• September: Negotiations in Madagascar between representatives of the French government and Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef, who receives a delegation from the Moroccan nationalist movement authorized to visit him

    1955
  • 16 November: Return of Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef to Morocco

    1955
  • 18 November: First Throne Speech after the return from exile of Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef

    1955
  • 7 December: Appointment, after the Sultan's return, of the first Moroccan government, under the presidency of Bekkaï b. M'Barek Lahbil

    1955
  • 2 March: France officially recognizes the independence of Morocco

    1956
  • Revolt of the populations of Sidi Ifni and Aït Baâmran against the Spanish occupation (23 November)

    1957
  • 3 March: Enthronement of Prince Moulay Hassan as King of Morocco under the title of Hassan II

    1961
  • 6 November: Departure of the Green March with the participation of 350,000 volunteers, including 35,000 women

    1975
  • 14 August: Recovery by Morocco of Oued Ed-Dahab after Mauritania renounced this territory

    1979

From the book « Chronologie de l’histoire du Maroc (Des temps préhistoriques à la fin du XXe siècle) ».Published by the Royal Institute for Research in the History of Morocco

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