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May 1, 1482
Diogo Cão
He sailed from Lisbon, Portugal to Africa. He discoverd muddy brown water and followed it, discovering the Congo River. -
Pierre-Joseph Pelletier and Joseph Bienaimé Caventou
They extracted quinine from the bark of the South American cinchona tree, which helped cure malaria. It let Europeans explore Africa without the dangers of malaria -
Promotion
Leopold is promoted to lieutenant-general. He served as the honorary commander in his regiment -
Control
Belgium took complete control over of the "Congo Free State" and it became Belgian Congo until the 20th century. -
Berdyczow
Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski was born, his father was imprisoned, his mother passed when he was 8 and his father at 12. -
Leopold the Second
Leopold assumes the throne when his father dies, and persists in trying to obtain a colony. -
Tadeusz Bobrowski
Conrad's maternal uncle becomes his guardian -
Henry Morton Stanley
Begins an expedition of Africa, from the East Coast to the river of the Atlantic -
The Association Internationale Africaine
Leopold proses a benevolent committee for "propagation of civilisation among the peoples of the Congo region by means of scientific exploration, legal trade and war against the 'Arabic' slave traders." -
Smuggling
Conrad involved in Carlist plot, smuggling arms to the Spanish rebels from Marseilles -
CEHC
Comité d'Études du Haut Congoa was set up by Leopold. It was used to further explore Congo by Morton Stanley, who established Belgian power on the river. -
Suicide
He tries to commit suicide by shooting himself, his uncle clears his debts, he loses his french mariner's ticket, and joins a british -registered ship -
North of the river Congo
That area became a French protectorate because of a treaty between the King of the Bateke, Makoko, and the explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza. -
Euro nations
Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and the US meet at the Berlin Conference to split up Central Africa -
British
Conrad becomes a naturalized British subject and recieves his exam for a British merchant navy Master's certificate -
Otago
Conrad is command of Otago, but resigns and writes Almayer's Folly -
Decrees
Leopold prohibits arms trade, sets employment for Native workers (allows the workers to be indentured in terms of seven years to their employers), and establishes Force Publique. -
The dark continent
Conrad goes to Africa and writes his Congo Diary, which becomes Heart of Darkness -
Arrival
Conrad's arrival in Europe from his journey to the Congo; he was hospitalized for what he said was a long illness -
Gospel of Labour decree
Leopold tells his agents in Congo to place the population under new laws "the most imperious as well as the most salutary of which is assuredly that of work." -
Arthur Conan Doyle
Publishes Crime of the Congo, which shows Leopold's "thieving" against the Congo -
Death
Leopold dies in Laeken, his nephew Albert succeeds him. -
Under Western Eyes
Conrad publishes UWE, but goes through a mental breakdown -
Death
Conrad dies from a heart attack -
Enslaved no more
the Congo nation declared independence from Belgium, however was poisoned by their string of leaders succeeding the victory with controversial policies.
