Chronography of Cameroon
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extension northwards to Lake Chad.
2000, World Bank approval for an
oil and pipeline project was gained, despite fears of environmental damage.
11/10/1992, In
Cameroon�s first multi-party elections, President Biya won a slim majority.
4/1988, Biya was �elected� President with 98.75% of
the vote.
1986, Lake Nyos,
having become supersaturated with carbon dioxide from volcanic activity below,
erupted a huge cloud of the gas, which then flowed downhill, suffocating 1,700
people within 15 minutes.
6/4/1984, An
abortive coup in Cameroon. The Cameroonian President, Paul Biya, a Christian from the
south of the country, had ordered that all northern Muslim palace guards be
replaced by southern Christians. Several days of fighting ensued but the rebel
ringleaders were arrested and 35 executed. Biya consolidated his power.
1961, Cameroon became
independent.
1/10/1961. The
British Trust territory of Southern Cameroons joined with French Cameroons to
form the Republic of Cameroon.
1/1/1960. The independent Republic of the Cameroons was proclaimed.
18/2/1916, The last
German garrison in Cameroon surrendered.
10/6/1915, Second
Battle of Garua. The remaining 249 German and African troops stationed in
garrisons around Garua, Kamerun surrendered to British and French forces.
1884, Cameroon became a German protectorate.
11/7/1884, Germans began to sign up Cameroon chiefs as subjects.
1472, The Portuguese began slave
trading in the Cameroons region.