Events in Republic of the Congo History
De Brazza Leaves Brazzaville
1905-08-29 Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza leaves Brazzaville
- 1940-08-28 French colonies Cameroon and Congo-Brazzaville support Gen De Gaulle
- 1960-08-15 Congo (formerly Congo/Brazzaville) declares Independence from France
- 1963-08-15 Fulbert Youlou resigns as President of Congo-Brazzaville
- 1963-12-20 Massemba-Debate elected President of Congo-Brazzaville
- 1969-12-31 Congo-Brazzaville becomes People's republic, under major Ngouabi
- 1979-02-08 Denis Sassou-Nguesso becomes the President of the Republic of the Congo for the first time
- 1979-07-08 The Democratic Republic of the Congo adoptsa new constitution
- 1993-07-16 President Lissouba calls emergency rule in Congo-Brazzaville
- 1994-08-12 Panic in church of Brazzaville: 142 killed
- 1997-08-16 The South African soccer team, Bafana Bafana wins against the national team of the Democratic Republic of the Congo at First National Bank stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 1997-10-25 After a brief civil war which has driven President Pascal Lissouba out of Brazzaville, Denis Sassou-Nguesso proclaims himself the President of the Republic of the Congo.
- 1998-10-11 Congo Airlines Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 40 people
- 2000-06-05 Armed conflict between Rwanda and Uganda erupts in Kinsangani, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 2002-01-17 Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
- 2005-12-05 The Lake Tanganyika earthquake causes significant damage, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 2010-07-02 Oil tanker truck explosion in South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, kills at least 230 people
- 2012-08-21 20 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo die from the Ebola virus
- 2014-04-23 60 people are killed & 80 are injured after a train crashes in The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Famous People from Republic of the Congo
Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961)
1925-07-02 Congolese politician and independence leader who was the 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1960), born in Onalua, Belgian Congo
- 1928-07-20 Charles David Ganao, Djambala, French Equatorial Africa, Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (1996-1997), (d. 2012)
Mobutu Sese Seko (1930-1997)
1930-10-14 Dictator and President of Zaire (1965-97), born in Lisala, Democratic Republic of the Congo
