1959 in the Belgian Congo

The following lists events that happened during 1959 in the Belgian Congo.

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 1959
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the Belgian Congo

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Decades:
  • 1930s
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  • 1950s
See also:

Events

January
  • January 4 - Riots broke out in Léopoldville after police broke up a meeting of the independence group ABAKO. After two days, 47 people, all Congolese, had been killed and 379 Africans and Europeans had been injured.[1]

December
  • December 24 - The colonial government in the Belgian Congo formally recognized the legality of the Kimbanguist Church.[2]
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References
  1. Ch. Didier Gondola, The History of Congo (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002), p111
  2. Tshilemalema Mukenge, Culture and Customs of the Congo (Greenwood Press, 2002), p49
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