Portrait from HM Stanley's book The Congo and the founding of its free state; a story of work and exploration (1885)
Born
(1855-10-06)6 October 1855
Namur, Belgium
Died
7 August 1922(1922-08-07) (aged 66)
Brussels, Belgium
Nationality
Belgian
Known for
Exploration of the Congo Basin
Alexandre Delcommune (6 October 1855 – 7 August 1922) was a Belgian officer of the armed Force Publique of the Congo Free State who undertook extensive explorations of the country during the early colonial period of the Congo Free State. He explored many of the navigable waterways of the Congo Basin, and led a major expedition to Katanga between 1890 and 1893.
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AlexandreDelcommune (6 October 1855 – 7 August 1922) was a Belgian officer of the armed Force Publique of the Congo Free State who undertook extensive...
A. Burke Lindsay Burke Louis Napoléon Chaltin Camille Coquilhat AlexandreDelcommune Francis Dhanis Paul Ermens Leopold De Koninck Auguste-Édouard Gilliaert...
reservoir was originally named after the Belgian soldier and explorer AlexandreDelcommune. The dam with hydroelectric power plant was built to provide power...
2014. Noki was the site of an early European trading post. In 1884 AlexandreDelcommune was appointed director of the Belgian factories in Boma and Noki...
to Leopold II's Congo Free State. On his expedition to Katanga, AlexandreDelcommune was given a magnificent reception at Ngandu by Ngongo between 2 May...
the Congo, on the Fimi River. It was founded as a colonial post by AlexandreDelcommune around 1887. Bekina, Jacques Mpia (2010). L'évangélisation du Mai-Ndombe...
On 23 October 1914, the ship Hedwig von Wissmann sank the Belgian AlexandreDelcommune on Lake Tanganyika, near Mtoa. In November of that same year, two...
to hit two home runs in a single inning of a baseball game. Died: AlexandreDelcommune, 66, Belgian explorer of Africa during the 19th century and officer...
advancing down this great artery to its junction with the Congo." AlexandreDelcommune encountered a convoy of Bayanzi pirogues in March 1888. He wrote...
to Lusambo, arriving on 18 August 1891. Another expedition under AlexandreDelcommune reached Bunkeya later that year, but had no more success. The third...
of the Congo. One of the first Europeans to visit the river was AlexandreDelcommune in 1887 during an epic exploration of navigable rivers in the Congo...
Date Event Dekese, Kasaï Province, is founded by AlexandreDelcommune around 1888. 31 January Herman Ledeganck is appointed vice-governor-general March...
as Thonner stayed in Kinshasa. Presidents included Albert Thys, AlexandreDelcommune and Maurice Lippens. In 1913 the three largest private transport...
Yambuya during the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He accompanied AlexandreDelcommune on his 17-day ascent by steamer of the Lomami River to Bena-Kamba...
three-year term. While in Boma in April 1888 waiting to embark, he met AlexandreDelcommune, who had a commission from Albert Thys, assistant to King Leopold...
territory of Kasai province. Dekese was founded as a colonial post by AlexandreDelcommune around 1888. The territory is isolated. Roads are impassable and...
Jacques would receive military help from captain Joubert and from AlexandreDelcommune, who had been accompanying geologist Gaston Briart on a secret mission...
Compagnie du Congo pour le Commerce et l'Industrie (CCCI) sends an expeditionary force named the Compagnie du Katanga under AlexandreDelcommune to Katanga....
September – Théophile Alexis Durand, botanist (died 1912) 6 October – AlexandreDelcommune, soldier (died 1922) 22 December – Victor Deguise, general (died...
was probably designed to keep Leopold at bay, so a few months later the Delcommune Expedition followed up to try to achieve those objectives, but again Msiri...
ship. By now, Spicer-Simson had been given the repaired Belgian vessel Delcommune—now renamed Vengeur—to add to his flotilla. Odebrecht scouted close to...
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