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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Timespan 1
UK, Netherlands, France, and Portugal engage in the slave trade with the Kongo Empire -
Event 1
King Leopold II sets up a privately organized venture to colonize the "Kongo Empire"'s area. <<<<< King Leopold II of Belgium -
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Timespan 2
Henry Stanley navigates the Congo River en route to the Atlantic Ocean -
Event 2
Leopold orders Stanley to establish the king's authority in the Congo Basin. <<<<< Henry Stanley -
Event 3
Euro Powers recognize Leopold's claim toward the Congo Basin -
Event 4
Leopold II announces the establishment of the Congo Free State, that Leopold would come to rule -
Event 5
Belgians take over Katanga, a province in the DRC. -
Event 6
East Congo was wrested from the control of East-African-Arab and Swahili-speaking peoples. <<<< Swahili for "Praise the Lord" -
Event 6
Congo becomes independent with Patrice Lumumba as prime minister and Joseph Kasavubu as president. <<<< Kasavubu -
Event 7
Congolese army mutinies; Moise Tshombe declares Katanga independent; Belgian troops sent in ostensibly to protect Belgian citizens and mining interests; UN Security Council votes to send in troops to help establish order, but the troops are not allowed to intervene in internal affairs. -
Event 8
Kasavubu dismisses Lumumba as prime minister. <<<< Lumumba -
Event 9
Lumumba is arrested. -
Event 10
Lumumba is murdered by US and Belgian Complicity. -
Event 11
UN troops begin disarming Katangese soldiers. -
Event 12
- Tshombe agrees to end Katanga's secession.
