# Timeline of Kisangani

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

## Prior to 20th century

Part of a series on the :
History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo :
| Early history | pre–1876 |
| Kingdom of Kongo | 1390–1914 |
| Kingdom of Luba | 1585–1889 |
| Kingdom of Lunda | 1600–1887 |
| Kuba Kingdom | 1625–1884 |
| Kingdom of Chokwe | 1800–1891 |
| Yeke Kingdom | 1856–1891 |
| Colonization | 1876–1960 |
| Intl. African Association | 1876–1879 |
| Intl. Congo Society | 1879–1885 |
| Congo Free State (Atrocities) | 1885–1908 |
| Belgian Congo | 1908–1960 |
| World War II | 1940–1945 |
| Independence | post–1960 |
| Congo Crisis | 1960–1965 |
| Congo–Léopoldville | 1960–1971 |
| Zaire (Shaba I / II) | 1971–1997 |
| First Congo War | 1996–1997 |
| Second Congo War | 1998–2003 |
| Joseph Kabila presidency | 2001–2019 |
| Félix Tshisekedi presidency | 2019–present |
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* 1875 - Town besieged by Arabs.
* 1883 - Europeans arrive.
* 1887 - Tippu Tip becomes governor of the Stanley Falls District in the colonial Congo Free State.
* 1899 - Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Rosaire built.

## 20th century

* 1904 - Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Stanley Falls established.
* 1906 - Ponthiérville-Stanleyville railway [fr] begins operating.
* 1908 - Town becomes part of the colonial Belgian Congo.
* 1913 - Justin Malfeyt becomes governor of Orientale Province.
* 1921 - Ligne Aérienne du Roi Albert (Leopoldville-Stanleville) airline begins operating.
* 1930 - October: Tornado occurs.
* 1935 - Town becomes seat of the newly formed Stanleyville province.
* 1947 - Town becomes seat of the Orientale Province.
* 1955 - AS Nika (football club) formed.
* 1957 - Bralima Brewery plant begins operating.
* 1959 - Population: 126,533 (estimate).
* 1960
** 30 June: City becomes part of newly independent Republic of the Congo.
** July: Unrest.
* 1964
** City taken by rebels during the Simba rebellion.
** November: 1964 Stanleyville massacre [nl] occurs.
** Stanleyville becomes capital of the newly created People's Republic of the Congo.
* 1966
** July: Mercenaries' Mutiny attempted.
** Stanleyville renamed "Kisangani."
* 1967 - Second Mercenaries' Mutiny occurs.
* 1970
** Belgian king Baudouin visits city.
** Population: 216,526.
* 1971
** Société Textile de Kisangani (manufactory) begins operating.
** City becomes seat of Haut-Zaïre province.
* 1975 - Population: 297,888 (estimate).
* 1980 - May: Catholic pope visits Kisangani.
* 1981 - University of Kisangani established.
* 1984 - Population: 317,581.
* 1986 - "Diamond deposits...first discovered."
* 1991 - September: City "pillaged...by rampaging soldiers."
* 1992 - November: Riverboat shutdown begins.
* 1993 - December: City again looted by soldiers.
* 1994 - Population: 417,517.
* 1996 - November: City besieged by "Zairian soldiers fleeing the war zone" during the First Congo War.
* 1997
** March: City taken by rebel forces.
** City becomes seat of Haut-Congo province.
* 2000 - June: Rwanda-Uganda armed conflict occurs in Kisangani.

## 21st century

* 2002 - 14–15 May: Massacre.
* 2003 - August: Arrival via Congo river of "first commercial delivery from the capital since the fighting began in 1998."
* 2007 - Médard Autsai Asenga becomes provincial governor.
* 2008 - Guy Shilton Baendo Tofuli becomes mayor.
* 2010 - National military Camp Base in operation (approximate date).
* 2011 - 8 July: Airplane crash occurs at Bangoka International Airport.
* 2013 - Jean Bamanisa Saïdi becomes provincial governor.
* 2015 - City becomes seat of Tshopo province (officially created in 2006).
* 2016 - Jean Ilongo Tokole [fr] becomes governor of Tshopo province.
* 2017 - Constant Lomata becomes governor of Tshopo province.