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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
20th century
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
See also
References
^
"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 }}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link )
^
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
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 }}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link )
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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