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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | PRIME MINISTER | GOVERNOR | 
| 1839 | 9 february | French occupation | Louis-Édouard Bouët-Willaumez | |
| 1843 | 11 june | Antoine Devoisins | ||
| 1844 | Joseph-Marie Millet | |||
| 1844 | André Brisset (I) | |||
| 1846 | Méquet | |||
| 1846 | Clément Grosjean | |||
| 1846 | Jean Carrilès | |||
| 1847 | André Brisset (II) | |||
| 1847 | Victor-Joseph Roger | |||
| 1848 | 25 march | Alphonse-Alexandre Sourdeaux | ||
| 1848 | 3 august | Eugène-Jean-Antione Desperles | ||
| 1848 | december | Étienne-Charles Deschanel | ||
| 1849 | 10 august | Jean-Auguste Martin | ||
| 1850 | 15 december | Alexis-Édouard Vignon (I) | ||
| 1853 | Peters-Théophile Quillet | |||
| 1857 | Alexis-Édouard Vignon (II) | |||
| 1859 | Pierre-Alexandre Mailhetard | |||
| 1860 | 4 august | César-Charles-Joseph Pradier | ||
| 1860 | 4 october | Part of French Ivory Coast colony | ||
| 1883 | 16 december | French colony | Jean-Joseph-Alfred Cornut-Gentille | |
| 1885 | Georges-Émile Pradier | |||
| 1886 | 27 april | Part of French Congo colony | ||
| 1937 | 31 december | French overseas territory | Georges Hubert Parisot | |
| 1938 | 29 august | Georges Pierre Masson | ||
| 1940 | 14 november | Parent | ||
| 1941 | 26 march | Victor Valentin Smith | ||
| 1942 | 30 may | Charles André Maurice Assier de Pompignan | ||
| 1943 | 26 august | Paul Vuillaume | ||
| 1944 | 19 november | Numa Henri François Sadoul (I) | ||
| 1946 | 28 march | Roland Joanes Louis Pré | ||
| 1947 | 31 december | Numa Henri François Sadoul (II) | ||
| 1949 | 6 april | Pierre François Pelieu | ||
| 1951 | 19 october | Charles Émile Hanin | ||
| 1952 | 25 april | Yves Jean Digo | ||
| 1958 | 29 january | Louis Marius Pascal Sanmarco | ||
| 1958 | 28 november | Independent under French Community | Léon M'ba | |
| 1959 | july | Jean Risterucci |