Portrait of Coquilhat from Henry Morton Stanley's The Congo and The Founding of its Free State (1885).
Born
(1853-10-15)15 October 1853[1]
Liège, Belgium
Died
24 March 1891(1891-03-24) (aged 37)[1]
Boma, Congo Free State (modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Nationality
Belgian
Occupation(s)
Soldier, civil servant, writer
Captain Camille-Aimé Coquilhat (1853–1891) was a Belgian soldier, explorer and colonial civil servant who finished his career as Vice Governor-General of the Congo Free State from 1890 until his death in 1891. He was notably an associate of Henry Morton Stanley during his expeditions in the Haut-Congo during the mid-1880s.
Captain Camille-Aimé Coquilhat (1853–1891) was a Belgian soldier, explorer and colonial civil servant who finished his career as Vice Governor-General...
of Katanga. Edward A. Burke Lindsay Burke Louis Napoléon Chaltin CamilleCoquilhat Alexandre Delcommune Francis Dhanis Paul Ermens Leopold De Koninck...
was being cooked on all sides of us." The Belgian colonial officer CamilleCoquilhat saw "the remaining half of [a] steamed man" – a slave who had been...
Congo Free State. King – Leopold II of Belgium Governor-general – CamilleCoquilhat, then Théophile Wahis Congo Free State History of the Democratic Republic...
Henri-Ernest Gondry, Governor of the Congo Free State (1891) Camille-Aimé Coquilhat, Governor of the Congo Free State (1891–1892) French Somaliland – Léonce...
Where applicable, native rulers are also listed. Congo Free State Camille-Aimé Coquilhat, Governor of the Congo Free State (1891–1892) Théophile Wahis, Governor-General...
or at least loosen the treaty he had made with the French. He and CamilleCoquilhat reached Léopoldville on 7 December and Msuata on 13 December with...
Association of the Congo. Avaert left Antwerp on 15 August 1882 with CamilleCoquilhat, Émile Parfonry and the accountant Brunfaut, and reached Banana on...
station, which he reached on 28 April 1886. The former station head, CamilleCoquilhat, was fairly diplomatic and had relied on agreements with the local...
Congo Free State. King – Leopold II of Belgium Governor-general – CamilleCoquilhat Congo Free State History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo De...
passed through Léopoldville in April 1885, and was sent to succeed CamilleCoquilhat in command of the Bangalas station, which he reached on 7 August 1885...
(1931–32) Mbandaka Coquilhatville Cocquilhatstad Named in honour of CamilleCoquilhat, colonial administrator and town's founder. Mbanza-Ngungu Thysville...
the furthest point reached by his predecessors George Grenfell and CamilleCoquilhat, where he found a large local population that became increasingly...
(born 1869) 28 January – Eduard Wallays (born 1813), artist 4 March – CamilleCoquilhat (born 1853), colonial officer 20 May – Paul Émile de Puydt (born 1810)...
Camille Théodore Joseph Van den Plas (5 January 1850 – 15 March 1902) was a Belgian soldier, accountant and colonial administrator. He was active in establishing...
command of the new station. On 22 December 1882 lieutenant CamilleCoquilhat joined him. Coquilhat had recently arrived from Europe and informed him of the...
Belgians changed the city's name to "Coquilhatville" naming it after Camille-Aimé Coquilhat. In 1938, work began on a bridge over the Congo River connecting...
Arab power to help the Belgians get established, as did Hanssens and Coquilhat. Van Gèle left Lieutenant Gleerup at the Falls to assist Wester. After...
– Albert I of Belgium Coquilhatville was the name of Mbandaka – Camille-Aimé Coquilhat Élisabethville was the name of Lubumbashi – Queen Elizabeth of Belgium...
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