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• 1735, Statue of William III financed by James Macrae
  James Macrae, Governor of Madras and a great admirer of William III, paid an unknown artist to create a statue of the king, and presented it to the people of Glasgow. The statue was erected in Tongate, in Glasgow.
• 1810, Installation of monument to Colbert in Paris
  The Palais Bourbon,where the Assemblée Nationale (legislative body, congress) meets, is originally the house of the Duchess de Bourbon (Louis XIV's daughter). It became national property in 1791 during the French Revolution to then house the legislative assembly. Under Napoleon I, the palais housed the Corps Législatif. In 1806, architect Bernard Poyet is commissioned to make a new facade. The plans include neoclassical column, reliefs that changed throughout the 1800s following France's many different regime changes, and several statues . At the bottom of the stairs, four ministers from the Ancien Regime are depicted for their contribution to the country's legislative history, but also as allegories of virtues needes for public service. The statue of Colbert by Dumont sits at the right of the ensemble, and symbolizes work ethic. The new facade is completed in 1810.
• 1813, Installation of the Robert Milligan statue
  The statue's first location was within the Hibbert Gate, on the north quay of the West India Import Dock and immediately south of the dock office entrance portico. The original Hibbert Gate (named after the slave-owner and merchant George Hibbert) was built in 1803 but was demolished in 1930. The replica Hibbert Gate, created in 2000, is still in place as of 2024.
• 1859, Installation of the equestrian statue of Henry Hardinge in Kolkata, India
• 1882, Installation of the statue of John Lawrence in London
• 1900, Installation of the statue of William Mackinnon in Mombasa, Kenya
• 1902, Installation and destruction of the monument to Victor Schœlcher, Saint-Pierre
  The monument was commissioned by a committee formed in Saint-Pierre a few days after Victor Schœlcher's death, in January 1894, to erect a monument in his honor. The statue disappeared before its planned inauguration on July 21 (the anniversary of Schœlcher's birth), when the town was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Pelée on April 23, 1902.
• 1903, Installation of the statue of Charles Gordon in Khartoum, Sudan
• 1905, Installation of the Redvers Buller statue in Exeter
• 1906, Installation of the statue of John Nicholson in Delhi, India
• 1915, Installation of the statue of Alexander Taylor in Delhi
• 1920, Installation of the Horatio Kitchener statue in Khartoum, Sudan
• 1935, Installation of the statue of Rufus Isaacs in Delhi, India
• 1997, Re-installation of the Robert Milligan statue
  The Annual Report of the LDDC for the year ending March 31st 1997, includes the following statement underneath a photograph of the statue facing west outside the Ledger building – close to the position where it had stood from 1813-1875. ‘LDDC Joint Chief Executive, Roger Squire and Museum of London Director, Max Hebditch, welcomed the return of a statue of Robert Milligan – Deputy Chairman of the West India Dock Company – to West India Quay in February, after an absence of 122 years.' (referring to the 1875 relocation) In March 1997, Docklands News, the LDDC Newspaper, reported that ‘a statue of Robert Milligan, one of Dockland's historic figures with the West India Dock Company now has pride of place on its original site by the Sugar Warehouses’.
• 2000, Installation of a replica Hibbert Gate
  The original Hibbert Gate (named after the slave-owner and merchant George Hibbert) was built in 1803 but was demolished in 1930. A replica Hibbert Gate was created in 2000 and is still in place as of 2024.
• 2002, the statue of Victor Hugo by Ousmane Sow is presented in front of French Parliament in Paris to mark World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty.
  Créée par Ousmane Sow à la demande de l'ONG Médecins du monde, elle rappelle l'engagement de Victor Hugo contre la misère
• 2004, Martinican artist Victor Anicet creates a mural entitled Liberté behind the Victor Schœlcher monument
  Victor Anicet describes his work as a “mural animation”, created from one hundred enameled Massif Central lava slabs; it “tells the story of the arrival of the chained slaves, their revolt, the breaking of the chains, the escape of the first marooned slave, with the word ‘Liberté’ in charge. Underneath, the contribution of Amerindian culture” (Victor Anicet website). A plaque reads “Liberté. Mural fresco in Volvic lava, created by Victor Anicet, ceramist, July 21, 2004", then quotes, below this information, a sentence by Aimé Césaire: ‘Schœlcher's clear-sightedness gave the impetus for freedom, the impetuosity of the Negro did the rest’. The aim is to place Schœlcher's action in a broader context, and to highlight the role of slaves in the fight for their emancipation.
• 2004, Reinstallation of the statue of William Mackinnon in Campbeltown, Scotland
• 2005, The statue of William Huskisson is re-erected in Liverpool
• 2007, The bust of Christopher Columbus is installed on the Boieldieu bridge in Rouen.
  In 2007, ten busts of “Great Navigators” were installed on the Boieldieu Bridge in Rouen. These busts are bronze models of the sculptures created by the sculptor for the 1999 Armada du siècle and the 2003 Armada. They are financed by ten public institutions and private companies: Caisse des Dépôts, Quille, Ferrero, Dalkia nord, CIC Banque BSD CIN, Lubrizol, Ressorts Masselin, Matmut, Port Autonome de Rouen, HAROPA Ports de Paris Seine-Normandie, Fondation Bettencourt Schueller.
• 2014, The Maroon Memorial is reinstalled
  The Memorial has been relocated to the center of the traffic circle at the entrance to the town, making immediate access more difficult
• 2015, Nouvelle plaque pour la statue de Vélo, Pointe-à-Pitre
  Une nouvelle plaque est installée : "J'ai été Ti-Vénance Lollia. Je suis Marcel. Je resterai Vélo"
• 2020, Installation of the A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) sculpture
• 2020, The remaining base of the Josephine statue is transformed into a permaculture planter
  Rouge Vert Noir activists decided to transform what's left of the pedestal base of the Josephine statue into a permaculture planter. The idea is simple: passers-by help themselves to the bin and can also contribute to the development of its crops by watering it or adding seeds. But the planter soon seems to be abandoned, attracting pests and posing a problem for the restaurant owners on the Savane, as well as for vagrants.
• 2022, Le Monument à Abdelkader est installé quai de la Loire à Amboise
  The monument was installed at the end of January, just a few days before its inauguration on February 5.
• 2022, Performance de l’artiste Marie-Rose Frigière autour des allégories des colonies d'Asie et d'Afrique
  Pour révéler l’existence de ces statues et proposer une contre-célébration de l’exposition coloniale de 1922
• 2023, Lille town council installs an explanatory plaque at the foot of the monument
  A metal stand is installed, bearing a sticker with the following information: "Inaugurated in 1896, this monument bears witness to the gratitude of an entire region to a man from Lille, who was its defender against the Prussians in 1870, during the French army's debacle. / The City of Lille disapproves of General Faidherbe's actions during colonization, during the conquests and as Governor of Senegal", as well as a QR Code linking to the city's website, which provides more detailed explanations. An explanatory cartel is also installed next to the plaster model of the monument, on display at Lille's Palais des Beaux-Arts.
• 2024, Exhibition by Laurent Perbos "La beauté et le geste" in front of the National Assembly colonnade
  Called "Beauty and Gesture", this event is part of the multidisciplinary artistic and cultural programming of the Cultural Olympiad, which echoes the Paris 2024 Games. Until September 22, visitors are invited to discover this installation celebrating the inclusivity, diversity and excellence that drive the Olympic spirit, right in the heart of the French capital.
• 28 juillet 2022, La statue de Napoléon est réinstallée.
  La statue est réinstallée à son emplacement d’origine, sans cérémonie.