Timeline of Kisangani

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century

• 1875 - Town besieged by Arabs.^[1]
• 1883 - Europeans arrive.^[1]
• 1887 - Tippu Tip becomes governor of the Stanley Falls District in the colonial Congo Free State.
• 1899 - Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Rosaire built.^{[chronology citation needed]}

20th century

• 1904 - Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Stanley Falls established.^[2]
• 1906 - Ponthiérville-Stanleyville railway [fr] begins operating.^[3]
• 1908 - Town becomes part of the colonial Belgian Congo.
• 1913 - Justin Malfeyt becomes governor of Orientale Province.^[4][5]
• 1921 - Ligne Aérienne du Roi Albert (Leopoldville-Stanleville) airline begins operating.
• 1930 - October: Tornado occurs.^[6]
• 1935 - Town becomes seat of the newly formed Stanleyville province.^[7]
• 1947 - Town becomes seat of the Orientale Province.^[7]
• 1955 - AS Nika (football club) formed.
• 1957 - Bralima Brewery plant begins operating.
• 1959 - Population: 126,533 (estimate).^[8]
• 1960
  • 30 June: City becomes part of newly independent Republic of the Congo.
  • July: Unrest.^{[9][chronology citation needed]}
• 1964
  • City taken by rebels during the Simba rebellion.
  • November: 1964 Stanleyville massacre [nl] occurs.^[10]
  • Stanleyville becomes capital of the newly created People's Republic of the Congo.^[11]
• 1966
  • July: Mercenaries' Mutiny attempted.
  • Stanleyville renamed "Kisangani."^[7]
• 1967 - Second Mercenaries' Mutiny occurs.
• 1970
  • Belgian king Baudouin visits city.^{[citation needed]}
  • Population: 216,526.^[1]
• 1971
  • Société Textile de Kisangani (manufactory) begins operating.^[12]
  • City becomes seat of Haut-Zaïre province.^[11]
• 1975 - Population: 297,888 (estimate).^[13]
• 1980 - May: Catholic pope visits Kisangani.
• 1981 - University of Kisangani established.
• 1984 - Population: 317,581.^[14]
• 1986 - "Diamond deposits...first discovered."^[1]
• 1991 - September: City "pillaged...by rampaging soldiers."^[15]
• 1992 - November: Riverboat shutdown begins.^[16]
• 1993 - December: City again looted by soldiers.^[16]
• 1994 - Population: 417,517.^[1][17]
• 1996 - November: City besieged by "Zairian soldiers fleeing the war zone" during the First Congo War.^[15]
• 1997
  • March: City taken by rebel forces.^[18][19]
  • City becomes seat of Haut-Congo province.^[7]
• 2000 - June: Rwanda-Uganda armed conflict occurs in Kisangani.^[20]

21st century

• 2002 - 14–15 May: Massacre.
• 2003 - August: Arrival via Congo river of "first commercial delivery from the capital since the fighting began in 1998."^[21]
• 2007 - Médard Autsai Asenga becomes provincial governor.^[22]
• 2008 - Guy Shilton Baendo Tofuli becomes mayor.^[23]
• 2010 - National military Camp Base in operation (approximate date).^{[chronology citation needed]}
• 2011 - 8 July: Airplane crash occurs at Bangoka International Airport.
• 2013 - Jean Bamanisa Saïdi becomes provincial governor.^[22]
• 2015 - City becomes seat of Tshopo province (officially created in 2006).
• 2016 - Jean Ilongo Tokole [fr] becomes governor of Tshopo province.^[24]
• 2017 - Constant Lomata becomes governor of Tshopo province.^[25]

See also

• Kisangani history
• Timelines of other cities in DR Congo: Bukavu, Goma, Kinshasa, Lubumbashi