KLG Timeline

King Leopolds Birhtday

Apr 9, 1835

Bitrh of John Rowlands

Jan 28, 1841

As a child was not treadted kindly as he was given up by his mom. Sexually abused by his guardians and left by his two fiances. Rowlands would be likely to play into Leopolds plans as he becoms desperate

Birth of George Washington Williams

Oct 16, 1849

Born in Pennysalvania , Williams would grow up to be a soldier in the civial war.

The Royal Bride

Apr 9, 1853

When King Leopold turned 18 he would meet his bride Archduchess Marie-Henriette. The couple would not go well as King Leopold had an ungainly attribute bout him that made them a bad match.

Henry Morton Stanley Enrolls into the Confederate Army

Apr 1, 1862

Herny would later besurrounded by the Union army and would convert to the Navy of the Union

Leopold becomes King of The Belgians

Apr 1, 1865

Leopold becoming the King would allow him to take over the Belgian Congo

Leopolds Reign Over the Congo

Period: Apr 1, 1865 to Apr 1, 1909

Livingstone looks for the source of the Nile

Jan 28, 1866

LivingStone would not be found for years and Stanley would go to find hi so he could tell his stories adn keep his poularity in 1869.

The King's Son

Apr 25, 1869

King Leopold's son falls ino a pound and dies from pneumonia. THis is an event that showed Leopolds life going downward as he broke down in public and demanded that the state pay for the funeral's expenses. King Leopold would have three more daughters but no more sons.

Henry Morton Stanley finds Dr.Livingstone

Oct 23, 1871

Search parties had been sent to look for him because he had not been heard from in several years, and Henry M. Stanley, a correspondent of the New York Herald, found the explorer, greeting him with the now famous quote, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” (The exact date of the encounter is unclear, as the two men wrote different dates in their journals; Livingstone’s journal suggests that the meeting took place sometime in October 24–28, 1871, while Stanley reported November 10.)

How I Found Livingstone

Oct 30, 1871

Herny Morton Staley published How I Found Living after finding Livingstone in the Congo after the year he has been missing

Leopold tries to buy the Phillipines

Mar 1, 1875

Leopold tries to buy the Phillipines from Spain but is declined

Leopold Geographical Conference

Sep 1, 1876

King Leopold wants Stanley

Jan 16, 1878

King Leopold sends Sanford and Grendli in order to take Stanly and introduce him to another shot at more popularity.

Henry Morton Stanley meets The King of the Belgians

Jun 10, 1878

Henry took a steamer acroos the English Channel to meet King Leopold II. Leopold would use Stanley to help him take over the Congo.

Henry takes another journey to Africa

Feb 1, 1879

Henry Morton Stanley needed to keep his popularity and with King Leopold and another adventure he would be able to do so and write more stories.

Stanley's Tragedy

Apr 25, 1882

Stanly caught malaria, lost weight, could barley speak or move, and would not come out of his tent. It seemed like the end was near for Stanley but king leopold wanted his Cngo and he wanted it as soon as possible.

Berlin Conference

Nov 15, 1884

Berlin West Africa Conference, a series of negotiations (Nov. 15, 1884–Feb. 26, 1885) at Berlin, in which the major European nations met to decide all questions connected with the Congo River basin in Central Africa.

Berlin Conference

Period: Nov 15, 1884 to Oct 1, 1885

George Washington William sails the entire continent of Africa

Jan 1, 1890

Williams woud explore Africa for six months and would contiue to see all the geography from rapids, to rivers o Stamley Falls.

William creates the Open Letter

Jul 18, 1890

Williams, outraged by what he saw and heard over these months, wrote his famous open letter to Leopold from Stanley Falls, Central Africa on July 18, 1890. Leaving nothing to chance in exposing his findings to the American government, he followed that up with an open letter to American President Benjamin Harrison from the province of St. Paul de Loanda, Portuguese Angola on October 14, 1890 entitled: Report upon the Congo-State and country to the President of the Republic of the United States of America.

Treaty de Brazza

Apr 25, 1891

Near Stanley (now Malebo) Pool, on the Congo, he signed treaties establishing a French protectorate of the region that in 1891 became the French Congo.

King Leopolds 60th birthday

Apr 9, 1895

King Leopold would grow to become a hypichondiac. This meant that he would not want to be near anyone one who was sick in fear of dying of illnes.

Le Negre du Congo

Apr 25, 1899

A book published by Rom talking about the black people's lives in general.

The Heart of Darkness

Apr 25, 1899

Conrad made the Heart of Darkness narrated by his freind Marlow. The novella is about fhis riends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames, London, England