Timeline of Kisangani

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century
Part of a series on the
History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Early history pre–1876
Kingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
Kingdom of Luba 1585–1889
Kingdom of Lunda 1600–1887
Kingdom of Kuba 1625–1884
Kingdom of Chokwe 1800–1891
Kingdom of Yeke 1856–1891
Colonization 1876–1960
International African Association 1876–1879
International Association of the Congo 1879–1885
Congo Free State 1885–1908
Belgian Congo 1908–1960
Independence post–1960
Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) 1960–1971
Zaire 1971–1997
First Congo War 1996–1997
Second Congo War 1998–2003
Transitional Government 2003–2006
See also: Years
 DRC Portal

20th century

21st century
  • 2002 - 14–15 May: Massacre.
  • 2003 - August: Arrival via Congo river of "first commercial delivery from the capital since the fighting began in 1998."[21]
  • 2007 - Médard Autsai Asenga becomes provincial governor.[22]
  • 2008 - Guy Shilton Baendo Tofuli becomes mayor.[23]
  • 2010 - National military Camp Base in operation (approximate date).
  • 2011 - 8 July: Airplane crash occurs at Bangoka International Airport.
  • 2013 - Jean Bamanisa Saïdi becomes provincial governor.[22]
  • 2015 - City becomes seat of Tshopo province (officially created in 2006).
  • 2016 - Jean Ilongo Tokole becomes governor of Tshopo province.[24]
  • 2017 - Constant Lomata becomes governor of Tshopo province.[25]

See also

References
  1. Omasombo 2005.
  2. "Democratic Republic of the Congo". Chronology of Catholic Dioceses. Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  3. MacGaffey 1987.
  4. "Liste des gouverneurs de la Province Orientale". Stanleyville.be (in French). Jean-Luc Ernst. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  5. "Malfeyt" (PDF), Biographie Belge d'Outre-Mer (in French), Institut Royal Colonial Belge, 1952
  6. L'Illustration Congolaise (in French), Brussels, 1931, OCLC 47785474
  7. 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.
  8. "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
  9. "Thriving Stanleyville Now Depressed Kisangani", New York Times, 28 June 1970
  10. "28 More White Hostages Found Slain in Stanleyville", New York Times, 28 November 1964
  11. Emizet Francois Kisangani (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (4th ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442273160.
  12. "R.D. Congo: Kisangani". Petit Futé (in French). Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  13. 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.
  14. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2000. United Nations Statistics Division.
  15. French 1997.
  16. Kenneth B. Noble (18 March 1993), "Kisangani Journal; With Artery Severed, Heart of Africa Grows Still", New York Times
  17. Association pour le Developpement de l'Information Environmentale, 2003
  18. "Zaire Rebels Begin Attack On Key City of Kisangani", New York Times, 15 March 1997
  19. James C. McKinley Jr. (17 March 1997), "A Fallen City, Seeking Peace, Greets Rebels", New York Times
  20. "Congo's hidden war", The Economist, London, 15 June 2000
  21. "A mend in the river", The Economist, London, 7 August 2003
  22. "RDC: le réveil de Kisangani, la belle endormie", Jeune Afrique (in French), 23 December 2014
  23. "Liste des maires de la ville depuis 1960". Stanleyville.be (in French). Jean-Luc Ernst. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  24. "RDC: liste de nouveaux gouverneurs de province élus", Radiookapi.net (in French), 26 March 2016
  25. "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 – via HathiTrust
  • 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). Brussels: Centre d'Etudes et de Documentation Africaines (5). 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

Images
  • Politician Moïse Tshombe visits Stanleyville, 1964
  • Hydroelectric dam on Tshopo river, built in 1954-1955 (photo 2006)
  • Map of Kisangani, 1997
  • Military training at Camp Base, Kisangani, 2010
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