Equatorial Guinea

Portuguese explorer Fernando Pó explores the area that is now Equatorial Guinea.

Portugal ceded territories in the Bight of Biafra to Spain, establishing Spanish Guinea.

Equatorial Guinea gained independence from Spanish colonial rule.

President Francisco Macías Nguema declared himself president for life, marking an authoritarian regime.

Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo overthrew his uncle, President Macías Nguema.

Equatorial Guinea became one of sub-Saharan Africa's largest oil producers.