State · 1600 – 1894
Dahomey
A state of 1600 – 1894 — 294 years in sub-Saharan Africa. It replaced Kingdom of Ardra and Kingdom of Whydah. It was replaced by French Dahomey. The atlas records 1 thing within it — people 1. Its line of rulers holds 3 people, 2 with dated terms.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 294 years
- 1600 – 1894
- Rulers
- 3
- the head of state
- Within it
- 1
- recorded row
- Symbols
- 3
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Kingdom of Whydah · replaces
- Kingdom of Ardra · replaces · 1100 – 1724
After it
- French Dahomey · replaced by
Rulers
The line of head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gangnihessou | 1600 – 1625 | 25 years | ending not on record | |
| Agoli-agbo | 1894 – 1900 | 6 years | ending not on record |
3 rulers, 2 with terms dated as terms, covering 1600 – 1900. Median reign 15.5 years. 0 of 1 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
flag, undatedFlag of Ghezo of Dahomey · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Di (they-them) 
coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of Béhanzin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Samhanin 
flag, undatedDahomey flag 1889 · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1700 – 17991 row
- Ghezo · ruler · 1790 – 1858
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood294 years
stood longer than 72% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median25 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 75% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record3
has more rulers on record than 48% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1571 – 1923, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1747, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q468814 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.