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The following lists events that happened during 1950 in the Belgian Congo. Incumbents. Governor-general – Eugène Jungers; Events. Date Event
1890s • 1900s in the Congo Free State • 1910s in the Belgian Congo • 1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s in the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) • 1960s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo • 1970s in Zaire • 1980s • 1990s • 1990s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo • 2000s
1950s establishments in the Belgian Congo (9 C) 0–9. 1950 in the Belgian Congo (1 P) 1951 in the Belgian Congo (1 C, 1 P) 1952 in the Belgian Congo (2 C, 1 P)
Roughly 98% of Belgium's overseas territory was just one colony (about 76 times larger than Belgium itself) – known as the Belgian Congo. The colony was founded in 1908 following the transfer of sovereignty from the Congo Free State , which was the personal property of Belgium's king, Leopold II .
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Prior to the creation of the Congo Free State, the International Association of the Congo (IAC) had signed treaties with over 300 native Congolese chiefs and in effect exercised sovereignty over a large area of the Congo Basin. The IAC was headquartered in Belgium and run by a committee under the presidency of Maximilien Strauch.
The Belgian Congo, today the Democratic Republic of the Congo, highlighted on a map of Africa. Colonial rule in the Congo began in the late 19th century. King Leopold II of Belgium, frustrated by Belgium's lack of international power and prestige, attempted to persuade the Belgian government to support colonial expansion around the then-largely unexplored Congo Basin.