# Martial Henri Merlin - Governor-General of French Equatorial Africa

URL: https://allhistories.com/gabon/rulers/martial-henri-merlin-1908
Reign: 28 June 1908 – 15 May 1917
Number in the list: 61
Dynasty: French colonial administration
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_governors-general_of_French_Equatorial_Africa

Federal head of French Equatorial Africa, to which Gabon belonged from January 1910.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Émile Gentil](https://allhistories.com/gabon/rulers/emile-gentil-1904)
- Next in list: [Gabriel Louis Angoulvant](https://allhistories.com/gabon/rulers/gabriel-louis-angoulvant-1917)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1908 - [Makokou Founded after Fabiani Pacifies the Upper Ivindo](https://allhistories.com/gabon/timeline/1908-makokou-founded-after-fabiani-pacifies-the-upper-ivindo)
- 1910 - [Creation of French Equatorial Africa](https://allhistories.com/gabon/timeline/1910-creation-of-french-equatorial-africa)
- 1911 - [Franco-German accord cedes northern Gabon to Kamerun](https://allhistories.com/gabon/timeline/1911-franco-german-accord-cedes-northern-gabon-to-kamerun)
- 1913 - [Albert Schweitzer founds the hospital at Lambaréné](https://allhistories.com/gabon/timeline/1913-albert-schweitzer-founds-the-hospital-at-lambarene)
- 1913 - [Capture and death of the Mitsogo leader Mbombé](https://allhistories.com/gabon/timeline/1913-capture-and-death-of-the-mitsogo-leader-mbombe)
- 1914 - [Wartime collapse of the okoumé trade and forced carrying](https://allhistories.com/gabon/timeline/1914-wartime-collapse-of-the-okoume-trade-and-forced-carrying)
- 1914 - [Gabon and the Kamerun campaign](https://allhistories.com/gabon/timeline/1914-gabon-and-the-kamerun-campaign)