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Republic of the Congo

country in Central Africa, capital Brazzaville

10 dated entries naming Republic of the Congo, drawn from 9 separate years between 1958 CE and 2016 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.

Also written as Republic of Congo in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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20th century

  • 1958November 28 – Chad, the Republic of the Congo and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French colonial empire.source
  • 1961January 17 – Patrice Lumumba of the Republic of Congo is assassinated.source
  • 1963August 15 – Trois Glorieuses: President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of Congo after a three-day uprising in the capital, Brazzaville.source
  • 1964July 20 – The National Movement of the Revolution is established in the Republic of the Congo, becoming the country's sole legal political party.source
  • 1966In or about this year, one person returning to Haiti from the Congo is thought to have first brought HIV to the Americas.source
  • 1966April 26 – A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.source
  • 1998Libyan planes fly to DRC. The government of Libya says it is to evacuate Arab families who went to the Republic of the Congo from DRC.source

21st century

  • 20069 April – Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Republic of the Congo president Denis Sassou-Nguesso host talks in Abuja between the rival groups in Darfur hoping to accelerate the peace process. Sudanese attendees include Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, Minni Arcua Minnawi head of the most powerful faction of the divided Sudan Liberation Army, and Khalil Ibrahim, leader of the smaller Justice and Equality Movement.source
  • 2012March 4 – A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, with at least 250 people dead.source
  • 2016September 1 – An annular solar eclipse was visible from Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar.source

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