
*1989: Fall of the [[Berlin Wall]]
*[[1990]]: Independence of [[Namibia]]
*[[1990]]: Independence of [[Namibia]], the UN reach 159 states
*[[1994]]: [[Nelson Mandela]] becomes president of [[South Africa]] in the nation's first all-race election


== 1991 to 2006 ==
==21st century==


*[[1990]]-[[1991]]: [[Gulf War]]
*[[1993]]: [[Oslo Accords]] between head of PLO Yasser Arafat and [[Israeli prime minister]] [[Yitzhak Rabin]]
*[[1994]]-[[1996]]: [[First Chechen War]]
*1996: Assassination of [[Dzhokhar Dudaev]], first separatist president of the [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]]
*[[1996]]-[[1997]]: [[First Congo War]], which leads to the overthrow of [[Joseph Mobutu]] by [[Laurent-Désiré Kabila]] (who is killed in 2001)
*[[1998]]-[[2003]]: [[Second Congo War]]
*[[1999]]: Beginning of the [[Second Chechen War]] (as of 2006, still on)
*[[2005]]: February 23 French law on the "positive aspects" of "French presence abroad, in particular in North Africa"
*[[2005]]: February 23 French law on the "positive aspects" of "French presence abroad, in particular in North Africa"
*2005: Assassination of moderate Chechen separatist [[Aslan Maskhadov]] on [[March 8]]
*2005: Enacting of [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan]] of the [[Gaza Strip]] by prime minister [[Ariel Sharon]]
*[[2006]]: Repeal of the February 23, 2005 French law, following criticisms of [[historical revisionism (negationism)|historical revisionism]]
*[[2006]]: Repeal of the February 23, 2005 French law, following criticisms of [[historical revisionism (negationism)|historical revisionism]]


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*[[Wars of national liberation]]
*[[Wars of national liberation]]
*[[Decolonization]]
*[[Decolonization]]

==References==
*Wolny, Philip (2005): ''Colonialism. A Primary Source Analysis'' (Rosen Publishing)


[[Category:History of colonialism]]
[[Category:History of colonialism]]

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This is a non-exhaustive chronology of colonialism-related events, which may recensed political events, cultural events, as well as important global events which have influenced the colonization and the decolonization.

15th to 18th century

19th century

20th century

21st century

  • 2005: February 23 French law on the "positive aspects" of "French presence abroad, in particular in North Africa"
  • 2006: Repeal of the February 23, 2005 French law, following criticisms of historical revisionism

See also

References

  • Wolny, Philip (2005): Colonialism. A Primary Source Analysis (Rosen Publishing)
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