oct 1, 1910 - Morocco

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1910 Mar 23 After eight months of fighting, Spain has crushed a rebellion in the area of northern Morocco that it considers its possession. An estimated 8,000 Berbers and 2,000 Spanish soldiers have been killed.

1911:

Apr 17 Moroccan infantrymen rebel against the Sultan Abdelhafid at his palace in Fez. He is allied with France, and the French move troops to Morocco to "protect its citizens in Morocco."

May 21 The French military rescues the Sultan of Morocco.

Jul 1 Germany has commercial interests in Morocco. Germans want a "manly" demonstration against French military involvement in Morocco. Germany sends the warship Panther to the port of Agadri on Morocco's southwest Atlantic coast. This creates anti-German torchlight parades in France. During the crisis that follows, Oswald Spengler decides to write Decline of the West. He thinks the West is entering two centuries of wars for world power.

Sep 29 Italy responds to France's move in Morocco by seeking gains for itself in North Africa. It declares war against the Ottoman Empire, intending to take from the empire possession of Tripoli and Cyrenaica (today Libya).

Nov 4 The Treaty of Berlin brings the Agadir Crisis to a close. Morocco is to be divided between France (as a protectorate) and Spain (as a colony). Germany forfeits all claims to Morocco in return for a portion of the French Congo (as Kamerun), and Germany cedes some of German Kamerun to France's colony of Chad. Germany's hawks accuse Germany's chancellor and its secretary of state of "unforgivable" timidity.

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