{"slug": "kingdom-of-kongo", "label": "Kingdom of Kongo", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kongo", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q796583", "qid": "Q796583", "description": "former African kingdom located in west central Africa", "entries": 16, "years": 16, "span": [1380, 1718], "span_label": ["1380 CE", "1718 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "angola", "label": "Angola", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "portuguese-empire", "label": "Portuguese Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "may", "label": "May", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "january", "label": "January", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1380, "year_label": "1380 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "King Lukeni lua Nimi of the Kingdom of Kongo (d. 1420)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360515041#Births", "title": "1380", "revid": 1360515041, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1420, "year_label": "1420 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Lukeni lua Nimi of the Kingdom of Kongo (b. 1380)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365937924#Deaths", "title": "1420", "revid": 1365937924, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1490, "year_label": "1490 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Catholic missionaries arrive in the African Kingdom of Kongo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365746432#Date_unknown", "title": "1490", "revid": 1365746432, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1491, "year_label": "1491 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 3", "text": "May 3 – The ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo, Nkuwu Nzinga, is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360561378#April–June", "title": "1491", "revid": 1360561378, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1561, "year_label": "1561 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 4", "text": "November 4 – Upon the death of his father, Diogo I Nkumbi a Mpudi, King Afonso II Mpemba a Nzinga becomes the new monarch of the Kingdom of Kongo, located in what is now the southern portion of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the northern portion of Angola. Afonso II reigns for less than a month before being overthrown by his brother, Bernardo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358043209#October–December", "title": "1561", "revid": 1358043209, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1567, "year_label": "1567 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 10", "text": "April 10 – Henrique I Nerika a Mpudi becomes the new ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo in what becomes the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the northern portion of Angola. Henrique succeeds his nephew, Bernardo I of Kongo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362147494#April–June", "title": "1567", "revid": 1362147494, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1568, "year_label": "1568 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Álvaro I succeeds his stepfather Henrique I as ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo forming the Kwilu dynasty that rules the kingdom without interruption until May 1622.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362476556#Date_unknown", "title": "1568", "revid": 1362476556, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1616, "year_label": "1616 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "A slave ship carries smallpox from the Kingdom of Kongo to Salvador, Brazil.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366307823#Date_unknown", "title": "1616", "revid": 1366307823, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1622, "year_label": "1622 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 18", "text": "December 18 – Portuguese forces with Imbangala allies score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in modern-day Angola as part of the First Kongo-Portuguese War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366857889#October–December", "title": "1622", "revid": 1366857889, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1623, "year_label": "1623 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January", "text": "January – Battle of Mbanda Kasi: Forces from the Kingdom of Kongo defeat the Portuguese.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655899#January–March", "title": "1623", "revid": 1366655899, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1624, "year_label": "1624 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 13", "text": "April 13 – Garcia Mvemba a Nkanga is enthroned as King Garcia I of the southern African nation of Kongo (now in Angola), upon the death of his father, King Pedro II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331350573#April–June", "title": "1624", "revid": 1331350573, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1626, "year_label": "1626 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 7", "text": "March 7 – Ambrósio I Nimi a Nkanga becomes the new monarch of Kongo (in what is now Angola) after the overthrow of Garcia I Mvemba a Nkanga, restoring the Kwilu dynasty to power.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367580131#January–March", "title": "1626", "revid": 1367580131, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1631, "year_label": "1631 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 7", "text": "March 7 – Ambrósio I Nimi a Nkanga, the ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo (in what is now Angola) dies after a reign of five years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356869091#January–March", "title": "1631", "revid": 1356869091, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1636, "year_label": "1636 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 26", "text": "February 26 – Nimi a Lukeni a Nzenze a Ntumba is installed as King Alvaro VI of Kongo, in the area now occupied by the African nation of Angola, and rules until his death on February 22, 1641.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358525522#January–March", "title": "1636", "revid": 1358525522, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1693, "year_label": "1693 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 23", "text": "September 23 – Manuel Afonso Nzinga a Nlenke, ruling as King Manuel I of the Kingdom of Kongo (in present-day northern Angola) is executed on orders of the new king, Álvaro X.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343170745#July–September", "title": "1693", "revid": 1343170745, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1718, "year_label": "1718 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 21", "text": "February 21 – Manuel II (Mpanzu a Nimi) becomes the new monarch of the Kingdom of Kongo (located in western Africa in modern-day Angola) when King Pedro IV (Nusamu a Mvemba) dies after a reign of 22 years. Manuel reigns until 1743.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350255401#January_–_March", "title": "1718", "revid": 1350255401, "section": "Events › January – March"}}]}