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1904 in the Congo Free State

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1904
in
the Congo Free State

Decades:

The following lists events that happened during 1904 in the Congo Free State.

Incumbent

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Events

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Date Event
January Paul Costermans is appointed vice governor-general.
15 May English missionary Alice Seeley Harris takes the iconic photograph Nsala of Wala in the Nsongo District, showing a Congolese man with the severed hand and foot of his murdered five-year-old daughter.[1]
3 August Apostolic Prefecture of Stanley Falls is established.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Morel, Edmund D. (1904). King Leopold's Rule in Africa. London: William Heinemann. pp. 444–445. Retrieved 16 March 2022 – via Internet Archive.

Sources

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