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Historical Timeline for Guinea - A chronology of key events

Guinea Timeline[edit | edit source]

Around 900	appearance of the Mandinka population; the Malinkés settled in Upper Guinea and the Soussous in Lower Guinea.
From the 10th to the 12th century	Guinea is a vassal of the kingdom of Ghana.
From the 13th to the 15th century	Guinea is part of the Mali Empire.
End of the 15th century	the first Europeans set up trading posts on the coast.
17th century	arrival of the Peuls in Fouta-Djalon.
1814	Treaty of Paris and French hegemony over the Southern Rivers.
December 1891	the Southern Rivers become an autonomous colony, French Guinea and dependencies.
1875-1898	empire of Samory Touré in Upper Guinea.
1895	Guinea is integrated into the AOF.
1945	Yacine Diallo is elected to the constituent assembly; birth of the CEO.
1955	Sékou Touré is elected mayor of Conakry.
October 2, 1958	Sékou Touré becomes the first president of the First Republic.
November 22, 1970	failure of the Portuguese landing.
August 27, 1977	revolt of market women.
March 26, 1984	death of Sékou Touré.
April 3, 1984	birth of the Second Republic; Lansana Conté is the president. The Guinean franc replaces the syli.
2-3 February 1996	mutiny and failure of the coup attempt.
July 1996	change of government. Sydia Touré becomes Prime Minister.
2-3 February 1997	attempted coup d'état and bombardment of the Palais des Nations by the military.
December 1998	Lansana Conté is re-elected as President of the Republic for 5 years. His main opponent, Alpha Condé, is arrested.
November 11, 2001	referendum which increases the presidential mandate from 5 to 7 years and abolishes the limitations linked to age or the number of mandates.
December 23, 2003	re-election of President Lansana Conté; the opposition boycotted the ballot.
April 5, 2006	dismissal of Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo for gross negligence.
January-February 2007	popular demonstration which turns into a riot. The army opened fire on the demonstrators and killed around 120 people.
February 26, 2007	appointment of Lansana Kouyaté, Consensus Prime Minister.
May 20, 2008	appointment of Ahmed Tidiane Souaré at the head of an open government.
October 2, 2008	Guinea celebrates its 50 years of independence. Lansana Conté is absent from public ceremonies due to her state of health.
December 22, 2008	death of Lansana Conté.
December 23, 2008	Captain Moussa Dadis Camara proclaims himself Head of State. The putschists, united in a National Committee for Democracy and Development (CNDD), undertake to organize elections at the end of December 2010.
September 28, 2009	massacre following a rally organized in the Conakry stadium, 157 dead.
December 3, 2009	Dadis Camara is injured.
January 15, 2010	The number 2 of the junta, Sékouba Konaté, succeeds Dadis, appoints a transitional government and promises elections soon. He keeps his word and for the first time a presidential election in Guinea takes place without any military candidate.
November 2010	President Alpha Condé is elected for a five-year term. The new Guinean head of state was democratically elected on a program of modernization and progressive reconstruction of Guinea.
October 2015	new presidential elections lead to the re-election of Alpha Condé.