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He sailed from Lisbon, Portugal to Africa. He discoverd muddy brown water and followed it, discovering the Congo River.
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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
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Leopold is promoted to lieutenant-general. He served as the honorary commander in his regiment
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Belgium took complete control over of the "Congo Free State" and it became Belgian Congo until the 20th century.
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Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski was born, his father was imprisoned, his mother passed when he was 8 and his father at 12.
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Leopold assumes the throne when his father dies, and persists in trying to obtain a colony.
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Conrad's maternal uncle becomes his guardian
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Begins an expedition of Africa, from the East Coast to the river of the Atlantic
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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."
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Conrad involved in Carlist plot, smuggling arms to the Spanish rebels from Marseilles
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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.
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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
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That area became a French protectorate because of a treaty between the King of the Bateke, Makoko, and the explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza.
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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
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Conrad becomes a naturalized British subject and recieves his exam for a British merchant navy Master's certificate
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Conrad is command of Otago, but resigns and writes Almayer's Folly
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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.
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Conrad goes to Africa and writes his Congo Diary, which becomes Heart of Darkness
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Conrad's arrival in Europe from his journey to the Congo; he was hospitalized for what he said was a long illness
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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."
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Publishes Crime of the Congo, which shows Leopold's "thieving" against the Congo
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Leopold dies in Laeken, his nephew Albert succeeds him.
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Conrad publishes UWE, but goes through a mental breakdown
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Conrad dies from a heart attack
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the Congo nation declared independence from Belgium, however was poisoned by their string of leaders succeeding the victory with controversial policies.
