1906 in the Congo Free State

none April 2021 1906 The following lists events that happened during 1906 in the Congo Free State. Incumbent King – Leopold II of Belgium Governor-general – Théophile Wahis Events Date Event The Compagnie du Katanga, Comité Spécial du Katanga and Tanganyika Concessions form the mining company Union Minière du Haut-Katanga (UMHK).Oliver Sanderson 1975 342 Forminière (Société internationale forestière et minière du Congo) is founded by Jean Jadot.Derksen 1983 31 October The Comité Spécial du Katanga (CSK), the Congo Free State and the Société Générale de Belgique found the Compagnie du Chemin de fer du Bas-Congo au Katanga (BCK) to build a rail link from Bukama to Port Franqui on the Kasai River.BCK - KDL See also Congo Free State History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo References 30em Sources http://www.bck-kdl.be/compagnies.htm 2021-03-31 BCK - KDL - Le site des chemins de fer du Katanga 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101204151247/http://www.bck-kdl.be/compagnies.htm 4 December 2010 BCK - KDL Derksen Richard Forminière in the Kasai, 1906-1939 African Economic History 1983 12 12 49–65 10.2307/3601316 3601316 Oliver Roland Sanderson G.N. The Cambridge History of Africa https://books.google.com/books?id=xh-QcHRG3OwC&pg=PA340 2021-03-17 1975 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-22803-9 1906 Congo Free State Congo Free State