1922 in the Belgian Congo

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1922
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The following lists events that happened during 1922 in the Belgian Congo .

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DateEvent
Alphonse Engels is appointed deputy governor-general of Congo-Kasaï
January Georges Van der Kerken is appointed deputy governor-general of the province of Équateur (acting for Charles Duchesne). [1]
16 JanuaryThe Société Ciments du Katanga is created by royal decree to supply cement to the rapidly growing Union Minière du Haut-Katanga (UMHK) and other companies in southern Katanga and the two Kasais. [2]

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The following lists events that happened during 1919 in the Belgian Congo.

The following lists events that happened during 1931 in the Belgian Congo.

The following lists events that happened during 1920 in the Belgian Congo.

The following lists events that happened during 1910 in the Belgian Congo.

The following lists events that happened during 1925 in the Belgian Congo.

The following lists events that happened during 1947 in the Belgian Congo.

The following lists events that happened during 1933 in the Belgian Congo.

The following lists events that happened during 1917 in the Belgian Congo.

The following lists events that happened during 1950 in the Belgian Congo.

References

  1. Congo (Kinshasa) Provinces.
  2. Pary.
  3. Bazenguissa-Ganga, Rémy. Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique . Paris: Karthala, 1997. p. 447

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