HISTORY OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO:

Early history pre–1876

Kingdom of Kongo 1390–1914 🟢

Kingdom of Luba ?–1889

Kingdom of Lunda 1600–1887

Kuba Kingdom 1625–1884

Kingdom of Chokwe 1800–1891

Yeke Kingdom 1856–1891

Sultanate of Utetera 1860–1887

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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 🟢

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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