GuineaandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
7 SHARED EVENTSGuinea-Bissau

Entangled histories

7 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · GIN LEFT · GNB RIGHT

1. 1455–1456

   Portuguese ships reach the Rivers of Guinea

   Expeditions under Alvise Cadamosto, sailing for Portugal's Prince Henry the Navigator, explored the coast and estuaries of Guinea, opening European trade in the labyrinth of rivers that gave the region its name.

   Colonisation · from the Guinea-Bissau chronicle · The Rivers of Guinea and the Atlantic slave trade · REFS 3 — Portuguese Guinea, History of Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (country overview and history)

2. 16th–18th centuries

   The Atlantic slave trade via Cape Verde

   Administered through Cape Verde, the Rivers of Guinea became a major source of enslaved people; tens of thousands were carried to the islands' plantations and onward to the Americas, especially during the Iberian Union (1580–1640).

   Peoples & Migration · from the Guinea-Bissau chronicle · The Rivers of Guinea and the Atlantic slave trade · REFS 3 — Guinea-Bissau (country overview and history), History of Guinea-Bissau, A Guide to the History of Recognition: Guinea-Bissau

3. 1869

   Slavery abolished, contract labour follows

   Portugal abolished slavery in its territories, but replaced it with coercive "contract labour" arrangements; the transatlantic trade through Guinea's rivers had already declined across the nineteenth century.

   Economy & Trade · from the Guinea-Bissau chronicle · The Rivers of Guinea and the Atlantic slave trade · REFS 2 — History of Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (country overview and history)

4. 1879

   Guinea separated from Cape Verde

   Portuguese Guinea was detached from Cape Verde and constituted as a separate colony; after the Berlin Conference its frontiers with French possessions were fixed by agreement with France.

   Colonisation · from the Guinea-Bissau chronicle · Portuguese Guinea and the late conquest · REFS 2 — Portuguese Guinea, Guinea-Bissau (country overview and history)

5. 1892

   A separate military district

   Lisbon made Guinea a distinct military district to promote "effective occupation", but Portuguese authority still reached little beyond the coastal forts and trading towns.

   Colonisation · from the Guinea-Bissau chronicle · Portuguese Guinea and the late conquest · REFS 1 — Portuguese Guinea

6. 1951

   Renamed an "overseas province"

   Responding to international criticism, Portugal reclassified Guinea and its other colonies as "overseas provinces", recasting empire as an integral part of Portugal while colonial conditions persisted.

   Politics & Power · from the Guinea-Bissau chronicle · Portuguese Guinea and the late conquest · REFS 2 — Portuguese Guinea, History of Guinea-Bissau

7. 1956

   Amílcar Cabral founds the PAIGC

   The agronomist Amílcar Cabral and a small group founded the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), the movement that would lead the struggle against Portuguese rule.

   Politics & Power · from the Guinea-Bissau chronicle · Cabral, the PAIGC and the war of independence · REFS 3 — Amílcar Cabral, History of Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (country overview and history)