French Colonial Empire By fdremeaux 1814 Treaty of Paris Great Britain and its allies promised to return most of the French overseas possessions within a year. Period: 1814 to 1885 Beginning of conquests 1818 Colonization scheme of Senegal 1822 Creation of the Congregation for the Propagation of Faith 1828 René Caillié in Timbuktu 1830 Conquest of Algeria 1833 The Colonial Charter 1840 Dumont d'Urville in Terre-Adélie 1842 Protectorate on Tahiti 1848 Abolition of Slavery 1854 Foundation of Cayenne's prison camp 1856 Second Opium War (China) 1859 Fall of Saigon (Cochinchina) 1863 Protectorate on Cambodia 1869 Opening of Suez Canal 1875 Pierre de Brazza's first expedition in Congo 1881 Indigeneous Code 1883 Conquest of Tonkin (North Vietnam) 1885 Conference of Berlin 1885 Jules Ferry's speech at the French Chamber Period: 1885 to 1939 French Empire's apogee 1886 Auguste Pavie in Laos 1894 Dr Yersin discovers plague bacillus in Hong Kong 1898 Fachoda incident 1911 Protectorate on Marocco 1914 Colonial Troops in WW1 1915 Publicity for Banania 1918 14 points of President Wilson 1921 Start of the Rif War (Marocco) 1930 Creation of the Indochinese Communist Party 1931 International Colonial Exhibition in Paris 1938 Riots in Tunisia Period: 1939 to 1970 Decolonization 1945 Riots of Sétif (Algeria) 1954 Independance of Vietnam 1960 Independance of French West & Equatorial African countries 1962 Independance of Algeria
