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1959 in the Belgian Congo

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Decades:
  
1930s 1940s 1950s

See also:
  
Other events of 1959 Timeline of Congolese history

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

Contents

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.

    • December

  • December 24 - The colonial government in the Belgian Congo formally recognized the legality of the Kimbanguist Church.

    • References

    1959 in the Belgian Congo Wikipedia
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