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Timeline of Accra

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Accra, Ghana.

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17th–19th centuries

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  • 1570 - Portuguese build a trading lodge called St. Vincentia.[1]
  • 1576 - Portuguese lodge destroyed.[2]
  • 1640s - Civil war in Accra.[2]
  • 1649 – Fort Crèvecœur built by the Dutch West India Company.
  • 1661 – Fort Christiansborg built by the Dutch trader Henry Caerlof in Osu.[3]
  • 1673 – Fort James built by the English.[3]
  • 1677 - Akwamu attacks the Accra Kingdom and sacks the capital. King Okai Koi killed, with Ofori leading the refugees to Osu.[2]
  • 1680-1 – Akwamu sponsors a munity in Christianborg, then conquers holdout Accrans. Accra becomes a province of Akwamu.[2]
  • 1693 - Akwamu take Christianborg by subterfuge. They hold it for a year before selling it back to the Danes.[2]
  • 1731-2 - Akwamu defeated by Akyem, who take control of Accra's trade routes.[1]
  • 1742 - Akyem defeated by the Asante Empire, who take control of Accra.[1]
  • 1807 – Slave trade abolished.[4][5]
  • 1850 – Dutch Fort Crèvecœur ceded to British control.[6]
  • 1851 – Denmark sells its forts to Britain.
  • 1871 – The Netherlands sells its forts to Britain.
  • 1871 – Jamestown Light built at Fort James.
  • 1874 – British capture Accra.
  • 1876 – Capital of British Gold Coast relocated to Accra from Cape Coast.[7]
  • 1883 – N. Walwin Holm photography studio established.[8]
  • 1889 – Lutterodt photo studio in business (approximate date).[9][10]
  • 1894 – Holy Trinity Cathedral (Accra) construction begins.[11]
  • 1896 – Bank of British West Africa branch established.[12]
  • 1898 – Accra Town Council established.[13]

20th century

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21st century

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b c d e Wilks, Ivor (1957). "The Rise of The Akwamu Empire, 1650-1710". Transactions of the Historical Society of Ghana. 3 (2): 25–62. JSTOR 41405705.
  3. ^ a b c Appiah 2005.
  4. ^ "The 1807 Act and its effects: The Abolition of Slavery Project". abolition.e2bn.org. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
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  7. ^ Britannica 1910.
  8. ^ Kobena Mercer (2010). "African Photography". In Kwame Anthony Appiah; Henry Louis Gates (eds.). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195337709.
  9. ^ John Hannavy, ed. (2007). Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-87326-4.
  10. ^ Erin Haney (2013). "Lutterodt Family Studios and the Changing Face of Early Portrait Photographs from the Gold Coast". In John Peffer and Elisabeth L. Cameron (ed.). Portraiture and Photography in Africa. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-00872-5.
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  12. ^ Glyn Davies; Roy Davies (2002). "Comparative Chronology of Money" – via University of Exeter.
  13. ^ a b c d e f "Historical Background". Accra Metropolitan Assembly. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  14. ^ a b "Ghana's Highlife Music Collection". Daniel Langlois Foundation. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g Florence M. Bourret (1952). The Gold Coast: A Survey of the Gold Coast and British Togoland, 1919–1951 (2nd ed.). Stanford University Press.
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  29. ^ "Drama Studio". University of Ghana. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
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