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| 1956, March 2 |
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| Formal French recognition of MOROCCAN INDEPENDENCE. Spain withdrew from its portion of Morocco on April 7 and recognized the unity of the Moroccan state. The international administration of Tangier was dismantled on Oct. 29. | 1 |
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| 1958, May 1 |
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| Morocco joined the Arab League. | 2 |
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| 1961, Feb. 26 |
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| Death of Muhammad V, who was succeeded by his son, HASSAN II. | 3 |
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| 1962, Nov. 18 |
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| Promulgation of a new constitution. Morocco received a bicameral legislature and a prime minister who was responsible to the king. | 4 |
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| 1963, Oct.–Nov |
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| Skirmishes along the frontier between Morocco and Algeria. | 5 |
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| 1965, June 7 |
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| Amid widespread disturbances, Hassan II suspended the constitution and declared a state of emergency. The king governed by decree up to July 1967 and then through his appointees to the cabinet until the unveiling of the new constitution in 1970. | 6 |
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| Oct. 29 |
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| Assassination of exiled opposition leader Mehdi Ben Barka in Paris, presumably on orders from the Moroccan government. | 7 |
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