Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1821 – 1957

Gold Coast

A state of 1821 – 1957 — 136 years in sub-Saharan Africa. It replaced Gold Coast. It was replaced by Ghana. Its line of rulers holds 8 people.

  • Wikidata's English label: Gold Coast Colony.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
136 years
1821 – 1957
Rulers
8
the Monarch
Symbols
2
on record, with years

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Ghana: 1960 – 2026Gold Coast: 1821 – 1957

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

  • Gold Coast · replaces

After it

  • Ghana · replaced by · 1960 – present

Rulers

Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.

George IV · 1821 – 1830 · no death date to read the end againstWilliam IV · 1830 – 1837 · no death date to read the end againstQueen Victoria · 1837 – 1901 · no death date to read the end againstEdward VII · 1901 – 1910 · no death date to read the end againstGeorge V · 1910 – 1936 · no death date to read the end againstEdward VIII · 1936 – 1936 · no death date to read the end againstGeorge VI · 1936 – 1952 · no death date to read the end againstElizabeth II · 1952 – 1957 · no death date to read the end against185019001950
ending not on record
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
George IV1821 – 18309 yearsending not on record
William IV1830 – 18377 yearsending not on recordsibling
Queen Victoria1837 – 190164 yearsending not on recordnephew or niece
Edward VII1901 – 19109 yearsending not on recordchild
George V1910 – 193626 yearsending not on recordchild
Edward VIII1936 – 1936under a yearending not on recordchild
George VI1936 – 195216 yearsending not on recordsibling
Elizabeth II1952 – 19575 yearsending not on recordchild

8 rulers, 8 with terms dated as terms, covering 1821 – 1957. Median reign 9 years. 0 of 7 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.

  • Badge of the Gold Coast (1877-1957)
    coat of arms, undatedBadge of the Gold Coast (1877-1957) · CC0
  • Flag of the Gold Coast (1877–1957)
    flag, undatedFlag of the Gold Coast (1877–1957) · Public domain

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 stood136 years

    stood longer than 53% 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 median9 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 31% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record8

    has more rulers on record than 76% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 0 causes 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.

Gold Coast · 1821 – 1957Gold CoastGhana · Linked · 1960 – 2026Ghana1850190019502000
linked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Theories that apply to its ending

Of 3 theories of why states fall, 1 has every condition present at this ending; each is applied by its own logic, condition by condition, and whether its authors named this case is a footnote.

  • Dynastic cycle and the decay of group feeling

    Ibn Khaldun 1377 · Turchin & Nefedov 2009

    Applies by its own logic: the condition it names held here, and this is the kind of outcome it predicts — adverse regime change or the state's ending.

    • the state 90 to 160 years old — ageBand 136

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q503623 (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.