History timeline

DR Congo

12 periods and events, 1390 – 2003.

Periods and events

When	Period or event	Kind	Source
1390 – 1914	Kingdom of Kongo刚果王国 Lower Congo kingdom; converted to Catholicism after Portuguese contact in 1483.	Dynasty or era	Source
1585 – 1889	Luba Empire卢巴帝国 Savanna kingdom of the Katanga region.	Dynasty or era	Source
1885 – 1908	Congo Free State刚果自由邦 Leopold II's private colony; forced rubber labour kills millions.	Colonial	Source
1908 – 1960	Belgian Congo比属刚果 Belgium annexes the colony after international outcry.	Colonial	Source
1960	Independence独立 Independence from Belgium with Patrice Lumumba as prime minister.	Politics	Source
1960 – 1965	Congo Crisis刚果危机 Mutiny, Katanga's secession and Cold War meddling; UN peacekeepers deployed.	War	Source
1961	Lumumba assassinated卢蒙巴遇害 Deposed prime minister executed in Katanga with Belgian complicity.	Politics	Source
1965 – 1997	Mobutu's Zaire蒙博托统治下的扎伊尔 Coup leader renames the country Zaire in 1971; byword for kleptocracy.	Politics	Source
1974	The Rumble in the Jungle丛林之战 Muhammad Ali beats George Foreman in Kinshasa.	Other	Source
1976	Ebola first identified首次发现埃博拉病毒 Outbreak at Yambuku; the virus is named after the nearby Ebola River.	Other	Source
1996 – 1997	First Congo War第一次刚果战争 Rwanda-backed rebels under Laurent-Désiré Kabila overthrow Mobutu.	War	Source
1998 – 2003	Second Congo War第二次刚果战争 "Africa's World War": nine nations fight in the DR Congo; millions die.	War	Source