Leopold II of Belgium
Belgian
Leopold II was the King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, notable for establishing and exploiting the Congo Free State. - AsNotedIn
Leopold II was the King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, notable for establishing and exploiting the Congo Free State. - AsNotedIn
Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
1877/11/00 | King Leopold II creates the Committee for Studies of the Upper Congo (Comite d'Etudes du Haut Congo, later named Association Internationale du Congo) to establish European trade in the African interior along the Congo River. | Sovereign | |||||
1880/00/00 | Between 1879 and 1882, sponsored by the Committee for Studies of the Upper Congo, Henry Morton Stanley establishes stations on the upper Congo and opens negotiations with local rulers. | Sovereign | Congo River | Democratic Republic of the Congo | |||
1884/00/00 | Having successfully signed treaties with 450 independent African entities, the Association Internationale du Congo, claims the right to govern all the territory concerned as an independent state. | Sovereign | Congo Basin | Democratic Republic of the Congo | |||
1885/00/00 | At the Berlin West Africa Conference of 1884-85, Association Internationale du Congo sphere of influence in Africa becomes the Congo Free State, and European powers recognize Leopold as its sovereign. | Sovereign | Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||||
1890/00/00 | King Leopold II commissions 136 000 francs to Jef Lambeaux for a 12 by 8 metres (39 ft 26 ft) work of art depicting happiness and the sins of mankind dominated by death and the "negative" passions of mankind such as war, rape and suicide. | Benefactor | Temple of Human Passions, Cinquantenaire | Parc du Cinquantenaire | |||
1905/09/27 | Leopold II inaugurates the Cinquantenaire Arch. | Architect | Arcade du Cinquantenaire, Brussels | Brussels, BE |
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