Timeline of Kisangani

The following is a 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 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: 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.https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2002/07/04/africas-great-war
• 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 - 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

in English

• (Novel set in fictional town similar to Kisangani)
• (Case study of Kisangani)

in French

• Élisabethville-Stanleyville par la route (Touring-Club du Congo belge, Léopoldville, 31 mars 1941, pp. 25–26; 30 avril 1941, pp. 46–47).

External links

• (Bibliography) (see also "Stanleyville")
• (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)

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