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1915 in the Belgian Congo

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1915
in
the Belgian Congo

Decades:

The following lists events that happened during 1915 in the Belgian Congo.

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Events

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Date Event
Joseph Kasa-Vubu, first president of the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville), is born in the village of Kuma-Dizi in the Mayombe district.
Adolphe De Meulemeester is appointed Interim governor of Katanga Province.[1]
6 April Belgians report that they have repelled a German attack north of Lake Kivu.[2]
August 1915 Germans attack Saisi, 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Abercorn. Frederik-Valdemar Olsen sends a battalion under Gaston Heenen to defend Saisi.[3]

See also

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References

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Sources

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  • "Belgian Congo", Goulburn Evening Penny Post, NSW, 8 April 1915, retrieved 16 April 2021
  • Lederer, A. (1968), Biographie Belge d'Outre-Mer (in French), vol. VI, Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer, pp. col. 783–790, retrieved 28 January 2021
  • Moeller de Laddersous, A. (7 July 1961), Biographie Belge D'Outre-mer (PDF), vol. VI, Academie Royale des Sciences D'Outremer, pp. col.727–732, retrieved 10 August 2020