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- Gbehanzin also known as Béhanzin (c. 1845 – 10 December 1906) is considered the eleventh (if Adandozan is not counted) King of Dahomey, modern-day Republic...
- fell four years later, when renewed fighting resulted in the last king, Béhanzin, to be overthrown and the country annexed into French West Africa. French...
- king, Béhanzin, went into exile after being defeated in the invasion of Dahomey by France in the Second Franco-Dahomean War. The exile of Béhanzin did not...
- Recadaire de Behanzin is an anti-government newspaper published in Benin. It was established in 1915 and Emile Zinsou Bode was one of its founders. List...
- between France, led by General Alfred-Amédée Dodds, and Dahomey under King Béhanzin. At the close of the 19th century, European powers were busy conquering...
- December 29, 1889, to be succeeded by his son Kondo, who took the name Béhanzin. Appiah, Kwame Anthony; Henry Louis Gates, Jr (1997). The Dictionary of...
- between France, led by General Alfred-Amédée Dodds, and Dahomey under King Béhanzin. The French emerged triumphant and incorporated Dahomey into their growing...
- the French conquered the kingdom on 16 November 1892, prompting King Béhanzin to torch the city and flee northward. Thereafter the town declined in importance...
- lists. 1818 to 1858 Ghezo, Ahosu 1858 to 1889 Glele, Ahosu 1889 to 1894 Béhanzin, Ahosu Final independent King of Dahomey, reigned during the First Franco-Dahomean...
- Algeria, suppressing various tribal rebellions and razzias. In 1892, King Béhanzin ordered his soldiers to attack villages near Grand Popo and Porto-Novo...