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10000
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Appearance of the direct ancestors
of the Berbers in Morocco |
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3000-
2000 |
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Berber
tribes fishing in Mogador Bay |
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| 1100 |
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The Phoenicians
set up their first trading posts |
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 Phoenician map of Morocco
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| 600 BC |
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Phoenicians
founded a settlement in Mogador named Migdal |
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| 500 BC |
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The Carthaginian
navigator Hanno visited Mogador
Islands in the 5th century BC and established the trading
post of Arambys. |
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| 203 BC |
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Massinissa founded
the Numidian kingdom |
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| 105 BC |
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MaBocchus first extends
the kingdom of the Moors to the east. |
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25 BC
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300 AD/CE |
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Juba II established
a Tyrian purple factory, processing the murex and purpura
shells found in the intertidal rocks in Essaouira and the Mogador
Island. This dye colored the purple stripe in Imperial Roman
Senatorial togas.
A Roman villa was also excavated on Mogador
island.
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Map of Mauritania Tinganica |
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| 40 AD |
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Assassinat
de Ptolémée, dernier roi maure. |
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| 70 AD |
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Jews
from the Roman Empire settles in Mauretania
(Morocco) 1) |
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| 285 AD |
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The Romans
retreated and abandoned the Morocco |
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| 430 AD |
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Beginning of the Vandal
invasion |
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| 533 AD |
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The Byzantines
try to retake the Maghreb. |
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| 622 AD |
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The Hijrah
refers to the Prophet's migration from Mecca to Madinah.
This journey took place 622 AD This is the beginning of the
Muslim calendar. |
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| 600-700 |
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Jews
enter Morocco from the Iberian peninsula |
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| 681 AD |
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Uqba ibn Nafii
arrives in Morocco. |
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| 700 |
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Arab invasion. Idrisids
founds the first major Muslim dynasty. |
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| 711 |
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Tariq Ibn Ziad
débarque en Espagne. |
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| 1357 |
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The name
Mogador was identified in the
world map of Medici |
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| 1367 |
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Mogador
written on a map designed by Pizzigani |
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| 1492 |
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Jews
driven from Spain enters Morocco |
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| 1506 |
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Manuel I, the
king of Portugal, ordered a fortress to be built Castello
Real de Mogador |
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| 1577 |
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The traveler
Drake mentions Domegador
in 1577 and this name is found in the maps published
in Holland by Judocus Hondius |
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| 1578 -1603 |
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The
sugarcane factory constructed by the Sultan Ahmed
El Mansour Essaâdiwas in use 25 years.
Ida Ou Gourd. |
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| 1626 |
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The French Cardinal
Richelieu sent his envoyé Chevalier Isaac
de Rasilly (1587 - 1635) to occupy the Island
of Mogador. |
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The island of Mogador Mogador, with anchorplaces, the Castello Real (Chateau)
and the passage from the island to the mouth of Oued Ksob.
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| 1755 |
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The earthquake
1st of November 1755, Lisbon ( Magnitude 9) and the following
Tsunami with 15 m high wawes who destroyed
parts of the towns at the Moroccan Atlantic coast including
Mogador. |
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| 1765 |
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The modern town of Essaouira
is founded by Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben
Abdellah |
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| 1767 |
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Morocco sign
peace treaty with Spain and trade agreement with France
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| 1770 |
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Inscription Scala
the Port "Bab el Mersa" |
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| 1787 |
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Peace Treaty between the United
States and Morocco |
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| 1799 |
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A strong pestilence raged in Morocco 2) |
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| 1809 |
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Sultan Moulay Slimane renovated the mosques of Rahala, Mesguina
and the Zaouia Kadiria and the Mausoleum of Sidi
Magdoul. He also intalled the new quarters for the Jews
- Mellah Jdid.
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1818
1819 |
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Part of Morocco was flooded from locusts, which came flying in so densely
multitudes, that, like clouds of clouds, they darkened the air. There they
downwards they devoured everything that grew on the earth, as well as upwards
the bark on the trees, so that the people in many places in the country did not have
much else to live on than locusts, of which the females
were collected and eaten partly boiled in water, partly dried, and sometimes also
fresh, when they were dipped in oil. The author also has this food
several times enjoyed, and found it not unpalatable.The distress in the country caused robberies and robberies on the roads, and several counties refused to pay their taxes.
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| 1844 |
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Essaouira was
bombarded and briefly
occupied by the French Navy
under the Prince de Joinville on August 16,
1844. |
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| 1845 |
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Rabbi
Haim Pinto died 28 September 1845 at the age of
96 years, |
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| 1856 |
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Borj
al Oued collapsed. Diastrous flood of Oued Ksob January 13 |
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| 1884 |
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Charles
de Foucauld (1858-1916) stayed in former French
Consulat
in Rue Laalouj the 28th of January 1884
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| 1886 |
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Cholera epidemic in Morocco See map here |
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| 1890 |
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The
Green Palm House "La Palmera" was built
by the English (Closed 1905) |
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| 1912 |
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Morocco becomes a French
protectorate under the Treaty of Fez, administered by a French
Resident-General. |
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| 1912 |
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Maréchal Lyauthey
ordered 1912 to build the clocktower (Magana)
in the new Kasbah. |
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| 1913 - 1948 |
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Dr Charles
Louis Gustave Bouveret came from Paris to Mogador in June
1913. He stayed and worked as a doctor until he died 1948. |
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| 1927 |
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November , 21 The old bridge at Diabet collapsed during the flood of Oued Ksob |
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| 1936 |
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The catholic church Sainte-Anne
was inaugurated by Henri Vielle 1936.
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| 1948 |
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Jewish
emigration starts |
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| 1949 |
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1949-1951 Orson
Welles worked on Othello and filmed in Essaouira. |
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| 1950 |
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1950
was the port of Essaouira the most important for Sardines
in Morocco but also for export of cereals. |
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| 1956 |
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March - End of French
protectorate after unrest and strong nationalist sentiment.
Sultan Mohammed becomes king
in 1957. |
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| 1960 |
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Agadir
earthquake
took place on February 29, 1960, at 23:40
local time. |
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| 1961 |
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Death of King Mohammed. King
Hassan II comes to power. |
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| 1969 |
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Jimi
Hendrix (1942-1970) visited Essaouira in the summer of 1969. |
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| 1975 |
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6 November - The
Green March. King Hassan orders 350,000 civilian volunteers
to cross into Spanish Sahara. |
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| 1998 |
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First Festival
of Gnaoua |
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| 1999 |
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King Hassan II is succeeded
by his son, Mohammed VI. |
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1) HISTORIQUE DE LA PRESENCE DES JUIFS AU MAGHREB (Dafina.net)
2) Histoire : Les atrocités de la peste de 1799 à Mogador décrites par un commerçant étranger ((24/02/2019 yabiladi.com )
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