1884 – British & Portuguese treaty signed in Congo by Leopold II
1885 – Congress of Berlin gives Congo to Belgium & Nigeria to Great Britain
[Today in History] December 27th
1884 – Netherlands recognizes King Leopold II’s Congo Free State
1961 – Belgium & Congo resume diplomatic relations
[Today in History] December 19th
1884 – Italy recognizes King Leopold II’s Congo Free State
BIRTHDAYS
1987 – Cédric Baseya, football player, is born in Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
[Today in History] December 16th
1884 – Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II’s Congo Free State
[Today in History] November 8th
1884 – German government recognizes King Leopold II’s Congo Free State
[Today in History] April 22nd
CONGO
1884 – US recognizes King Leopold II’s Congo Free State
2014 – A 21 wagon freight train derails in the area of Katongala, Katanga, up-north Kamina. Although the authorities try to minimize the event, NGOs on site evaluate the casualties to over 250 deaths many more hurt.
[Today in History] April 10th
CONGO
1884 – US Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo
2014 – Justin-Marie Bomboko Lokumba Is Elenge (Mongo), who became Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1960 under Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, passes away at age 85 in Brussels, Belgium.
GLOBAL
1972 – US, USSR and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons
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