Northern Africa 1905: Tangier Crisis
31 March 1905
31 Mar 1905
Tangier Crisis
7 Aug 1897 Kitchener in Sudan
2 Sep 1898 Battle of Omdurman
21 Mar 1899 Anglo-French Convention on Sudan
22 Apr 1900 Battle of Kousséri
7 May 1902 Cottenest Expedition
5 Feb 1903 Pacification of Northern Nigeria
25 Oct 1903 Somaliland Campaign
31 Mar 1905 Tangier Crisis
12 Feb 1906 Conquest of the Sahara
16 May 1908 Consolidation of Ethiopia
15 Jan 1910 French Equatorial Africa
1 Jul 1911 Agadir Crisis
10 Oct 1911 Italo-Turkish War
30 Mar 1912 Treaty of Fez
14 Mar 1913 French invasion of the Tibesti
1 Jan 1914 Amalgamation of Nigeria
In 1904 Britain and France signed the Entente Cordiale—a series of agreements that defined their respective spheres of influence, in particular recognizing British control of Egypt and French primacy in Morocco. In an attempt to undermine this understanding, the German Kaiser decided to openly support the Sultan of Morocco against the French, but, when most of the other powers sided with France, he was forced to back down. As a compromise solution, the Algeciras Conference was called, affirming both Moroccan independence and French influence in Morocco.