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1896 in the Congo Free State

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1896
in
the Congo Free State

Decades:

The following lists events that happened during 1896 in the Congo Free State.

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Events

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General

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Date Event
July A Force Publique contingent crosses into the Kingdom of Rwanda, attempting to claim the latter's southwest for the Congo Free State. The soldiers set up a fortified camp at Shangi, where they are attacked by the Rwandan royal army. The Battle of Shangi results in a Belgian-Congolese victory, though internal issues later force the Force Publique to abandon its Shangi camp and retreat from Rwanda.[1]
4 September Francis Dhanis is appointed vice governor-general
Francis Dhanis is given command of an expedition to the Upper Nile. His troops, largely composed of the Batetela tribes who had only been recently enlisted, mutiny and murder many of their white officers in what has become known as the Batetela Rebellion.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Des Forges 2011, pp. 15–16.
  2. ^ Chisholm 1911.

Sources

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  • Des Forges, Alison (2011). Defeat Is the Only Bad News: Rwanda under Musinga, 1896–1931. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0299281441.
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dhanis, Francis". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 142.