The following lists events that happened during 1885intheCongoFreeState King – Leopold II of Belgium Administrator-General – Francis de Winton Congo...
TheCongoFreeState propaganda war was a worldwide media propaganda campaign waged by both King Leopold II of Belgium and the critics of theCongo Free...
that the society and the territories it occupied were henceforth called "theCongoFreeState". The official stockholders of the Committee for the Study...
known as the CongoFreeState soon after the closure of the Berlin Conference in August 1885. French agents discovered Leopold's plans, and in response France...
Congo Genocide may refer to: Atrocities intheCongoFreeState (1885–1908) Massacres of Hutus during the First Congo War (1996–1997) Effacer le tableau...
On 29 May 1885, after the closure of the Berlin Conference, the king announced that he planned to name his possessions "theCongoFreeState", an appellation...
as "Congo-Brazzaville" Congo Canyon, a submarine canyon Kingdom of Kongo (1390–1914) Kingdom of Kakongo (15th century–1885) CongoFreeState (1885–1908)...
countries at the Berlin Conference, Leopold achieved international recognition for a personal colony, theCongoFreeState, in1885. By the turn of the century...
Between the years of 1885 and 1908, many Swedish soldiers would aid king Leopold II in his colonization of theCongo attracted by better pay and opportunities...
the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of theCongoFreeState from 1885 to 1908. Born in Brussels as the second...
have been committed intheCongoFreeState (or the Independent State of Congo) and the Belgian Congo between 1885 and 1960, and the colony of Ruanda-Urundi...
The following lists events that happened during 1893 intheCongoFreeState. King – Leopold II of Belgium Governor-general – Théophile Wahis Congo Free...
international recognition of theCongoFreeStatein1885. By the turn of the century, the violence used by FreeState officials against indigenous Congolese...
ministers of the Democratic Republic of the Congo List of colonial governors of theCongoFreeState and Belgian Congo Previously named Joseph-Désiré Mobutu;...
The following lists events that happened during 1889 intheCongoFreeState. King – Leopold II of Belgium Governor-general – Camille Janssen Congo Free...
colonized. By the end of the 19th century, the Basin had been carved up by European colonial powers, into theCongoFreeState, the French Congo and the Portuguese...
The following lists events that happened during 1907 intheCongoFreeState. King – Leopold II of Belgium Governor-general – Théophile Wahis Congo Free...
fighter—detailing abuses intheCongoFreeState which was under the private ownership of King Leopold II of Belgium. This report was instrumental in Leopold finally...
percent of the white population until after World War II. During the existence of theCongoFreeState and the early years of the Belgian Congo, the majority...
The Force Publique (French: [fɔʁs pyblik], "Public Force"; Dutch: Openbare Weermacht) was the military of theCongoFreeState and the Belgian Congo from...
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