1888 in the Congo Free State

The following lists events that happened during 1888 in the Congo Free State.

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Decades:
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s

Incumbent

Events
DateEvent
Dekese, Kasaï Province, is founded by Alexandre Delcommune around 1888.[1]
31 January Herman Ledeganck is appointed vice-governor-general
March Léopoldville shipyards, organized by Charles Liebrechts, launch the Roi des Belges on the upper Congo River for the Compagnie du Congo pour le Commerce et l'Industrie (CCCI).[2]
11 May The Mission sui iuris of the Belgian Congo is promoted as the Apostolic Vicariate of Belgian Congo
10 December Société anonyme belge pour le commerce du Haut-Congo (SAB) is founded.[3]
30 December Order of the African Star is established by Leopold II of Belgium

See also

References
  1. Bekina 2010, p. 19.
  2. Moulaert 1952.
  3. Plas & Pourbaix 1899, p. 113.

Sources
  • Bekina, Jacques Mpia (2010), L'évangélisation du Mai-Ndombe au Congo-Kinshasa: histoire, difficultés présentes et inculturation (in French), Editions L'Harmattan, ISBN 978-2-296-12452-3
  • Moulaert, G. (12 February 1952), "LIEBRECHTS (Charles Adolphe Marie)", Biographie Coloniale Belge (in French), Inst. roy. colon. belge, vol. III, pp. col. 556-56, retrieved 10 September 2020
  • Plas, J.; Pourbaix, Victor (1899), Les Sociétés Commerciales Belges de l'État Indépendant du Congo (PDF), Brussels, retrieved 19 March 2021{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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