Timeline of Saint-Louis, Senegal explained

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Saint-Louis, Senegal.

Prior to 20th century

• 1626 - Representatives of of Dieppe, France arrive.
• 1758 - May: British forces take French fort.^[1]
• 1763 - Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Sénégal established.^[2]
• 1783 - French in power in region per Treaty of Paris (1783).
• 1809 - British in power in region.
• 1814 - French in power in region per Treaty of Paris (1814).
• 1817 - French school founded by Jean Dard.
• 1819 - Catholic Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, France arrive in Saint-Louis.
• 1822 - Court of First Instance and Appeals Court established.
• 1828 - St. Louis Cathedral consecrated.
• 1847 - built.^[3]
• 1848 - French citizenship nominally granted to residents of Saint-Louis.^[4]
• 1849 - Public library established.
• 1852 - Branch of French trading firm Maurel & Prom in business.^[5]
• 1853 - Guet N'Dar bridge built to Isle de Sor (approximate date).^[6]
• 1856
  • colonial government newspaper begins publication.
  • École des otages (school) active.^[7]
• 1858 - Walo becomes part of Saint-Louis.
• 1865 - Faidherbe Bridge opens.
• 1872 - Municipal government established.^[8]
• 1881 - Yellow fever outbreak.
• 1885
  • Dakar–Saint-Louis railway built.
  • begins operating.
  • newspaper begins publication.
• 1895 - Saint-Louis becomes capital of French West Africa.
• 1897 - Faidherbe Bridge rebuilt.

20th century

• 1903
  • Capital of French West Africa moved from Saint-Louis to Dakar.
  • École normale (school) established.
• 1904 - Population: 24,070.
• 1905 - Bamako-Saint-Louis railway begins operating.
• 1916
  • French citizenship fully extended to residents of Saint-Louis.
  • École Blanchot (school) founded.
• 1919 - Lycée Faidherbe (school) established.http://www.persee.fr/doc/cea_0008-0055_1969_num_9_34_3162
• 1923 - Ecole des Enfants de Troupe de Saint-Louis du Sénégal (school) opens.^[9]
• 1956 - (museum) opens.
• 1957 - Capital of French Colonial Mauritania moved from Saint-Louis to Nouakchott.
• 1960 - Saint Louis becomes part of independent Republic of Senegal.
• 1965 - founded.
• 1969 - ASC Linguère (football club) formed.
• 1990 - University of Saint-Louis established.
• 1993 - active.
• 1994 - Population: 132,449 (estimate).^[10]
• 1999 - Population: 147,961.^[11]
• 2000 - Island of Saint-Louis designated an Unesco World Heritage Site.

21st century

• 2009 - Cheikh Bamba Dièye elected mayor.
• 2011 - Population: 277,245.^[12]
• 2014 - Mansour Faye elected mayor.

See also

• Saint-Louis history
• List of mayors of Saint-Louis, Senegal
• List of colonial governors of Senegal, 1626-1960, intermittently headquartered in Saint-Louis
  • • Timeline of Dakar

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

• St Louis (1.) . 21 . 182 - 183 . 1.
• St Louis (Senegal) . 24 . 27 . 1910 . . 1.
• Lucie Colvin Phillips . Kajor and its diplomatic relations with Saint-Louis-du-Sénégal, 1763-1861 . PhD . . 872514124 . 1972.
• Michael David Marcson . European-African interaction in the Precolonial Period: Saint-Louis-Senegal 1758-1854 . PhD . Princeton University . 844188035 . 1976.
• Development of Creole society and culture in Saint-Louis and Goree, 1719-1817 . Karen Amanda Sackur . . Ph.D . British Library . 1999.
• Kalala Ngalamulume . Plague and Violence in Saint-Louis-du-Sénégal, 1917-1920 . . 183 . 2006.
• Book: Hilary Jones. Métis of Senegal: Urban Life and Politics in French West Africa. Indiana University Press. 978-0-253-00705-6 . 2013. (About Saint Louis)

in French

• Saint-Louis du Senegal pendant la Revolution et L'Empire . Prosper Alquier . Bulletin . . fr . . 1922.
• Une epidemie de fievre jaune'a Saint-Louis du Senegal (1881) . Claude Pulvenis . . 30 . fr . 1968.
• Les maîres de Saint-Louis et Gorée de 1816 à 1872 . Mayors of Saint-Louis and Gorée . François Zuccarelli .

  fr:François Zuccarelli

  . 772635318 . Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Série B: Sciences humaines . 0018-9642 . 35 . fr . 1973.
• Book: Régine Bonnardel . Saint-Louis du Sénégal: Mort ou naissance?. L'Harmattan. 978-2-296-21988-5 . fr . 1993.
• Book: Alain Sinou . Comptoirs et villes coloniales du Senegal: Saint-Louis, Goree, Dakar . Paris . fr . 2865373932 . . 1993.
• Book: Jean-Pierre Dozon .

  fr:Jean-Pierre Dozon

  . Saint-Louis du Sénégal: Palimpseste d'une ville . Karthala . 978-2-8111-4976-5 . fr . 2012.
• Book: Guillaume Vial . Femmes d'influence. Les signares de Saint-Louis du Sénégal et de Gorée XVIIIe-XIXe siècle. Étude critique d'une identité métisse . Paris . fr . 978-2-37701-043-1 . Éditions Maisonneuve & Larose - Hémisphères Éditions . 2019.

External links

• Web site: (Saint-Louis) . . (Bibliography)
• Web site: Saint Louis . Tolerance and Diversity in the Islam of West Africa . . Documents, maps, images and audio .
• Items related to Saint-Louis, Senegal, various dates (via Europeana)
• Items related to Saint-Louis, Senegal, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

Notes and References

1. Book: Kenneth J. Panton. Historical Dictionary of the British Empire. 2015. . 978-0-8108-7524-1.
2. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Senegal . . Norway . 19 September 2017 .
3. Denise Bouche . L'école française et les musulmans au Sénégal de 1850 à 1920 . . 61 . 10.3406/outre.1974.1756 . fr . . 1974 . 223 . 218–235 .
4. Henri Jacques Légier . Institutions municipales et politique coloniale: les Communes du Sénégal . Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer . 55 . 10.3406/outre.1968.1473 . fr . Persee.fr . 1968 . 201 . 414–464 .
5. Leland Conley Barrows . The Merchants and General Faidherbe: Aspects of French Expansion in Sénégal in the 1850s . Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer . 61 . 10.3406/outre.1974.1757 . Persee.fr . 1974. 223 . 236–283 .
6. Bernard Moitt .

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   . From Pack Animals to Railways: Transport and the Expansion of Peanut Production and Trade in Senegal, 1840-1940 . . 88 . 10.3406/outre.2001.3851 . Persee.fr . 2001 . 330 . 241–267 . 19097321 .
7. Cahiers du CRA . 0291-2848 . 5 . Un outil de la conquête coloniale: l'École des otages de Saint-Louis . Yves Hazemann . . Paris . fr . 1987 .
8. Web site: Historique de la municipalité . Villedesaintlouis.com . Mairie de Saint-Louis du Senegal . fr . 22 September 2017 .
9. Web site: Historique du Prytanée . fr . Prytanee Militaire Charles Ntchorere de Saint-Louis . 21 September 2017 .
10. Book: 1995 Demographic Yearbook . 1997 . United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 262–321 .
11. Web site: Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 2005 . .
12. Web site: Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 2015 . 2016 . United Nations Statistics Division .