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Brazzaville becomes capital of government-in-exile of France (Free France) during World War II. [7] October: De Gaulle visits city. [5] 1943 Bacongo arrondissement created. [4] Basilique Sainte-Anne-du-Congo de Brazzaville (church) construction begins. [6] 1944 Brazzaville Zoo opens. January: Meeting of government-in-exile of France held in ...
The Republic of the Congo, or simply Congo, [3] is a distinct country from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as DR Congo. [18] Brazzaville's name derives from the colony's founder, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazzà, an Italian nobleman whose title referred to the town of Brazzacco, in the Italian comune of Moruzzo in Friuli Venezia ...
On 30 April 1891 this was renamed Colony of French Congo, consisting of Gabon and Middle Congo, the name the French gave to Congo-Brazzaville at that time. On 15 January 1910 the colony again was renamed to French Equatorial Africa (Afrique Equatoriale Française or AEF), this time it also included Chad and Oubangui-Chari , nowadays the Central ...
The French Congo began at Brazzaville on 10 September 1880 as a protectorate over the Bateke people along the north bank of the Congo River. [1] The treaty was signed between King Iloo I and Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza ; Iloo I died the same year it was signed, but the terms of the treaty were upheld by his queen Ngalifourou . [ 2 ]
The Trois Glorieuses (lit. ' Three Glorious Days ') was an uprising in Congo-Brazzaville which occurred from August 13 to 15, 1963. The uprising ended the rule of the first Congolese President, Fulbert Youlou, as the opposition trade union movement and Congolese Youth Union struck an alliance with the army.
English: Astronaut's satellite photo of Brazzaville, on the north bank of the Congo River at the western Pool Malebo section. In the southeastern Republic of Congo. Kinshasa is across the river, on the southwest bank. Taken from the International Space Station (ISS) during Expedition 8 on December 29, 2003.
Colonization of the Congo Basin refers to the European colonization of the Congo Basin of tropical Africa.It was the last part of the continent to be colonized. By the end of the 19th century, the Basin had been carved up by European colonial powers, into the Congo Free State, the French Congo and the Portuguese Congo (modern Cabinda Province of Angola).
Downriver the Congo has numerous rapids, known as Livingston Falls, preventing navigation upriver to this point from its mouth at the Atlantic. Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is located on the southern bank of the Congo, directly across from Brazzaville. To distinguish between the two African countries that have ...