Belgian Congo

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

7 dated entries naming Belgian Congo, drawn from 6 separate years between 1906 CE and 1960 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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20th century

1906October 28 – The Union Minière du Haut Katanga, a mining trust, is created in the Belgian Congo.source
1908November 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.source
1920Approximate date – The HIV/AIDS pandemic almost certainly originates in Léopoldville, modern-day Kinshasa, the capital of the Belgian Congo.source
1958July 12 – Henri Cornelis becomes Governor-General of the Belgian Congo, the last Belgian governor prior to independence.source
1959January 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.source
1959October 31 – Riots break out in the Belgian Congo.source
1960June 30 – The Belgian Congo receives its independence from Belgium, as the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville). A civil war follows shortly.source

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