1915 in the Belgian Congo

The following lists events that happened during 1915 in the Belgian Congo.

1915
in
the Belgian Congo

Decades:
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s

Incumbent

Events

DateEvent
Joseph Kasa-Vubu, first president of the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville), is born in the village of Kuma-Dizi in the Mayombe district.
Adolphe De Meulemeester is appointed Interim governor of Katanga Province.[1]
6 April Belgians report that they have repelled a German attack north of Lake Kivu.[2]
August 1915 Germans attack Saisi, 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Abercorn. Frederik-Valdemar Olsen sends a battalion under Gaston Heenen to defend Saisi.[3]

See also

References

Sources

  • "Belgian Congo", Goulburn Evening Penny Post, NSW, 8 April 1915, retrieved 16 April 2021
  • Lederer, A. (1968), Biographie Belge d'Outre-Mer (in French), vol. VI, Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer, pp. col. 783–790, retrieved 28 January 2021
  • Moeller de Laddersous, A. (7 July 1961), Biographie Belge D'Outre-mer (PDF), vol. VI, Academie Royale des Sciences D'Outremer, pp. col.727–732, retrieved 10 August 2020
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