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| 1906, April 7 |
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| General act issued by the international conference of Algeciras (Spain) (See Jan. 16–April 7). Thirteen powers participated in the deliberations on the Moroccan question, and despite strong German objections, agreed to entrust to France and Spain the management of the Moroccan police. The powers also made arrangements regarding Morocco's state bank, system of taxation, customs administration, and public works. | 1 |
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| 1907 |
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| French occupation of Casablanca and Oujda, which was followed by a creeping penetration into the hinterland of both. | 2 |
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| 1907–8 |
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| Rebellion against Mawlay Abd al-Aziz, provoked by his acquiescence in French encroachment on Morocco. The rebels, based mostly in Marrakesh, proclaimed Abd al-Hafiz, an older half-brother of the reigning monarch, as the new ruler. Abd al-Aziz failed to rally popular support and abdicated in the summer of 1908. | 3 |
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| 1908–12 |
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| MAWLAY ABD AL-HAFIZ. The last ruler of an independent Morocco, Abd al-Hafiz attempted to repeal the privileges of foreigners and ordered the expulsion of French forces. His efforts to bring the Berber tribes under his control resulted in revolts throughout the country and increased violence against Europeans, providing the French with the pretext for their final occupation of Morocco. | 4 |
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| 1908, Sept |
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| Battle of Bou Denib, in which French forces defeated Moroccan tribes and occupied the region along the frontier with Algeria. | 5 |
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| 1909 |
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| Muhammad al-Kattani, a member of the ulama of Fez and a Sufi leader, was put to death by order of the ruler for leading a campaign against French encroachment and local passivity. | 6 |
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| 1911 |
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| Completion of a railway link between Casablanca and Rabat. During the protectorate the French added about 1,600 kilometers of railway track. | 7 |
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| May |
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| French troops entered Fez to provide support for Abd al-Hafiz against a tribal revolt. | 8 |
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| Nov. 4 |
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| French-German convention on Morocco (See July 21). It settled the crisis provoked by the dispatch of a German warship to the Moroccan port of Agadir in July to force the withdrawal of the French military expedition to Fez. Germany finally recognized French primacy in Morocco in return for territory in the Congo. | 9 |
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