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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kisangani , Democratic Republic of the Congo .
Prior to 20th century [ edit ]
20th century [ edit ]
1904 - Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Stanley Falls established.[2]
1906 - Ponthiérville -Stanleyville railway [fr ] begins operating.
1908 - Town becomes part of the colonial Belgian Congo .
1913 - Justin Malfeyt becomes governor of Orientale Province.[4] [5]
1921 - Ligne Aérienne du Roi Albert (Leopoldville-Stanleville) airline begins operating.
1930 - October: Tornado occurs.[6]
1935 - Town becomes seat of the newly formed Stanleyville province.[7]
1947 - Town becomes seat of the Orientale Province.[7]
1955 - AS Nika (football club) formed.
1957 - Bralima Brewery plant begins operating.
1959 - Population: 126,533 (estimate).[8]
1960
1964
1966
1967 - Second Mercenaries' Mutiny occurs.
1970
1971
Société Textile de Kisangani (manufactory) begins operating.[12]
City becomes seat of Haut-Zaïre province.[11]
1975 - Population: 297,888 (estimate).[13]
1980 - May: Catholic pope visits Kisangani.
1981 - University of Kisangani established.
1984 - Population: 317,581.[14]
1986 - "Diamond deposits...first discovered."
1991 - September: City "pillaged...by rampaging soldiers."
1992 - November: Riverboat shutdown begins.[16]
1993 - December: City again looted by soldiers.[16]
1994 - Population: 417,517.[17]
1996 - November: City besieged by "Zairian soldiers fleeing the war zone" during the First Congo War .
1997
2000 - June: Rwanda-Uganda armed conflict occurs in Kisangani.[20]
21st century [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "Democratic Republic of the Congo" . Chronology of Catholic Dioceses . Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo . Retrieved 22 October 2017 .
^ "Liste des gouverneurs de la Province Orientale" . Stanleyville.be (in French). Jean-Luc Ernst. Retrieved 23 October 2017 .
^ "Malfeyt" (PDF) , Biographie Belge d'Outre-Mer (in French), Institut Royal Colonial Belge , 1952
^ L'Illustration Congolaise (in French), Brussels, 1931, OCLC 47785474 {{citation }}
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^ a b c d Gwillim Law (1999). "Democratic Republic of the Congo". Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998 . US: McFarland & Company . pp. 92–94. ISBN 0786407298 .
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965 . New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations . 1966. pp. 140–161. Stanleyville
^ "Thriving Stanleyville Now Depressed Kisangani" , New York Times , 28 June 1970
^ "28 More White Hostages Found Slain in Stanleyville" , New York Times , 28 November 1964
^ a b Emizet Francois Kisangani (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (4th ed.). Rowman & Littlefield . ISBN 9781442273160 .
^ "R.D. Congo: Kisangani" . Petit Futé (in French). Retrieved 23 October 2017 .
^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs , Statistical Office. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1980 . New York. pp. 225–252.
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants" . Demographic Yearbook 2000 . United Nations Statistics Division .
^ a b Kenneth B. Noble (18 March 1993), "Kisangani Journal; With Artery Severed, Heart of Africa Grows Still" , New York Times
^ Association pour le Developpement de l'Information Environmentale , 2003
^ "Zaire Rebels Begin Attack On Key City of Kisangani" , New York Times , 15 March 1997
^ James C. McKinley Jr. (17 March 1997), "A Fallen City, Seeking Peace, Greets Rebels" , New York Times
^ "Congo's hidden war" , The Economist , London, 15 June 2000
^ "A mend in the river" , The Economist , London, 7 August 2003
^ a b "RDC: le réveil de Kisangani, la belle endormie" , Jeune Afrique (in French), 23 December 2014
^ "Liste des maires de la ville depuis 1960" . Stanleyville.be (in French). Jean-Luc Ernst. Retrieved 21 October 2017 .
^ "RDC: liste de nouveaux gouverneurs de province élus" , Radiookapi.net (in French), 26 March 2016
^ "Constant Lomata nouveau gouverneur de la Tshopo" , Radiookapi.net (in French), 29 August 2017
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and German Wikipedia .
Bibliography [ edit ]
in English
in French
"Stanleyville" , L'État indépendant du Congo: documents sur le pays et ses habitants , Annales du Musée du Congo (in French), Brussels, 1904, hdl :2027/pst.000022332363 – via HathiTrust {{citation }}
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Élisabethville-Stanleyville par la route (Touring-Club du Congo belge, Léopoldville, 31 mars 1941, pp. 25–26 ; 30 avril 1941, pp. 46–47).
Singhitini F. M. de Thier(?) (1963), La Stanleyville musulmane [Muslim Stanleyville ], Correspondance d'Orient (in French), Brussels: Centre pour l'Etude du Problème du Monde musulman contemporain
Benoît Verhaegen, ed. (1975). Kisangani 1876-1976. Histoire d'une ville (in French). Kinshasa: Presses Universitaires du Zaïre. OCLC 869660596 .
Bogumil Jewsiecki (1978). "Histoire économique d'une ville coloniale Kisangani: 1877-1960". Les cahiers du CEDAF (in French) (5). Brussels: Centre d'Etudes et de Documentation Africaines. ISSN 0250-1619 .
Léon de Saint Moulin (2010). "Kisangani". Villes et organisation de l'espace en République Démocratique du Congo (in French). L'Harmattan . ISBN 978-2-296-25787-0 .
Bérengère Piret (2014), Les cent mille briques. La prison et les détenus de Stanleyville [Hundred thousand bricks: the prison and inmates of Stanleyville ] (in French), Lille: Centre d'histoire judiciaire , ISBN 978-2-910114-26-8
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