Hanssens from Stanley's The Congo and the founding of its free state; a story of work and exploration (1885)
Born
(1843-07-25)25 July 1843
Veurne, Belgium
Died
28 December 1884(1884-12-28) (aged 41)
Vivi, Congo
Nationality
Belgian
Occupation(s)
Soldier, explorer, colonial administrator
Edmond-Winnie-Victor Hanssens (25 July 1843 – 28 December 1884) was a Belgian soldier and colonial administrator. He did much to establish the Belgian presence on the Upper Congo River in the last two years of his life.
Edmond-Winnie-Victor Hanssens (25 July 1843 – 28 December 1884) was a Belgian soldier and colonial administrator. He did much to establish the Belgian...
surrealist painter, lived in Veurne for more than 20 years and died there. EdmondHanssens (1843 – Vivi (Congo) 1884), explorer of Congo. Teresa of Portugal,...
He reached Banana on 5 March 1882. With his travelling companions, EdmondHanssens, Théodore Nilis and Nicolas Grang, he went up the river to Vivi. In...
protection of the International African Association. Hanssens' crews at once began to build a station. Hanssens sent the Eclaireur back to Léopoldville to collect...
with the Niara at the town of Kimpombo. In 1883 the Belgian Captain EdmondHanssens established the post of Philippeville at the limit of the territories...
Guillaume Casman arrived in Vivi and joined an expedition led by Captain EdmondHanssens. They left on 21 January 1884 with a column of 30 men, and reached...
steamer Heron in Antwerp in January 1882. The group included Grang, EdmondHanssens, Joseph Vandevelde and Théodore Nilis. They landed at Banana on 8 March...
November 1883 burned down the station's buildings. A flotilla under EdmondHanssens left Léopoldville on 23 March 1884. The expedition reach Bolobo on...
January 1883 and Manyanga on 16 January 1883 where he met Stanley and EdmondHanssens, who would leave for the Niadi-Kwilu on 23 February 1883. Stanley had...
Isangila, which was to be the base for the Niari-Kwilu expedition led by EdmondHanssens. Avaert engaged local workers from the nearby villages to build a house...
4 December – Frédéric Faber (born 1837), bibliophile 28 December – EdmondHanssens (born 1843), colonial administrator "Leopold II | king of Belgium"...
at Stanley Pool. He built a new station there. On 11 November 1884 EdmondHanssens left Léopoldville in an expedition with three steamers: the Royal,...
January 1884 and reached Léopoldville on 5 February 1884. Captain EdmondHanssens headed upstream from Léopoldville on 23 March 1884 with the three steamers...
Isangila, which was to be the base for the Niari-Kwilu expedition led by EdmondHanssens. Avaert's health was poor, and on 16 August 1883 he was replaced by...
1883. Casman arrived in Vivi and joined an expedition led by Captain EdmondHanssens. They left on 21 January 1884 with a column of 30 men, and reached...
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Ordo quoted by Amalarius, Liber Officialis, I.xii.27-8, ed. Jean-Michel Hanssens, Amalarii Episcopi Opera Liturgica Omnia, vol. 2, Studi e testi 139 (Vatican...
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