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Timeline for São Tomé & Príncipe - Key events
São Tomé & Príncipe Timeline[edit | edit source]
Date | Event |
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1471 | the island of Sao Tome and discovered on Saint Thomas' Day (12/21) by the Portuguese navigators João de Santarém and Pedro Escobar. The island of Principe is discovered shortly after. These islands are then uninhabited. |
end of the 15th century | Portuguese colonists bring in slaves from the continent to cultivate sugar cane. |
1574 | a riot of slaves destroys the sugar cane plantations. |
1876 | slavery is abolished on the archipelago. |
1951 | the archipelago gains the status of Portuguese overseas province. |
1953 | nationalist demonstrations punctuate the year. |
July 12, 1975 | independence is proclaimed and Manuel Pinto da Costa, secretary of the Liberation Movement of Sao Tome and Principe (MLSTP, Marxist) becomes President of the Republic. He then established a one-party Marxist regime and nationalized the plantations. |
1990 | the multiparty system is restored under pressure from the opposition gathered within the Democratic Coalition. |
1991 | the main opposition party, the Democratic Convergence Party, wins the legislative elections and its leader Miguel Trovoada is elected president. |
1994 | the Social Democratic Party (PSD, ex-MLSTP) wins the elections. |
April 25, 1995 | the island of Principe proclaims its autonomy. |
August 15, 1995 | President Trovoada is the victim of a putsch, but he is restored in the following days. |
July 1996 | Miguel Trovoada is re-elected President of the Republic. |
2001 | Election to the presidency of the Republic of the businessman Fradique de Menezes. |
July 16, 2003 | a coup d'état deposes President Fradique de Menezes. Restored in office after a week after an agreement with the army. |
Sources[edit | edit source]
- https://fr.wikipedia.org/
- https://www.petitfute.com/
- https://www.kronobase.org/
- https://fr-academic.com/dic.nsf/frwiki/783397
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