Timeline of Kisangani explained

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.^[1]
• 1906 - Ponthiérville-Stanleyville begins operating.
• 1908 - Town becomes part of the colonial Belgian Congo.
• 1913 - Justin Malfeyt becomes governor of Orientale Province.^[2]
• 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.^[3]
• 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).^[4]
• 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.^[5]
• 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.^[6]
  • City becomes seat of Haut-Zaïre province.
• 1975 - Population: 297,888 (estimate).^[7]
• 1980 - May: Catholic pope visits Kisangani.
• 1981 - University of Kisangani established.
• 1984 - Population: 317,581.^[8]
• 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.http://www.economist.com/node/1213296
• 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.^[9]
• 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

• Book: Stanleyville: An African Urban Community under Belgian Administration . Valdo Pons . 9780197241769 . . 1969.
• Book: A Bend in the River . . 0-394-50573-5 . 1979 . Knopf . (Novel set in fictional town similar to Kisangani)
• Book: Janet MacGaffey . Entrepreneurs and Parasites: The Struggle for Indigenous Capitalism in Zaïre. Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-33533-1 . 1987. . (Case study of Kisangani)
  • Book: . Under Siege: Four African Cities, Freetown, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Lagos . 978-3-7757-9090-1 . Ostfildern, Germany . Hatje Cantz . . 2002. Jean Tshonda Omasombo . Kisangani and the curve of destiny.
• Book: 1842775936 . Urban Africa: Changing Contours of Survival in the City . Zed Books . London . Abdoumaliq Simone . Abdelghani Abouhani . 2005. Kisangani: A City at its Lowest Ebb. Jean Omasombo. .

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).
  • Book: Benoît Verhaegen . Kisangani 1876-1976. Histoire d'une ville . Kinshasa . Presses Universitaires du Zaïre . 869660596 . fr . 1975.
• Bogumil Jewsiecki . Histoire économique d'une ville coloniale Kisangani: 1877-1960 . fr . 0250-1619 . Les cahiers du CEDAF . 5 . Centre d'Etudes et de Documentation Africaines . Brussels . 1978.
• Book: Léon de Saint Moulin . Villes et organisation de l'espace en République Démocratique du Congo. . 978-2-296-25787-0 . fr . 2010. Kisangani.

External links

• Web site: (Kisangani) . Contemporary History Library Catalogue . . Belgium . (Bibliography) (see also "Stanleyville")
• Web site: (Kisangani) . . (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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses . Democratic Republic of the Congo . . Norway . 22 October 2017 .
2. Web site: Liste des gouverneurs de la Province Orientale . Stanleyville.be . Jean-Luc Ernst . fr . 23 October 2017 .
3. Book: Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998 . Gwillim Law . 1999. . US . 0786407298 . Democratic Republic of the Congo . 92–94 .
4. Book: Demographic Yearbook 1965 . 1966 . . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 140–161 . Stanleyville .
5. Book: Emizet Francois Kisangani . Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . 4th . 2016 . . 9781442273160 .
6. Web site: . R.D. Congo: Kisangani . 23 October 2017 . fr .
7. Book: Demographic Yearbook 1980 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 225–252 .
8. Web site: Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 2000 . .
9. Web site: Liste des maires de la ville depuis 1960 . Stanleyville.be . Jean-Luc Ernst . fr . 21 October 2017 .