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Fashoda in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Fashoda in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

7 records4 event labels2 people1898–1899

Historical events in Fashoda

1898

1898
Fashoda Incident
Jean-Baptiste Marchand · Sudan War

Leads a force of 150 tirailleurs out from Brazzaville with orders to secure the area around Fashoda as a French protectorate

10 July 1898
Fashoda Incident
Jean-Baptiste Marchand · Sudan War

Marchand arrives at Fashoda with an occupying force

27 October 1898
During the Fashoda Incident Delcasse wants Britains friendship in a future conflict
Theophile Delcasse · Sudan War

During the Fashoda Incident Delcasse wants Britains friendship in a future conflict with Germany & sees no advantage in a colonial war. Brings Britain & France to the verge of war but ends in a diplomatic victory for Britain

27 October 1898
Fashoda Incident
Theophile Delcasse · Sudan War

During the Fashoda Incident Delcasse wants Britains friendship in a future conflict with Germany & sees no advantage in a colonial war. Brings Britain & France to the verge of war but ends in a diplomatic victory for Britain

3 November 1898
Fashoda Incident
Theophile Delcasse · Sudan War

The French Government orders its forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident

3 November 1898
Withdrawal Negotiations at Fashoda
Theophile Delcasse · Sudan War

The French Government orders its forces to withdraw during the Fashoda Incident

1899

21 March 1899
French Acceptance of Congo-Nile Boundary
Theophile Delcasse · Sudan War

Accepts the agreement with Britain defining French and British spheres between the Congo and Nile basins.

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