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Leopold II of Belgium

King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 (1835–1909)

6 dated entries naming Leopold II of Belgium, drawn from 6 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 (d. 1909)source
  • 1865December 17 – Leopold II becomes King of the Belgians, following the death (on December 10) of his father, King Leopold I.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 (b. 1835)source

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