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The first president of Niger, Hamani Diori, maintained close relations with the west and became internationally prominent in his diplomatic work, seeking to broker resolutions to conflicts in Africa and beyond.
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* 1996 – In a military coup Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane.
He built a fortified capital at Ngazargamu, to the west of Lake Chad ( in present-day Niger ), the first permanent home a Sayfawa mai had enjoyed in a century.
A conservative foreign policy has meant that under Niger's first president and — following military coup — the 1974 – 1991 military government, Niger maintained good relations with the United States, Israel, and NATO governments in general.
In 1788 the African Association was formed in England to promote the exploration of Africa in the hopes of locating the Niger, and in June 1796 the Scottish explorer Mungo Park was the first European to lay eyes on the river.
* 1796: Mungo Park, backed by the African Association, is the first European to set eyes on the Niger River in Africa.
* January 27 – Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara deposes the first democratically elected president of Niger, Mahamane Ousmane, in a military coup.
In sub-Saharan Africa irrigation reached the Niger River region cultures and civilizations by the first or second millennium BCE and was based on wet season flooding and water harvesting.
The first large Sahelian kingdoms emerged after 750, and supported several large trading cities in the Niger Bend region, including Timbuktu, Gao, and Djenné.
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Although imperial propaganda issued on behalf of Septimius Severus later claimed that Niger was the first to rebel against Didius Julianus, it was Severus who beat Niger to it, claiming the imperial title on April 9.
On the first prints of the 100 naira notes issued starting December 1, 1999, Zuma Rock was captioned as located in Federal Capital Territory, while actually it is situated in Niger State.
* Mungo Park ( 1771 – 1806 ) – the first Westerner to discover the Niger River ; he was the first Western explorer to reach Timbuktu, though he didn't live to share his discovery with the world.
He was credited as being the first Westerner to encounter the Niger River.
On 1 July 1796, he escaped, alone and with nothing but his horse and a pocket compass, and on the 21st reached the long-sought Niger River at Ségou, being the first European to do so.
An African reference alphabet was first proposed in 1978 by a UNESCO-organized conference held in Niamey, Niger, and the proposed alphabet was revised in 1982.
He made his first trip to Africa in the winter of 1959 – 60, visiting the West African countries of Ghana, Niger, and what was then called Dahomey ( now Benin ).
It is popularly called the Confluence State because the confluence of River Niger and River Benue is at its capital, Lokoja, which is the first administrative capital of modern-day Nigeria.
Major P. Copland-Crawford, Vice-Consul of the Benin District, made the first attempt, Mr. Locke, the Vice-Consul Assistant, made a second one and the third one was made by Captain Arthur Maling, the Commandant of the Niger Coast Protectorate Force detachment based in Sapele.
There is opposition from first Pescennius Niger and then Clodius Albinus
* Year of the Five Emperors ( 193 AD ) where after the first emperor was assassinated and the second executed, the last three, Pescennius Niger, Clodius Albinus, and Septimius Severus fought for the throne.
In the civil war of 193, this legion supported Septimius Severus and helped him defeat his opponents first Pertinax and Didius Julianus, then Pescennius Niger and Clodius Albinus.
His nickname, the Black ( in Latin Niger ) appears for the first time in the 14th century Chronicle.
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