Kinshasa
City
Capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Congo River opposite Brazzaville; called Léopoldville until 1966.
Names
- December 1, 1881 – May 2, 1966 Léopoldville
Held by
- July 1, 1885 – November 15, 1908 Congo Free State
- November 15, 1908 – June 30, 1960 Belgian Congo
- since June 30, 1960 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Capital of
- 1923 – June 30, 1960 Belgian Congo Léopoldville replaced Boma as colonial capital
- since June 30, 1960 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Events here 4
- February 26, 1885 – November 15, 1908 Atrocities in the Congo Free State
- January 1959 Léopoldville riots
- July 5, 1960 – November 25, 1965 Congo Crisis
- October 24, 1996 – May 16, 1997 First Congo War