1885 in the Congo Free State

* 1884
* 1883
* 1882
*   *

|  | 1885

the Congo Free State |

* 1886
* 1887
* 1888
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Decades:|

*   *   * 1880s
* 1890s
* 1900s

See also:| International Association of the Congo

The following lists events that happened during 1885 in the Congo Free State

## Incumbent

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* King – Leopold II of Belgium
* Administrator-General – Francis de Winton

## Events

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Date | Event

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| The station of Luozi is created at the point where the Luozi River flows into the Congo.[1]
28 April  | Belgian Chamber of Representatives passes a law that authorized King Leopold II of Belgium to become head of the state founded in Africa by the International Association of the Congo.
30 April  | The senate ratifies the law creating the Congo Free State .[2]
13 May  | Georges-Guillaume Pagels replaces Guillaume Casman as head of Équateur Station (Mbandaka).[3]
1 July  | Francis de Winton takes office as administrator-general
1 July  | Camille Van den Plas becomes head of Équateur Station.[3]
1 August  | Royal decree classifies the Luozi Territory (also called the Manianga) as a part of the Cataractes District.[1]
25 September  | Camille Janssen is appointed vice-administrator-general
1 December  | Edward James Glave becomes head of Équateur Station.[3]

## See also

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* Congo Free State
* History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

## References

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1. ^ a b La region de Luozi.
2. ^ Bulletin officiel 1885–1886.
3. ^ a b c Omasombo Tshonda 2016, p. 144.

## Sources

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* Bulletin officiel de l'État indépendant du Congo [Official Bulletin of the Independent State of the Congo] (PDF) (in French), 1885–1886
* La region de Luozi - Manianga [The region of Luozi-Manianga] (in French), Université de Luozi, May 2005, archived from the original on 15 April 2013, retrieved 27 January 2012
* Omasombo Tshonda, Jean, ed. (2016), Équateur : Au cœur de la cuvette congolaise [Équateur: At the heart of the Congolese basin] (PDF) (in French), Tervuren, Belgium: Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, ISBN 978-9-4922-4423-9, retrieved 2 September 2020

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