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| 1892–93 |
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| Second war with Spain. The Moroccan army was defeated at Melilla, and the ruler was forced to pay an indemnity. | 1 |
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| 1894–1908 |
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| MAWLAY ABD AL-AZIZ. He took the throne at the age of 14, and until 1898 the country was effectively ruled by the chief minister Ahmad ibn Musa. The ruler relied heavily on European banks and advisers. His attempt to institute a single tax (the tartib) upon all his subjects, including previously exempt groups, provoked massive opposition and was abandoned. | 2 |
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| 1897 |
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| Death of Ahmad al-Nasiri (b. 1835), a prominent scholar and member of the family that founded the Nasiriyya Sufi order in the 17th century. He wrote an important multivolume history of Morocco. | 3 |
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| 1900–1 |
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| French occupation of Salah and Touat, two oases that were incorporated into Algeria. | 4 |
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| 1903–8 |
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| Revolt of Abu Himara (Jilali al-Zarhumi), who falsely claimed to be the ruler's missing elder brother Muhammad. He defeated the ruler's troops several times and controlled eastern Morocco until 1908, when he was captured. | 5 |
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| 1904, April 8 |
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| A French-British agreement, partly secret, provided the French with a free hand in Morocco in exchange for French recognition of British colonial primacy in Egypt. | 6 |
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| Oct. 3 |
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| Secret convention on Morocco between France and Spain. It divided Morocco into two spheres of influence and prepared the ground for their future protectorates. The two powers signed another secret agreement on Sept. 1, 1905, setting out joint plans for their management of Moroccan affairs. | 7 |
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