Stanley's Congo expedition for Leopold
1879–1884 · Event
Stanley builds stations and a road round the rapids, launches steamers on the upper river, and gets 450 chiefs to sign away their land and labour.
On these timelines: The Scramble for Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Master
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- Berlin Conference (1884)
- Battle of Adwa (1896)
- Herero and Nama genocide (1904)
- Congo rubber atrocities (1891)
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- Siege of Khartoum (1884)
- Stanley crosses Africa (1874)
Around 1879
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