1959 in the Belgian Congo
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The following lists events that happened during 1959 in the Belgian Congo.
Incumbent
[edit]Events
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Theological School of Northern Congo (École de Théologie au Congo du Nord) is established (today University Shalom of Bunia). | |
Protestant University in Congo is established in the neighborhood called Lingwala, in the Lukunga District of Kinshasa. | |
4 January | Riots break out in Léopoldville after police broke up a meeting of the independence group ABAKO. After two days, 47 people, all Congolese, had been killed and 379 Africans and Europeans had been injured.[1] |
Parti Solidaire Africain is established after the Léopoldville riots. | |
10 November | Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville is elevated to Archdiocese of Léopoldville |
10 November | Apostolic Vicariate of Baudouinville is promoted as Diocese of Baudouinville (future Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalemie–Kirungu) |
15 November | Antipas Mbusa, future senior politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is born in North Kivu. |
24 December | The colonial government in the Belgian Congo formally recognizes the legality of the Kimbanguist Church.[2] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gondola 2002, p. 111.
- ^ Tshilemalema Mukenge, Culture and Customs of the Congo (Greenwood Press, 2002), p49
Sources
[edit]- Gondola, Ch. Didier (2002), The History of Congo, Greenwood Publishing Group