| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | GOVERNOR | 
| 1895 | 20 february | French protectorate of Upper-Volta | Georges Destenave | 
| 1898 | june |  | Crane | 
| 1904 | 18 october | Part of French colony of Mali | 
| 1919 | 1 march | French colony of Upper Volta | Frédéric Charles Édouard Alexandre Hesling | 
| 1927 | 7 august |  | Robert Arnaud | 
| 1928 | 13 january |  | Albéric Auguste Fournier | 
| 1932 | 22 december |  | Gabriel Omer Descemet | 
| 1938 | 1 january | Part of French colony of Ivory Coast | 
| 1947 | 4 september | French territory of Upper Volta | Gaston Mourgues | 
| 1948 | 29 april |  | Albert Jean Mouragues | 
| 1953 | 23 february |  | Salvador Jean Étcheber | 
| 1956 | 3 november |  | Yvon Bourges | 
| 1958 | 15 july |  | Max Berthet |