Leopold II of Belgium
King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 (1835–1909)
9 dated entries naming Leopold II of Belgium, drawn from 9 separate years between 1835 CE and 1909 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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19th century
- 1835April 9 – King Leopold II of Belgium (died 1909)source
- 18539 April – Prince Leopold sworn in as a member of the Belgian Senate.source
- 1865December 17 – Leopold II becomes King of the Belgians, following the death (on December 10) of his father, King Leopold I.source
- 1876September 12 – King Leopold II of Belgium hosts the Brussels Geographic Conference, on the subject of colonizing and exploring central Africa. By the event's conclusion, a new international body named the International African Association (indirect forerunner of the modern Congo state) is established.source
- 187822-25 August – Twenty-fifth wedding anniversary celebrations of King Leopold II and Queen Marie-Henriette, including a parade of 23,000 school children on 23 August.source
- 1885February 5 – King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State, as a personal possession.source
20th century
- 1902November 15 – King Leopold II of Belgium survives an attempted assassination in Brussels by Italian anarchist Gennaro Rubino.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
- 1909December 17 – King Leopold II of Belgium (born 1835)source