1889 in the Congo Free State

The following lists events that happened during 1889 in the Congo Free State.

← 1888 1887 1886 1889 in the Congo Free State → 1890 1891 1892
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s

Incumbent

• King – Leopold II of Belgium
• Governor-general – Camille Janssen

Events

Date	Event
January	Henri Gondry is appointed acting vice governor-general
16 January	The Service Star civil decoration is created by Leopold II.
25 June	Willem Frans Van Kerckhoven becomes commissioner of the District of Équateur.

See also

• Congo Free State
• History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sources

• Allart, J.-B. (1889), "Le Congo en 1890", Bulletin de la Société royale de géographie d'Anvers, 14: 334
• Lufungula, Lewono (1986), "Les gouverneurs de l'Équateur, 1885 - 1960", Annales Aequatoria, 7, Honoré Vinck: 149–166, JSTOR 25836402