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Timeline for Central African Republic - Key events
Central African Republic Timeline[edit | edit source]
Date | Event |
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December 1, 1958 | Barthélemy Boganda, president of the Grand Council of French Equatorial Africa (AEF), proposes to create a Central African Republic made up of Ubangui-Chari, Chad and Gabon. |
March 29, 1959 | Boganda dies in an unsolved Noratlas crash. |
August 13, 1960 | Proclamation of the independence of Ubangi-Chari as the Central African Republic (CAR) |
January 1, 1966 | Coup d'etat by Colonel Jean Bédel Bokassa. |
December 4, 1977 | Bokassa, supported by Paris, is crowned emperor. |
September 21, 1979 | Bokassa is deposed in favor of Dacko with the help of the French army (Operation "Barracuda"). |
September 1, 1981 | Coup d'etat by General André Kolingba, which establishes a military regime. |
September 1993 | Ange-Félix Patassé is elected president |
March 16, 2003 | Coup d'etat by General François Bozizé, who wins the presidential and legislative elections of spring 2005. |
2006 | Beginning of the rebellion in the North. |
March 24, 2013 | The Seleka seizes power. |
September 14, 2013 | Announced dissolution of the Seleka. |