1890 in the Congo Free State

The following lists events that happened during 1890 in the Congo Free State.

← 1889 1888 1887 1890 in the Congo Free State → 1891 1892 1893
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s

Incumbent

• King – Leopold II of Belgium
• Governor-general – Camille Coquilhat

Events

Date	Event
	Camille Coquilhat takes office as vice governor-general
	Lusambo is chosen by Paul Le Marinel as the main Belgian base in the Kasaï region to defend against the threat of Arab or Swahili traders in slaves and ivory who were encroaching from the east.
September	The Compagnie du Congo pour le Commerce et l'Industrie (CCCI) sends an expeditionary force named the Compagnie du Katanga under Alexandre Delcommune to Katanga.

See also

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

Sources

• De Coster, Pieter (1997), "Biografie van Paul Le Marinel", De eerste Europese ontdekkingsreizen in Katanga 1797-1897 (in Dutch)
• Yav, André (1990). History from below: the Vocabulary of Elisabethville by André Yav : texts, translation, and interpretive essay. John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISBN 90-272-5227-0.