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| 11. Guinea-Bissau |
| 1974 |
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| Assassination of Amilcar Cabral, leader of the Guinea-Bissau liberation struggle. | 1 |
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| 1975 |
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| Portugal recognized the independence of Guinea-Bissau. | 2 |
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| 1980, Nov. 14 |
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| Prime minister and army commander João Bernardo Vieira led a successful coup against Pres. Luiz Cabral (Amilcar's brother). | 3 |
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| 1985, Nov |
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| V.P. Paulo Correia attempted to overthrow Vieira, but failed. Correia and his co-conspirators were later executed. | 4 |
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| 1998, May |
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| Serious fighting broke out in the capital between forces loyal to Pres. Vieira and rebels—apparently affiliated with Casamance separatists—fighting against Senegal. Fighting led to widespread disruption of services in the city, and a majority of the inhabitants of Bissau, the capital, fled. | 5 |
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| June 7 |
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| A military revolt, led by former army chief of staff Gen. Ansumane Mane, incited civil war in Guinea-Bissau. The reigning Vieira regime was supported by adjacent states Senegal and Guinea. Hundreds of thousands fled the capital, Bissau, as the Senegalese army bombed the city. | 6 |
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| Nov. 1 |
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| An ineffectual peace accord was signed; rebel activity increased in Guinea-Bissau. The peace accord was intended to end a five-month civil war and was signed by Pres. Vieira and Gen. Mane. Under the treaty, a peacekeeping force of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) would replace troops from Senegal and Guinea. | 7 |
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