Timeline of Saint-Louis, Senegal

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

Prior to 20th century[]

1626 - Representatives of [fr] of Dieppe, France arrive.^[1]
1758 - May: British forces take French fort.^[2]
1763 - Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Sénégal established.^[3]
1783 - French in power in region per Treaty of Paris (1783).^[2]
1809 - British in power in region.^[2]
1814 - French in power in region per Treaty of Paris (1814).^[2]
1817 - French school founded by Jean Dard.^[4]
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 - [fr] built.^[4]
1848 - French citizenship nominally granted to residents of Saint-Louis.^[5]
1849 - Public library established.
1852 - Branch of French trading firm Maurel & Prom in business.^[6]
1853 - Guet N'Dar bridge built to Isle de Sor (approximate date).^[7]
1856
- [fr] colonial government newspaper begins publication.
- [fr] (school) active.^[4]^[8]
1858 - Walo becomes part of Saint-Louis.^[9]
1865 - Faidherbe Bridge opens.^[9]
1872 - Municipal government established.^[9]
1881 - Yellow fever outbreak.
1885
- Dakar–Saint-Louis railway built.^[1]
- [fr] begins operating.
- [fr] newspaper begins publication.
1895 - Saint-Louis becomes capital of French West Africa.^[9]
1897 - Faidherbe Bridge rebuilt.

20th century[]

1902 - Capital of French West Africa moved from Saint-Louis to Dakar.^[9]
1903 - École normale (school) established.
1904 - Population: 24,070.^[1]
1905 - Bamako-Saint-Louis railway begins operating.
1916
- French citizenship fully extended to residents of Saint-Louis.^[5]
- [fr] (school) founded.
1919 - Lycée Faidherbe (school) established.[1]
1923 - [fr] (school) opens.^[10]
1956 - [fr] (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 - [fr] founded.
1969 - ASC Linguère (football club) formed.
1990 - University of Saint-Louis established.
1993 - [fr] active.
1994 - Population: 132,449 (estimate).^[11]
1999 - Population: 147,961.^[12]
2000 - Island of Saint-Louis designated an Unesco World Heritage Site.

21st century[]

2009 - Cheikh Bamba Dièye elected mayor.
2011 - Population: 277,245.^[13]
2014 - Mansour Faye elected mayor.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Britannica 1910.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Kenneth J. Panton (2015). Historical Dictionary of the British Empire. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-7524-1.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Senegal". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Denise Bouche (1974). "L'école française et les musulmans au Sénégal de 1850 à 1920". [fr] (in French). 61. doi:10.3406/outre.1974.1756 – via Persee.fr.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Henri Jacques Légier (1968). "Institutions municipales et politique coloniale: les Communes du Sénégal". Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer (in French). 55. doi:10.3406/outre.1968.1473 – via Persee.fr.
^ Leland Conley Barrows (1974). "The Merchants and General Faidherbe: Aspects of French Expansion in Sénégal in the 1850s". Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer. 61. doi:10.3406/outre.1974.1757 – via Persee.fr.
^ [ht] (2001). "From Pack Animals to Railways: Transport and the Expansion of Peanut Production and Trade in Senegal, 1840-1940". Outre-mers [fr]. 88. doi:10.3406/outre.2001.3851 – via Persee.fr.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Yves Hazemann (1987). "Un outil de la conquête coloniale: l'École des otages de Saint-Louis". Cahiers du CRA (in French). Paris: (5). ISSN 0291-2848.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Historique de la municipalité". Villedesaintlouis.com (in French). Mairie de Saint-Louis du Senegal. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
^ "Historique du Prytanée" (in French). Prytanee Militaire Charles Ntchorere de Saint-Louis. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
^ United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321.
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2005. United Nations Statistics Division.
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

in English

"St Louis", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
Lucie Colvin Phillips (1972). Kajor and its diplomatic relations with Saint-Louis-du-Sénégal, 1763-1861 (PhD). Columbia University. OCLC 872514124.
Michael David Marcson (1976). European-African interaction in the Precolonial Period: Saint-Louis-Senegal 1758-1854 (PhD). Princeton University. OCLC 844188035.
Karen Amanda Sackur (1999). Development of Creole society and culture in Saint-Louis and Goree, 1719-1817 (Ph.D). University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies – via British Library.
Kalala Ngalamulume (2006). "Plague and Violence in Saint-Louis-du-Sénégal, 1917-1920". Cahiers d'Études africaines. 183.
Hilary Jones (2013). Métis of Senegal: Urban Life and Politics in French West Africa. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-00705-4. (About Saint Louis)

in French

Prosper Alquier (1922). "Saint-Louis du Senegal pendant la Revolution et L'Empire". Bulletin (in French). [fr] – via Gallica.bnf.fr.
Claude Pulvenis (1968). "Une epidemie de fievre jaune'a Saint-Louis du Senegal (1881)". [fr] (in French). 30.
[fr] (1973). "Les maîres de Saint-Louis et Gorée de 1816 à 1872" [Mayors of Saint-Louis and Gorée]. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Série B: Sciences humaines (in French). 35. ISSN 0018-9642. OCLC 772635318.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Régine Bonnardel (1993). Saint-Louis du Sénégal: Mort ou naissance? (in French). L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-296-21988-5.
Alain Sinou (1993). Comptoirs et villes coloniales du Senegal: Saint-Louis, Goree, Dakar (in French). Paris: Éditions Karthala. ISBN 2865373932.
[fr] (2012). Saint-Louis du Sénégal: Palimpseste d'une ville (in French). Karthala. ISBN 978-2-8111-4976-5.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Guillaume Vial (2019). Femmes d'influence. Les signares de Saint-Louis du Sénégal et de Gorée XVIIIe-XIXe siècle. Étude critique d'une identité métisse (in French). Paris: Éditions Maisonneuve & Larose - Hémisphères Éditions. ISBN 978-2-37701-043-1.

External links[]

"(Saint-Louis)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
"Saint Louis". Tolerance and Diversity in the Islam of West Africa. African Online Digital Library. 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)

Images[]

Orphelinat des Sœurs de Saint-Joseph de Cluny (photo 2013). The nuns arrived in 1819
Great Mosque, built 1847 (photo 2007)
Guet-N'Dar bridge, built circa 1853, rebuilt 1865
Mbakhana water pumping station, in operation 1885-1952 (photo 2016)
Map of Saint Louis, 1942

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Britannica 1910.

[Panton2015-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Kenneth J. Panton (2015). Historical Dictionary of the British Empire. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-7524-1.

[3] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Senegal". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 19 September 2017.

[Bouche1974-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Denise Bouche (1974). "L'école française et les musulmans au Sénégal de 1850 à 1920". [fr] (in French). 61. doi:10.3406/outre.1974.1756 – via Persee.fr.

[Legier1968-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Henri Jacques Légier (1968). "Institutions municipales et politique coloniale: les Communes du Sénégal". Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer (in French). 55. doi:10.3406/outre.1968.1473 – via Persee.fr.

[Barrows1974-6] Leland Conley Barrows (1974). "The Merchants and General Faidherbe: Aspects of French Expansion in Sénégal in the 1850s". Revue française d'histoire d'outre-mer. 61. doi:10.3406/outre.1974.1757 – via Persee.fr.

[Moitt2001-7] [ht] (2001). "From Pack Animals to Railways: Transport and the Expansion of Peanut Production and Trade in Senegal, 1840-1940". Outre-mers [fr]. 88. doi:10.3406/outre.2001.3851 – via Persee.fr.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[8] Yves Hazemann (1987). "Un outil de la conquête coloniale: l'École des otages de Saint-Louis". Cahiers du CRA (in French). Paris: (5). ISSN 0291-2848.

[ville-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Historique de la municipalité". Villedesaintlouis.com (in French). Mairie de Saint-Louis du Senegal. Retrieved 22 September 2017.

[10] "Historique du Prytanée" (in French). Prytanee Militaire Charles Ntchorere de Saint-Louis. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

[11] United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321.

[12] "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2005. United Nations Statistics Division.

[13] "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.

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Contents

Prior to 20th century[]

20th century[]

21st century[]

See also[]

References[]

Bibliography[]

External links[]

Images[]