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Francis Dhanis
Vice Governor General of the Congo Free State
In office
1896–1897
Governor‑GeneralThéophile Wahis
Preceded byThéophile Wahis
Succeeded byÉmile Wangermée
Personal details
Born
Francis Ernest Joseph Marie Dhanis

(1861-03-11)11 March 1861
London, United Kingdom
Died13 November 1909(1909-11-13) (aged 48)
Brussels, Belgium
Military service
AllegianceFrancis Dhanis Belgium
Service years1884–1900
RankCommandant
UnitPrince Boudewijn Grenadiers
Wars
  • Congo Arab War
Batetela rebellion
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Francis Ernest Joseph Marie Dhanis (11 March 1861 – 13 November 1909) was a Belgian colonial civil servant and soldier noted for his service for the Congo Free State during the Congo Arab War and Batetela Rebellion.

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Francis Dhanis

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Francis Ernest Joseph Marie Dhanis (11 March 1861 – 13 November 1909) was a Belgian colonial civil servant and soldier noted for his service for the Congo...

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Congo Arab war

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By 24 December 1893, Dhanis obtained reinforcements and was ready to advance again. Rumaliza had also received assistance. Dhanis sent one column under...

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Rumaliza

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Belgian forces under Francis Dhanis launched a campaign against the slave dealers in 1892, and Rumaliza was one of the main targets. Dhanis advanced up the...

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Sefu bin Hamid

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territories and demanded Francis Dhanis to deliver him Ngongo Lutete through a prisoner exchange. De Bruyne was escorted to Francis Dhanis on 15 November to...

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Batetela rebellion

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occurred among the troops serving in the military expedition under Francis Dhanis to the Upper Nile in 1897. The third and final mutiny took place among...

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Tippu Tip

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trade. The Free State government sent a force under commander Francis Dhanis to the East. Dhanis had an early success when chief Ngongo Lutete changed sides...

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Hubert Lothaire

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Arab war. Lothaire was married to the sister of Francis Dhanis. On 7 May 1894, Captain Francis Dhanis returned to Europe and Lothaire assumed command...

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Gongo Lutete

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he had provided for them. After losing a series of engagements with Francis Dhanis, late in 1892 he changed sides and was accepted as an ally by the Belgians...

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Congo Free State

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combatants by the Batetela allies of the Belgian commander Francis Dhanis. According to Dhanis's medical officer, Captain Sidney Langford Hinde, the conquest...

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Cannibalism in Africa

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the Belgian commander Francis Dhanis. In April 1892, 10,000 Batetela, under the command of Gongo Lutete, joined forces with Dhanis in a campaign against...

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Force Publique

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Burke Louis Napoléon Chaltin Camille Coquilhat Alexandre Delcommune Francis Dhanis Paul Ermens Leopold De Koninck Auguste-Édouard Gilliaert Émile Janssens...

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Henri De Bruyne

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territories and demanded Francis Dhanis to deliver him Gongo Lutete through a prisoner exchange. De Bruyne was escorted to Francis Dhanis on 15 November to inform...

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Joseph Lippens

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territories and demanded Francis Dhanis to deliver him Gongo Lutete through a prisoner exchange. De Bruyne was escorted to Francis Dhanis on 15 November to inform...

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Paul Le Marinel

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command of the fortified post of Lusambo and the Kasai/Lualaba region to Francis Dhanis, and returned to Belgium. Le Marinel returned to Congo in 1893 as a...

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Umangi

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among the posts founded in 1888–1889 by a Belgian expedition led by Francis Dhanis. Umangi Geonames. Coosemans 1946. "Umangi", Geonames.org, retrieved...

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List of incidents of cannibalism

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of 1892–1894, native Batetela troops allied with Belgian commander Francis Dhanis engaged in widespread cannibalism of the bodies of defeated Arab-Swahili...

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Atrocities in the Congo Free State

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defeated combatants by the Batetela allies of the Belgian commander Francis Dhanis. After a brutally suppressed rebellion that followed the completion...

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Royal Museum for Central Africa

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musicologist Paul Collaer, geologist Jules Cornet [fr], Commandant Francis Dhanis, Governor-General of the Belgian Congo Félix Fuchs, Lieutenant-General...

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1896 in the Congo Free State

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publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dhanis, Francis". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University...

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List of colonial governors of the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo

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(1844–1921) 15 April 1891 1 July 1892 1 year, 77 days Vice Governor-General Francis Dhanis (1861–1909) 4 September 1896 1897 0–1 years Vice Governor-General Émile...

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Upoto

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post was founded there in 1888–1889 by a Belgian expedition led by Francis Dhanis. Upoto Geonames. Bartholomew 1885, p. 47. Coosemans 1946. Wikimedia...

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Monument to the Belgian Pioneers in Congo

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wipes out the (Arab) slave trader). It illustrates the raids of baron Francis Dhanis against the Arab slave traders. The right side of the monument shows...

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Cyriaque Gillain

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chief first class, and after his arrival in March 1893, he supported Francis Dhanis in the Congo Arab war, helping him take the stronghold city of Kasombo...

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Popokabaka

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Territory. Popokabaka lies on the right bank of the river Kwango River. Francis Dhanis, an agent of the Congo Free State, established a station here around...

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Sidney Langford Hinde

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of captain.: 191  For part of that time he was second in command to Francis Dhanis. For his services King Leopold of Belgium awarded him the cross of the...

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Mpala

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slavers was not finally removed until the 1893 expedition of Baron Francis Dhanis. The “kingdom” of Mpala was absorbed into the King Leopold’s Congo Free...

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