- Source: Timeline of Kisangani
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Prior to 20th century
1875 - Town besieged by Arabs.
1883 - Europeans arrive.
1887 - Tippu Tip becomes governor of the Stanley Falls District in the colonial Congo Free State.
1899 - Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Rosaire built.
20th century
1904 - Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Stanley Falls established.
1906 - Ponthiérville-Stanleyville railway begins operating.
1908 - Town becomes part of the colonial Belgian Congo.
1913 - Justin Malfeyt becomes governor of Orientale Province.
1921 - Ligne Aérienne du Roi Albert (Leopoldville-Stanleville) airline begins operating.
1930 - October: Tornado occurs.
1935 - Town becomes seat of the newly formed Stanleyville province.
1947 - Town becomes seat of the Orientale Province.
1955 - AS Nika (football club) formed.
1957 - Bralima Brewery plant begins operating.
1959 - Population: 126,533 (estimate).
1960
30 June: City becomes part of newly independent Republic of the Congo.
July: Unrest.
1964
City taken by rebels during the Simba rebellion.
November: 1964 Stanleyville massacre occurs.
Stanleyville becomes capital of the newly created People's Republic of the Congo.
1966
July: Mercenaries' Mutiny attempted.
Stanleyville renamed "Kisangani."
1967 - Second Mercenaries' Mutiny occurs.
1970
Belgian king Baudouin visits city.
Population: 216,526.
1971
Société Textile de Kisangani (manufactory) begins operating.
City becomes seat of Haut-Zaïre province.
1975 - Population: 297,888 (estimate).
1980 - May: Catholic pope visits Kisangani.
1981 - University of Kisangani established.
1984 - Population: 317,581.
1986 - "Diamond deposits...first discovered."
1991 - September: City "pillaged...by rampaging soldiers."
1992 - November: Riverboat shutdown begins.
1993 - December: City again looted by soldiers.
1994 - Population: 417,517.
1996 - November: City besieged by "Zairian soldiers fleeing the war zone" during the First Congo War.
1997
March: City taken by rebel forces.
City becomes seat of Haut-Congo province.
2000 - June: Rwanda-Uganda armed conflict occurs in Kisangani.
21st century
2002 - 14–15 May: Massacre.[1]
2003 - August: Arrival via Congo river of "first commercial delivery from the capital since the fighting began in 1998."
2007 - Médard Autsai Asenga becomes provincial governor.
2008 - Guy Shilton Baendo Tofuli becomes mayor.
2010 - National military Camp Base in operation (approximate date).
2011 - 8 July: Airplane crash occurs at Bangoka International Airport.
2013 - Jean Bamanisa Saïdi becomes provincial governor.
2015 - City becomes seat of Tshopo province (officially created in 2006).
2016 - Jean Ilongo Tokole becomes governor of Tshopo province.
2017 - Constant Lomata becomes governor of Tshopo province.
See also
Kisangani history
Timelines of other cities in DR Congo: Bukavu, Goma, Kinshasa, Lubumbashi
References
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
External links
"(Kisangani)". Contemporary History Library Catalogue. Belgium: Royal Museum for Central Africa. (Bibliography) (see also "Stanleyville")
"(Kisangani)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography) (see also "Stanleyville")
Items related to Kisangani, various dates (via Europeana)
Items related to Stanleyville/Kisangani, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
Images
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- Timeline of Kisangani
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