1892 in the Congo Free State

The following lists events that happened during 1892 in the Congo Free State.

← 1891 1890 1889 1892 in the Congo Free State → 1893 1894 1895
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s

Incumbent

• King – Leopold II of Belgium
• Governor-general – Camille Janssen, then Théophile Wahis

Events

Date	Event
3 January	Captain Alphonse Jacques de Dixmude's anti-slavery expedition founds the fortress of Albertville on the shores of Lake Tanganyika.
March	Tippu Tip's son Sefu bin Hamid starts to lead various attacks on Congo Free State, starting the Congo–Arab War.
18 April	Mission sui juris of Kwango is established
1 July	Théophile Wahis replaces Camille Janssen as governor-general

See also

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

Sources

• Edgerton, Robert B. (2002), The Troubled Heart of Africa: A History of the Congo, New York: St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-30486-2