Prior to Independence, Ghana was known as the Gold Coast.[4] The currency used before Independence was the British West African pound and in 1958 it was changed to Ghanaian pound. The Ghanaian pound was used between 1958 and 1965 and afterwards changed to Ghanaian Cedi.
Major years and events
1480- The king of Portugal commissioned the construction of Elmina castle[5]
1482 - the Portuguese become first Europeans to set up trading settlement in Ghana and Sub-Saharan Africa.[6]
1598 - the Dutch joined the Portuguese in trading gold to establish Dutch Gold coast.
1994 - 1000 Ghanaians killed and with 150,000 displaced in the Northern Region after a tribal conflict between the Konkomba and the Nanumba ethnic groups over land ownership.
1994 - They later sign peace agreements with seven other ethnic groups.
1995 - Curfew imposed in the Northern Region after ethnic violence re-erupts leads to 100 deaths.
1996 - Jerry Rawlings re-elected as president of Ghana.
2000 - December - John Kufuor is elected president of Ghana after defeating John Atta Mills in the presidential elections.
2001 May - 126 die due to stampede in the Accra Sports Stadium. Inquiry implicate the Police for overreacting to crowd disturbances.[10]
2001 June - Government cancels the celebration of June 4 revolution (the coup that brought Jerry Rawlings to power).
2002 April - Overlord of Dagbon, Ya Na Yakubu Andani and 30 others killed in Dagbon. A State of emergency is declared by government, it was lifted August 2004.
2002 May - National Truth and reconciliation commission inaugurated by President Kufuor, with the purpose to investigate human rights violations during Ghana's military rule.
2003 October - Government approves merger of two gold-mining firms, leading to the formation of AngloGold Ashanti.
2004 December - John Kufuor re-elected as president of Ghana.
2006 - Ghana National football team, the black stars play in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
2007 March - Ghana @ 50 celebrations mark 50 years of independence from Britain.
2007 June - Ghana discovers oil in commercial quantities. The oil reserves total 3 billion barrels.
2009 July - US President Barack Obama visits, making the first Sub-Saharan country to be visited by the 44th President of the United States.[12]
2009 October - Sale of Ghana Telecom to Vodafone of the UK[13]
2010 December - Offshore oil production begins.[14]
2010 - Census by Ghana statistical service.
2012 July - On July 24, President John Atta Mills died. John Dramani Mahama was sworn in as substantive president in less than 12 hours after John Atta Mills died. State burial for the late president was held on the 8th through to the 10th of August. Attah Mills was buried at the place now known as the Asomdwoe Park
2016 December- On December 7, 2016, elections were organized and Nana Akuffo-Addo was elected President of Ghana.[15]
2017 September- Free compulsory Senior High School was introduced as a flagship program under the government's administration.[16][17] In that same year the double track system was introduced to accommodate more students into the free Senior High school program due to inadequate infrastructure.[18][19]
2018 November - Ghana hosted Women's African cup of Nations tournament.[20]
2018 December- on 27 December there was a referendum to divide parts of the regions to add Six additional regions to the ten regions[21]
2019 April - Ghana first brain surgery (Endovascular brain aneurysm coiling) at Euracare Advanced Diagnostic and Heart Centre in Accra.[22]
Michael Amoah (2011). "Ghana". In Andreas Mehler; et al. (eds.). Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2010. Vol. 7. Koninklijke Brill. pp. 99–108. ISBN9789004205567. ISSN1871-2525.
