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| 1954, July 30 |
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| The French government granted complete internal independence to Tunisia. The terms of Tunisian sovereignty were spelled out in a French-Tunisian agreement (June 3, 1955). | 1 |
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| 1956–62 |
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| French exodus. The size of the French population shrank from about 180,000 (1956) to 30,000 six years later. | 2 |
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| 1956 |
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| Enactment of a new code of personal status, which was phased into effect over the next seven years. Among the revisions were the abolition of polygamy, equal divorce rights for men and women, the outlawing of unilateral divorce by men, more balanced custody laws, a minimum age for marriage, and the requirement of both partners' consent before the marriage ceremony. | 3 |
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| March 20 |
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| TUNISIAN INDEPENDENCE. The NEO-DESTOUR PARTY under HABIB BOURGUIBA won national elections (March 25), and Bourguiba became the first prime minister (April 10). | 4 |
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