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Historical Timeline for Morocco - A chronology of key events
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Interesting Facts about Morocco[edit | edit source]

  • Country : MOROCCO 🇲🇦
  • Capital: Rabat
  • Continent: Africa
  • Currency: Moroccan Dirham
  • Official Language: Arabic, Standard Moroccan Berber

1. Over 10 million people travel to Morocco annually,

2. Chefchaouen - Morocco's famous blue city. Locals believe that the blues symbolize the importance of the city's Ras el-Maa Waterfall where citizens get their drinking water.

3. The Noor Power Plant is the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant project.Covers area of 2,500 hectares.

4. Two-Thirds Of The World’s Phosphates Are In Morocco

5. The country is incredibly tech-savvy. 48.6 million mobile phone subscription while the country's population is estimated to be around 40 million.

6. In Moroccan culture, the symbol of love is not the heart but… the liver. Healthy liver means good digestion and promotes well-being.

7. Country national drink is the Berber whiskey (Mint Green Tea) . If you order mint tea in a restaurant, the waiter will try to pour it from as high as he can. This is a local ritual that shows respect (therefore, a tip is expected).

8.On the 30th of July every year, Moroccans celebrate "Throne Day". Commemorate the day their current king ascended to the throne.

9. The country is home to the highest ski resort in Africa. At elevations of 8500 ft to 10500 ft

10. It is globally recognized for its rare Thuya wood, the most interesting trees in the country are the goat trees.

11. Casablanca's most famous building and the best known landmark of Morocco is the Hassan II Mosque (10th largest mosque in the world).

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Morocco Timeline[edit | edit source]

Date Event
800,000 BC AD First human traces in the vicinity of Casablanca.
5000 BC AD The ancestors of the Berbers settle in Morocco.
1600 BC Rock engravings of Berber pastoralists (High Atlas and Marrakech region, in particular).
500 BC AD The Ethiopians settle in Morocco.
400 BC AD Establishment of Carthaginian trading posts on the coast.
From 146 BC. AD Fall of Carthage and Roman invasion.
Around 50 apr. The Romans create in the north of Morocco the province of Mauretania Tingitane, capital: Volubilis.
479 Fall of the Roman Empire and a series of invasions (Vandals, Goths, Turks ...).
682 Conquest of Morocco by the Arabs and Islamization of the populations.
788 Dynasty of the Idrissids, descendants of the Prophet, based in Fez. Youssouf ibn Tashfine inaugurates the dynasty of the Almoravids (nomadic Berbers).
1070 Foundation of Marrakech.
1147 Capture of Marrakech by the Almohads. Almohad dynasty.
1269 New capture of Marrakech, this time by the Mérinides. Marinid dynasty.
1508 Installation of the first Portuguese trading posts on the Atlantic coast.
1529 Marrakech is again taken over by the founders of a new dynasty, the Saadians.
1654 Alaouite dynasty. Marrakech is shunned; Fez and Meknes become imperial capitals.
1844 Morocco supports Algeria against France: French intervention and defeat of the Moroccan army at the Battle of Isly.
1880 Madrid Conference.
1905 Tangier speech delivered by Emperor William II.
1906 Conference of Algeciras.
1907 French intervention after the anti-French riots in Casablanca.
1909 Rif War between Spain and Morocco.
1912 Establishment of the protectorate. Lyautey appointed first Resident Commissioner General.
1922 Second Rif War, under the leadership of Sultan Abd el-Krim.
1925 Departure from Lyautey. The nationalist opposition makes its debut.
1942 Landing of the Allies in Casablanca.
1943 Casablanca conference between Roosevelt, Churchill and de Gaulle.
1947 Sultan Sidi Mohammed ibn Youssouf claims independence.
1953 Abdication of the sultan, driven out of Morocco with the help of the Glaoui of Marrakech.
1955 Return of Sultan Sidi Mohammed ibn Youssouf, reconciliation with the Glaoui of Marrakech.
March 2, 1956 Independence of Morocco. Sidi Mohammed ibn Youssouf takes the name of Mohammed V.
1961 Death of Mohammed V. Hassan II succeeds his father.
1975 The Green March; start of the conflict in Western Sahara.
1979 Western Sahara returns to Morocco.
1992 Adoption of the new Constitution.
1994 Signing of the GATT agreements in Marrakech.
1996 Clean-up campaign against drugs, smuggling and corruption.
February 4, 1998 King Hassan II appoints for the first time an opposition Prime Minister, Mr. Abderrahmane el-Youssoufi, until then first secretary of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces.
March 14, 1998 Hassan II receives in the throne room the members of the government of Mr. A. Youssoufi, who institutes, for the first time in the history of the kingdom, the principle of alternation.
July 23, 1999 Death of Hassan II (1929-1999). At 36, Mohammed VI, his son, ascends the Shereefian throne.
March 21, 2002 Conclusion of the marriage between Mohammed VI and Salma Bennani, a beautiful 24-year-old commoner.
July 2002 Crisis between Spain and Morocco over the Peregil-Leïla islet, a small territory under Spanish sovereignty 200 m from the Moroccan coast. Standardization 6 months later.
September 27, 2002 The legislative elections confirm the push of the Islamists of the PJD (Justice and Development Party), who are becoming the country's leading political force.
May 16, 2003 Casablanca is shaken by a series of attacks which will kill 45 people.
February 5, 2004 Reform of the Family Code, which makes it one of the most progressive in the Muslim world.
February 24, 2004 An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale shook the Al-Hoceima region, killing 571 and injuring 405. It is the most violent earthquake in Morocco since 1964.
October 2005 14 African emigrants are killed by Moroccan and Spanish forces as hundreds of them try to enter the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. They won't be the only ones. In 2005, the Moroccan authorities arrested more than 28,000 candidates for illegal immi
March 11, April 10 and 14, 2007 Suicide attacks in Casablanca.
September 2007 Following the legislative elections, in September Mohammed VI appointed his new government, headed by Abbas el-Fassi. Of the thirty or so ministerial portfolio assignments, seven are women, including the Olympic athletics champion (Los Angeles Olympic Gam
June 2009 51% participation rate in municipal elections. Many Moroccans refuse to vote because they consider the candidates dishonest.
November 2010 New clashes in Western Sahara (11 dead), while a resumption of negotiations between the Moroccan government and the Polisario Front was underway. A new start and a new impasse for this conflict which has lasted for almost 35 years.
February 20, 2011 The "February 20" movement brings together thousands of people in several Moroccan cities to demand more "justice", "freedom", and "dignity".
April 2011 Suicide attack on the Argana café in Marrakech: 17 dead and 20 injured.
July 2011 Victory of the "yes" (98%) in the referendum ordered by King Mohammed VI, planning to strengthen the powers of the Prime Minister and Parliament.
November 2011 Victory of the Justice and Development Party (Islamist) in the legislative elections with 27.08% of the vote.
March 2012 Ceremony to launch the operation to generalize the medical assistance scheme.
July 2013 Validation of the first Indemnity for Loss of Employment (IPE) in Morocco, the implementation of which is scheduled for 2014.
November 2014 On November 6, 2014, on the occasion of the anniversary of the Green March, King Mohammed VI reaffirms Morocco's diplomatic line concerning Western Sahara through the so-called "4 no" speech.
January 2015 Morocco and France reinstate their judicial cooperation agreement, nearly a year after its suspension, following diplomatic incidents.
March 2016 The statements by Ban Ki-moon (United Nations Secretary General) about the situation in Western Sahara during his visit to the region provoke a diplomatic crisis.
November 2016 The COP22 (conference on global warming) takes place in Marrakech for more than a week.
January 2017 Morocco returns to the African Union, which left in 1984, following the AU's decision to recognize the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
March 2017 The number 2 of the PJD, Saad-Eddine Al-Othmani, is appointed by His Majesty King Mohamed VI, head of government.
June 2017 The oldest Homo sapiens fossil was discovered in Jebel Irhoud (near Marrakech) by scientist Matthew Skinner and pushes back the origin of modern man by 100,000 years.
2018 Following protests after the accidental death of two miners, 2,000 underground wells are closed by the Moroccan authorities in the former mining town of Jerada.
December 2018 Two young Scandinavian hiking tourists are murdered in the small village of Imlil, High Atlas. Three suspects are arrested, the terrorist trail is not ruled out.
January 2019 CAF Awards: Up-and-coming player, Best federation president, Men's team coach of the year 2018 ... Morocco has won three awards from the African Football Confederation.

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