1857    Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war against the French.

1957    Senegalese political party Democratic Rally merges into the Senegalese Party of Socialist Action (PSAS).

1960    Senegal independence day.

1960    Independence of Mali and Senegal.

1960    Communist Party of Independence and Work is banned in Senegal.

1960    Senegal breaks from the Mali federation, declaring its independence.

1960    The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.

1960    Mali and Senegal join the United Nations.

1974    Senegalese marxist group ''Reenu-Rew'' founds the political movement And-Jëf at a clandestine congress.

1976    The Senegalese political party ''PAI-Rénovation'' is legally recognized. PAI-Rénovation thus becomes the third legal party in the country.

1981    Senegalese opposition parties, under the leadership of Mamadou Dia, launch the Antiimperialist Action Front-Suxxali Reew Mi.

1982    Senegal and the Gambia form a loose confederation known as Senegambia.

1982    The Senegalese Trotskyist political party LCT is legally recognized.

1993    All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon in route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.

2002    The overcrowded Senegalese ferry ''MV Joola'' capsizes off the coast of Gambia killing more than 1,000.