Timeline: Morocco

[Anisa]

Timeline: Morocco
A chronology of key events:

7th century AD - Arab invasion; Idris founds the first major Muslim dynasty.


High peaks and fertile valleys: Morocco's Atlas mountains
10-17th centuries - A succession of dynasties and religious movements, including the Almoravid movement which at its peak controlled all of Morocco and parts of present-day Algeria and Spain.

1860 - Dispute over Spain's Ceuta enclave; Spain declares war, wins a further enclave and an enlarged Ceuta in the settlement.

1884 - Spain creates a protectorate in coastal areas of Morocco.

1904 - France and Spain agree on respective zones of influence in the country.

1906 - Algeciras Conference in Spain; France and Spain get the go-ahead to police Moroccan ports and collect customs fees.

French protectorate

1912 - Morocco becomes a French protectorate under the Treaty of Fez, administered by a French Resident-General. Spain continues to operate its coastal protectorate. The sultan has a largely figurehead role.

1921-6 - Tribal rebellion in Rif mountains, eventually suppressed by French and Spanish troops.

RABAT

Capital city, once known as the "pearl of Morocco"
Founded in 12th century
Population: 1.3 million


2003: Morocco's many contradictions
1943 - Istiqlal - Party of Independence - founded to press for independence.

1956 March - End of French protectorate after a period of unrest and strong nationalist sentiment. Spain keeps its two coastal enclaves. Sultan Mohammed becomes king in 1957.

1961 - Death of King Mohammed; King Hassan II comes to power.

1963 - First general elections.

1965 - Amid growing social unrest King Hassan declares a state of emergency and suspends parliament.

1971 - Failed attempt to depose king and establish republic.

Polisario movement

1973 - Polisario movement formed, aims to establish an independent state in Spanish Sahara, a territory south of Morocco controlled by Spain. The group has Algerian support.

KING HASSAN

Monarch became Arab world's longest-serving ruler


1999 In pictures: Morocco bids farewell
1999: King Hassan - a life in pictures
1975 6 November - The Green March: King Hassan orders 350,000 civilian volunteers to cross into Spanish Sahara.

1975 December - Spain agrees to withdraw from Spanish Sahara (soon to become Western Sahara) and to transfer it to joint Moroccan-Mauritanian control. Amid objections and threats of military intervention from Algeria, Moroccan forces enter and occupy the territory.

1976 - Moroccan and Algerian troops clash in Western Sahara. Algeria announces the formation of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and forms a government-in-exile. Morocco and Mauritania divide-up Western Sahara.

1976 onwards - Fighting between Moroccan military and Polisario forces; the war is a considerable financial drain on Morocco.

1983 - Summit meeting between King Hassan and Algerian president prompts thaw in relations.

1983 - King cancels planned elections amid political unrest and economic crisis.

WESTERN SAHARA

Polisario soldiers waged guerrilla war against Morocco until 1991


Profile: Western Sahara
2003: 'Africa's last colony'
1984 - Morocco leaves the Organisation of African Unity in protest at the SADR's admission to the body. Polisario claims to have killed more than 5,000 Moroccan soldiers in offensives between 1982-5.

1988 - Resumption of full diplomatic relations with Algeria.

Sahara ceasefire

1991 - UN-monitored ceasefire begins in Western Sahara, but the territory's status remains undecided and numerous ceasefire violations are reported. The following decade sees much wrangling over a proposed referendum on the future of the territory but the deadlock is not broken.

1998 - Morocco's first opposition-led government comes to power.

1999 - King Hassan II succeeded by his son, Mohammed VI.

2001 November - King Mohammed starts a controversial tour of Western Sahara, the first by a Moroccan monarch for a decade.


Marrakesh: Former capital's markets, festivals draw tourists
2002 July - Morocco and Spain agree to US-brokered resolution over the disputed island of Perejil. Spanish troops had taken the normally-uninhabited island after Moroccan soldiers landed on it and set up tents and a flag.

2002 December - Morocco and Spain hold their first talks since their conflict over the disputed island of Perejil in July. In January 2003 they agree to return ambassadors.

2003 February - A Casablanca court jails three Saudi members of al-Qaeda for 10 years after they were accused of plotting to attack US and British warships in the Straits of Gibraltar in 2002.

2003 May - Forty-one people are killed and many are injured in a series of suicide bomb attacks in the business capital Casablanca.

2004 February - Powerful earthquake hits the north; more than 500 people are killed.

2004 July - Free trade agreement with the US comes into effect. The deal follows Washington's designation of Morocco as a major non-Nato ally.

[-thetruth]

Thanks

Nice short history. need to add that this year a village dated 15000 years were discovered in the south of Morocco.
Also to add that The whole of Europe ships used to pay money to Moroccan pirates which later lead to the invation of Morocco and That Morocco was the first country to recognise the independance of the USA.
Moroccan remains were also found in Corwall England.

[poubalo]

In the passt Morocco was Empire that did dominated most of North Africa .

[Anisa]

For the input guys

Where did you get that crap ( most of it is pure falsity ) , and how dare you call Our Sahara the last colony in Africa !!!!!!!!!!!! you look like a poor retarded to me ....frankly keep your crap for your self , post some good stuff or just zip it up

[-thetruth]

Salam brov

How are you doing?

Originally posted by -thetruth
Salam brov

How are you doing?

are you talking to me ?!?!?