June 27, 1900 (Wednesday)
- France and Spain agreed on a boundary between their West African colonies, Mauritania and the Spanish Sahara. The treaty was ratified on March 22, 1901. Mauritania became independent in 1960, and after it gave up claims to the Spanish colony, it now shares the border with Morocco.
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