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The First Moroccan Crisis or the Tangier Crisis was an international crisis between March 31, 1905, and April 7, 1906, over the status of Morocco. [1] Germany wanted to challenge France 's growing control over Morocco, aggravating France and Great Britain.
The Algeciras Conference [a] of 1906 took place in Algeciras, Spain, and lasted from 16 January to 7 April.The purpose of the conference was to find a solution to the First Moroccan Crisis of 1905 between France and Germany, which arose as Germany responded to France's effort to establish a protectorate over the independent state of Morocco. [1]
The First Moroccan Crisis of 1905-1906 was resolved at the Algeciras Conference in 1906. The Treaty of Algeciras formalized France's preeminence among European powers in Morocco, and gave France a number of colonial privileges: control over duties at Moroccan ports, a contract to develop the ports of Casablanca and Asfi , and joint control with ...
1905 La Dépêche marocaine newspaper begins publication. Anglican Church of St. Andrew consecrated. 1905/06 - First Moroccan Crisis leading to the Algeciras Conference; 1910 - Population: 40,000 (approximate figure). [4] 1911 - Agadir Crisis & Treaty of Fes (1912) 1913 – Gran Teatro Cervantes opens. [9] 1917 – Sidi Bou Abib Mosque built. [6]
France's pre-eminence in Morocco had been upheld by the 1906 Algeciras Conference, following the First Moroccan Crisis of 1905–06. France and Germany agreed on 9 February 1909 that while France would have exclusive political control, the two nations would uphold each other's economic interests in Morocco. [4]
1905 – Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany declares his support for Moroccan independence in Tangier, beginning the First Moroccan Crisis. [14] 1906 – The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
Moroccan Crisis could refer to: . The First Moroccan Crisis, or the Tangier Crisis, brought about by the visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II to Tangier in Morocco in 1905; The Second Moroccan Crisis, or the Agadir Crisis, sparked by the deployment of a German warship to the Moroccan port of Agadir in 1911
The French protectorate in Morocco, [4] also known as French Morocco, was the period of French colonial rule in Morocco that lasted from 1912 to 1956. [5] The protectorate was officially established 30 March 1912, when Sultan Abd al-Hafid signed the Treaty of Fez, though the French military occupation of Morocco had begun with the invasion of Oujda and the bombardment of Casablanca in 1907.