Timeline: drc Emportant Eventz (some)

Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1705

Timespan 1

UK, Netherlands, France, and Portugal engage in the slave trade with the Kongo Empire

Jan 1, 1870

Event 1

King Leopold II sets up a privately organized venture to colonize the "Kongo Empire"'s area. <<<<< King Leopold II of Belgium

Period: May 1, 1874 to May 1, 1877

Timespan 2

Henry Stanley navigates the Congo River en route to the Atlantic Ocean

May 3, 1879

Event 2

Leopold orders Stanley to establish the king's authority in the Congo Basin. <<<<< Henry Stanley

May 3, 1885

Event 3

Euro Powers recognize Leopold's claim toward the Congo Basin

Aug 23, 1885

Event 4

Leopold II announces the establishment of the Congo Free State, that Leopold would come to rule

May 3, 1892

Event 5

Belgians take over Katanga, a province in the DRC.

Jul 6, 1894

Event 6

East Congo was wrested from the control of East-African-Arab and Swahili-speaking peoples. <<<< Swahili for "Praise the Lord"

Jun 5, 1960

Event 6

Congo becomes independent with Patrice Lumumba as prime minister and Joseph Kasavubu as president. <<<< Kasavubu

Jul 13, 1960

Event 7

Congolese army mutinies; Moise Tshombe declares Katanga independent; Belgian troops sent in ostensibly to protect Belgian citizens and mining interests; UN Security Council votes to send in troops to help establish order, but the troops are not allowed to intervene in internal affairs.