1959 in the Belgian Congo

none 1959 The following lists events that happened during 1959 in the Belgian Congo. Incumbent Governor-general – Hendrik Cornelis Events Date Event Theological School of Northern Congo (École de Théologie au Congo du Nord) is established (today University Shalom of Bunia). Protestant University in Congo is established in the neighborhood called Lingwala, in the Lukunga District of Kinshasa. 4 January Riots break 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.Gondola 2002 111 Parti Solidaire Africain is established after the Léopoldville riots. 10 November Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville is elevated to Archdiocese of Léopoldville 10 November Apostolic Vicariate of Baudouinville is promoted as Diocese of Baudouinville (future Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalemie–Kirungu) 15 November Antipas Mbusa, future senior politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is born in North Kivu. 24 December The colonial government in the Belgian Congo formally recognizes the legality of the Kimbanguist Church.Tshilemalema Mukenge, Culture and Customs of the Congo (Greenwood Press, 2002), p49 See also Belgian Congo History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo References 30em Sources Ch. Didier Gondola The History of Congo Greenwood Publishing Group 2002 1959 Category:1950s in the Belgian Congo Category:Years of the 20th century in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Belgian Congo Belgian Congo