1898 in the Congo Free State

none April 2021 1898 The following lists events that happened during 1898 in the Congo Free State. Incumbent King – Leopold II of Belgium Governor General – Théophile Wahis Events Date EventMatadi-Léopoldville Railway is completed .Oliver Sanderson 1975 34 12 May Apostolic Prefecture of Uélé is established 15 July Stanley Falls District becomes the District of Orientale Province (District de la province Orientale), with Stanleyville as its headquarters.Auzias Labourdette 2006 180 The district was also called Stanleyville District.Lemarchand 1964 62–63 15 July Lualaba District in the southeast is split off from Stanley Falls District.Lemarchand 1964 62–63 30 July Société des Chemins de fer vicinaux du Mayumbe (CVM) is created to build and operate railways in the Bas-Congo region.Chemin de fer de Boma à Tshela See also Congo Free State History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo References 30em Sources http://kangu.skynetblogs.be/archive/2009/02/23/chemin-de-fer-boma-tshela.html Chemin de fer de Boma à Tshela Chemin de fer de Boma à Tshela fr KANGU - MAYUMBE - BAS-CONGO February 23, 2009 September 22, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065153/http://kangu.skynetblogs.be/archive/2009/02/23/chemin-de-fer-boma-tshela.html March 4, 2016 dead https://books.google.com/books?id=8OzD9cFAskAC&pg=PA180 Congo: république démocratique Dominique Auzias Jean-Paul Labourdette Petit Futé 2006 2-7469-1412-3 Lemarchand René Political Awakening in the Belgian Congo https://books.google.com/books?id=qFI-Z5YUxigC&pg=PA63 19 August 2020 1964 University of California Press GGKEY:TQ2J84FWCXN 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 1898 Congo Free State Congo Free State