1887 in the Congo Free State

The following lists events that happened during 1887 in the Congo Free State.

← 1886 1885 1884 1887 in the Congo Free State → 1888 1889 1890
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s

Incumbent

• King – Leopold II of Belgium
• Administrator-General, then Governor-General – Camille Janssen

Events

Date	Event
January 11	The Apostolic Vicariate of Upper Congo (later the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalemie–Kirungu) is created from the Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika
17 April 1887	Camille Janssen becomes governor-general of the Congo Free State

See also

• Congo Free State
• History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo