Agadir Incident

European history
Also known as: “Panther” Incident, Second Moroccan Crisis
Quick Facts
Date:
July 1, 1911
Location:
Agadir
Morocco
Participants:
France
Germany

Agadir Incident, event involving a German attempt to challenge French rights in Morocco by sending the gunboat Panther to Agadir in July 1911. The action incited the Second Moroccan Crisis (see Moroccan crises).