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Association Internationale du Congo (acronym AIC; French, International Congo Society) was an association created 17 November 1879 by Leopold II of Belgium to replace the Comité d'études du Haut-Congo (Study committee of High-Congo), which in turn had originally been Association Internationale Africaine (AIA). The AIC was dissolved in 1885 and its structures acquired by the Congo Free State. 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... King Leopold II of the Belgians (April 9, 1835 – December 17, 1909) succeeded his father, Leopold I of Belgium, to the Belgian throne in 1865 and remained king until his death. ... The Association Internationale Africaine (French) was an organization created by King Leopold II of Belgium for supposedly furthering humanitarian projects in the area of Central Africa that was to become the Congo Free State and subsequently todays Democratic Republic of the Congo. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Flag Capital Boma Government Monarchy Ruler and owner Leopold II of Belgium Historical era New Imperialism - Established 1885 - Annexation by Belgium 15 November, 1908 The Congo Free State was a corporate state privately owned by King Leopold II of Belgium (not in his role as monarch) that included the entire...
It was presided by Colonel Maximilien Strauch.
Dissolution
10 April 1884, US President Chester A. Arthur was authorized by the Senate "to recognize the flag of the AIC as the equal of that of an allied government". 8 November 1884, Germany recognized the sovereignty of the AIC. 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was an American politician who served as the 21st President of the United States. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Sovereignty is the exclusive right to exercise supreme political (e. ...
The Congo River was the last part of the African continent to yield to European explorers.
It was not until the late 1870s that the Congo was explored by Europeans, and even then it was not from the sea, but from the other side of the African continent.
Leopold's activities in the Congo had already pushed the French into claiming an area on the north shore (the modern Republic of the Congo on the northern shore of Stanley Pool).
The Congo was the last part of the African continent to yield to European explorers.
It wasn't until the late 1870s that the Congo was explored, and even then it was not from the sea, but from the other side of the continent.
Leopold's activities in the Congo had already pushed the French into claiming an area on the north shore (the modern Republic of the Congo, with its capital, Brazzaville, on the northern shore of Stanley Pool).
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