{"slug": "belgian-congo", "label": "Belgian Congo", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Congo", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213510", "qid": "Q213510", "description": "Belgian colony in Central Africa (1908–1960), established after international pressure forced Belgium to annex the Congo Free State following King Leopold II's brutal personal rule; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1906, 1960], "span_label": ["1906 CE", "1960 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "leopold-ii-of-belgium", "label": "Leopold II of Belgium", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1906, "year_label": "1906 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "October 28", "text": "October 28 – The Union Minière du Haut Katanga, a mining trust, is created in the Belgian Congo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373343237#September–October", "title": "1906", "revid": 1373343237, "section": "Events › September–October"}}, {"year": 1908, "year_label": "1908 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 15", "text": "November 15 – King Leopold II of Belgium formally relinquishes his personal control of the Congo Free State (becoming Belgian Congo) to Belgium, following evidence collected by Roger Casement of maladministration.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373410903#November", "title": "1908", "revid": 1373410903, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1920, "year_label": "1920 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "Approximate date – The HIV/AIDS pandemic almost certainly originates in Léopoldville, modern-day Kinshasa, the capital of the Belgian Congo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369258210#Date_unknown", "title": "1920", "revid": 1369258210, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1958, "year_label": "1958 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 12", "text": "July 12 – Henri Cornelis becomes Governor-General of the Belgian Congo, the last Belgian governor prior to independence.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371827125#July", "title": "1958", "revid": 1371827125, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 4", "text": "January 4 – Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370221732#January", "title": "1959", "revid": 1370221732, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 31", "text": "October 31 – Riots break out in the Belgian Congo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370221732#October", "title": "1959", "revid": 1370221732, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 30", "text": "June 30 – The Belgian Congo receives its independence from Belgium, as the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville). A civil war follows shortly.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#June", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › June"}}]}