TheBelgianCongo (French: Congo belge, pronounced [kɔ̃ɡo bɛlʒ]; Dutch: Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence...
Bastogne and his Congolese wife, was born in1921intheBelgianCongo. She returned to Belgium at the age of nine. In 1940, aged 19, she went to Leuven to...
responsible for the territory of theCongo Free State and BelgianCongo (today the Democratic Republic of theCongo). Prior to the creation of theCongo Free State...
Simon Kimbangu) founded by Simon Kimbangu intheBelgianCongo (today the Democratic Republic of theCongo) in1921. A large, independent African-initiated...
middle-class Bangala parents on 13 September 1921in Léopoldville, BelgianCongo. He attended a Catholic primary school in his youth and received secondary education...
The following lists events that happened during 1919 intheBelgianCongo. Governor-general – Eugène Henry BelgianCongo History of the Democratic Republic...
Bas-Congo Province, Congo Free State in 1888. He was the son of Luizi Fernando, a government-appointed chief, and a woman named N'Sengo. A Belgian official...
responsible for the territory of theCongo Free State and BelgianCongo (today the Democratic Republic of theCongo). Prior to the creation of theCongo Free State...
The following lists events that happened during 1924 intheBelgianCongo. Governor General – Martin Rutten BelgianCongo History of the Democratic Republic...
independence in 1960 from theBelgianCongo. The Republic of Zaire during 1971–1997 was also named after the river's name in French and Portuguese. TheCongo's drainage...
eagerly embraced propaganda in favor of theCongo." King Leopold II of Belgium had been the principal shareholder intheBelgian trading company which established...
prevent the land from falling into Belgian hands. Their forces were active on the south side of the river, where King Leopold II ruled theBelgianCongo for...
Waldron, D'Lynn. "Tribal War in Luluabourg, BelgianCongo". Retrieved April 13, 2023. Siefkes 2022, p. 176. "UN condemns DR Congo cannibalism". BBC News. January...
Christianity is the predominant religion inthe Democratic Republic of theCongo, with Catholicism and Protestantism being its main denominations. The Democratic...
early around Pool Malebo. The authorities inBelgianCongo faced the messianism of Simon Kimbangu from 1921. They condemned him to death, but King Albert...
The following lists events that happened during 1918 intheBelgianCongo. Governor-general – Eugène Henry BelgianCongo History of the Democratic Republic...
was deputy governor-general of Congo-Kasaï province intheBelgianCongo from 1924 to 1929. Alphonse Engels was born in 1880. He became a soldier by trade...
included the adoption of the Treaty of Versailles in June 1919, the ruling of theBelgianCongo as an overseas possession of Belgium along with the League...
since 1986. The Temple of Human Passions by Victor Horta, a remainder from 1896, the Monument to theBelgian Pioneers inCongo from 1921, and the Great Mosque...
the coming of the Holy Spirit. On 3 October 1921, because of his claim, he was sentenced to death. TheBelgian authorities tried numerous ways to execute...
König(in) der Belgier) and serves as the country's head of state and commander-in-chief of theBelgian Armed Forces. There have been seven Belgian monarchs...