Congo Timeline
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Updated: 13 Nov 2017
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Created byJessie Aldridge
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Rise of the Congo EmpireKongo kingdom was founded by Lukeni lua NimiPortuguese navigator Diogo Cao becomes the first European to visit the Congo.Temporaritly overun by rival warriorsFrench traders arrived along coastKing Leopold II of Belgium makes plans for colonization of CongoLeopold establishes Congo Free StateIndigenous peoples resisted the EuropeansPoll tax introducedThe novella "The Heart of Darkness" is publishedThe end of Leopold's reign over CongoMiddle Congo became colony of French Equatorial AfricaFirst labor strikes in major cities are brutally repressedAnti-Colonial riots occuredCongo gains independenceKasavubu ousted in coup led by Joseph MobutuPeriods
Bushcongo culture was ruled by the BakubasAtlantic slave trade impacts KongoCivil War breaks out
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