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1648: Treaty of Westphalia 1884-1885: Berlin Conference 1875: Code de l’indigénat 1885: Léopold II established the Congo Free State by brutally seizing the African landmass as his personal possession Piketty: 1830 to 1910: Fiscal transfer from France to colony almost nonexistent 1950s: increase...

1648: Treaty of Westphalia 1884-1885: Berlin Conference 1875: Code de l’indigénat 1885: Léopold II established the Congo Free State by brutally seizing the African landmass as his personal possession Piketty: 1830 to 1910: Fiscal transfer from France to colony almost nonexistent 1950s: increase of investments in the French colonies - militarily 1946: Establishment of the Union Française 1946–47: Insurgencies in Madagascar 1956: Loi cadre 1958:Establishment of the Communauté Française 1960: implosion of the french community = leading to the independence of former French colonies. 1498: Spanish conquistadors in Hispaniola 1635: French arrive in Guadeloupe 1794: Abolition esclavage france 1802: restoration of esclavage by napoleon 1848: Abolition again 1833; abolition in uk end 18th: Louverture 1804; indpendence haiiti 1860s: reconnaissance haiiti 1825; contraction dette haiiti 1915-35: occupation of haiiti by US 1787: establishment of freetown by the US 1811: Cuffe 1817: Establishment ACS 1860s: diplomatic relations US liberia 1914: Garvey - UNIA 1920s: president of africa, liberia territory,former german colonies 1939: Bilbo, greater liberia act 1919: Versailles Paris Conference - Japan 1815: Congress of Vienna 1926: League of Nations abolishion of slavery and slave trade 1948: Inclusion of this in the Human rights declaration 1946: Nuremberg Trial - crime against humanity 1990s: declarations and conferences on reparations 1994-2003: decade against racism 2001: international year of mobilisation against racims + Taubira 1883: German in Namibia 1896-1904; revolts and massacre 1904-1911: extermination and concentration camps 1918-1990: South africa ruling - Independence 1990s: Brazilian diplomatic strategy 1961: Casablanca Group 1963: Monrovia Group 1960: Brazzaville Group 1969: Lusaka Manifesto 1975: Algiers Accord 1956: Suez Crisis and UN Peacekeeping Operations 1960: ONUC Mission 1978-1979: Tanzanian Intervention in Uganda 2002: AU established 1963: OAU April-July 1994: Genocide of Tutsi in Rwanda 19th century: Kinyaga, One kingdom became important during the 1926: Belgian Rule Suppression of the tripartite system in 1930s-1950s: *Mass Displacements:** Forced migrations of Hutu to the Belgian Congo in the 1959: Manifeste des Bahutu 1973: Habyarimana’s Coup 1990: RPF Hostilities Sons of Tutsi elite sought power, initiating hostilities