|
YEAR |
DATE |
EVENT |
KING/PRIME MINISTER |
GOVERNOR |
|
1620 |
|
Kingdom of Dahomey |
King Dakodonu |
|
1645 |
|
|
King Wegbaja |
|
1685 |
|
|
King Akaba |
|
1708 |
|
|
King Agadja |
|
1740 |
|
|
King Tegbessou |
|
1774 |
|
|
King Kpengla |
|
1789 |
|
|
King Agonglo |
|
1797 |
april |
|
King Adandozan "Madogugu" |
|
1818 |
|
|
King Gezo "Gbalangbe," "Zedoko" |
|
1858 |
december |
|
King Gelele "Kinikini," "Ahogla, "Togodo," "Basagla" |
|
1868 |
19 may |
French Protectorate of Dahomey |
|
1889 |
30 december |
|
King Gbehanzin "Chadakogundo" |
|
1894 |
15 january |
|
King Agoli Agbo I |
|
1894 |
22 june |
French colony of Dahomey |
|
Victor-Marie Paul Victor Ballot |
|
1899 |
3 july |
Part of French colony of Western-Africa |
|
1911 |
24 june |
French colony of Dahomey |
|
Émile Merwart |
|
1912 |
9 may |
|
|
Charles Henri Adrien Noufflard |
|
1917 |
7 april |
|
|
Gaston Léopold Joseph Fourn |
|
1928 |
29 august |
|
|
Lucien Eugène Geay |
|
1929 |
4 april |
|
|
Dieudonné François Joseph Marie Reste |
|
1931 |
8 february |
|
|
Théophile-Antione-Pascal Tellier |
|
1932 |
7 january |
|
|
Louis-Placide Blacher |
|
1932 |
2 august |
|
|
Louis Aujas |
|
1933 |
22 july |
|
|
Jules-Marcel de Coppet |
|
1934 |
24 august |
|
|
Marcel-Alexandre-Jean Marchessou |
|
1935 |
15 february |
|
|
Maurice-Léon Bourgine |
|
1937 |
12 january |
|
|
Henri Étienne Martinet |
|
1937 |
7 august |
|
|
Ernest Gayon |
|
1938 |
7 april |
|
|
Henri Étienne Martinet (II) |
|
1938 |
1 june |
|
|
Armand Léon Annet |
|
1940 |
27 august |
|
|
Pierre Jean André Paliceti |
|
1940 |
18 september |
|
|
Léon-Hippolyte Truitard |
|
1943 |
26 august |
|
|
Charles André Maurice Assier de Pompignan |
|
1946 |
21 may |
|
|
Robert Legendre |
|
1946 |
13 october |
French overseas territory of Dahomey |
|
Robert Legendre |
|
1948 |
14 january |
|
|
Jean Georges Chambon |
|
1949 |
13 january |
|
|
Jacques Alphonse Boissier |
|
1949 |
19 september |
|
|
Claude Valluy |
|
1951 |
november |
|
|
Charles-Henri Bonfils |
|
1955 |
21 june |
|
|
Marc Casimir Biros |
|
1958 |
21 march |
|
|
Bernard Hepp |
|
1958 |
15 july |
|
|
René Tirant |
|
1958 |
4 december |
Independent in the French Comunity |
Sourou Migan Apithy |
High Commisioner René Tirant |
|
1959 |
22 may |
|
Hubert Maga |
|
|
YEAR |
DATE |
EVENT |
PRESIDENT |
PRIME MINISTER |
|
1960 |
1 august |
Republic of Dahomey |
Hubert Maga (I) |
- |
|
1963 |
27 october |
|
Hubert Maga, Sourou Migan Apithy, Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin |
|
1963 |
28 october |
|
col. Christophe Soglo (I) |
|
|
1964 |
25 janaury |
|
Sourou Migan Apithy |
Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin |
|
1965 |
27 november |
|
Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin (I) |
|
|
1965 |
29 november |
|
Tahirou Congacou |
- |
|
1965 |
22 december |
|
gen. Christophe Soglo (II) |
|
|
1967 |
19 december |
|
Jean-Baptiste Hachème |
|
|
1967 |
20 december |
|
Maurice Kouandété (I) |
|
|
1967 |
21 december |
|
Alphonse Alley |
Maurice Kouandété |
|
1968 |
17 july |
|
Émile Derlin Henri Zinsou |
- |
|
1969 |
10 december |
|
Maurice Kouandété (II) |
|
|
1969 |
13 december |
|
col. Paul-Émile de Souza |
|
|
1970 |
7 may |
|
Hubert Maga (II) |
|
|
1972 |
7 may |
|
gen. Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin (II) |
|
|
1972 |
26 october |
|
gen. Ahmed-Mathieu Kérékou (I) |
|
