Congo Free State established
1885–1908 · Event
King Leopold II of Belgium turns the Congo into a private rubber colony; millions perish.
On these timelines: Master, Sub-Saharan Africa
Around 1885
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Albert Einstein (1879)
- Joseph Stalin (1878)
- Van Gogh's The Starry Night (1889)
- Mao Zedong (1893)
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881)
- Pablo Picasso (1881)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882)
- Edison's incandescent light bulb (1879)
- New Zealand grants women the vote (1893)