The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 
   Prior to 20th century
   20th century
 - 1904 - Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Stanley Falls established.[2]
  - 1906 - Ponthiérville-Stanleyville railway begins operating.
  - 1908 - Town becomes part of the colonial Belgian Congo.
  - 1913 - Justin Malfeyt becomes governor of Orientale Province.[4][5]
  - 1921 - Ligne Aérienne du Roi Albert (Leopoldville-Stanleville) airline begins operating.
  - 1930 - October: Tornado occurs.[6]
  - 1935 - Town becomes seat of the newly formed Stanleyville province.[7]
  - 1947 - Town becomes seat of the Orientale Province.[7]
  - 1955 - AS Nika (football club) formed.
  - 1957 - Bralima Brewery plant begins operating.
  - 1959 - Population: 126,533 (estimate).[8]
  - 1960 
  - 1964 
  - 1966 
  - 1967 - Second Mercenaries' Mutiny occurs.
  - 1970 
- Belgian king Baudouin visits city.
  - Population: 216,526.
 
  - 1971 
- Société Textile de Kisangani (manufactory) begins operating.[12]
  - City becomes seat of Haut-Zaïre province.[11]
 
  - 1975 - Population: 297,888 (estimate).[13]
  - 1980 - May: Catholic pope visits Kisangani.
  - 1981 - University of Kisangani established.
  - 1984 - Population: 317,581.[14]
  - 1986 - "Diamond deposits...first discovered."
  - 1991 - September: City "pillaged...by rampaging soldiers."
  - 1992 - November: Riverboat shutdown begins.[16]
  - 1993 - December: City again looted by soldiers.[16]
  - 1994 - Population: 417,517.[17]
  - 1996 - November: City besieged by "Zairian soldiers fleeing the war zone" during the First Congo War.
  - 1997 
  - 2000 - June: Rwanda-Uganda armed conflict occurs in Kisangani.[20]
 
 21st century
 - 2002 - 14–15 May: Massacre.[1]
  - 2003 - August: Arrival via Congo river of "first commercial delivery from the capital since the fighting began in 1998."[21]
  - 2007 - Médard Autsai Asenga becomes provincial governor.[22]
  - 2008 - Guy Shilton Baendo Tofuli becomes mayor.[23]
  - 2010 - National military Camp Base in operation (approximate date).
  - 2011 - 8 July: Airplane crash occurs at Bangoka International Airport.
  - 2013 - Jean Bamanisa Saïdi becomes provincial governor.[22]
  - 2015 - City becomes seat of Tshopo province (officially created in 2006).
  - 2016 - Jean Ilongo Tokole becomes governor of Tshopo province.[24]
  - 2017 - Constant Lomata becomes governor of Tshopo province.[25]
 
 See also
  References
    - ^ "Democratic Republic of the Congo". Chronology of Catholic Dioceses. Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 22 October 2017. 
   - ^ "Liste des gouverneurs de la Province Orientale". Stanleyville.be (in French). Jean-Luc Ernst. Retrieved 23 October 2017. 
  - ^ "Malfeyt" (PDF), Biographie Belge d'Outre-Mer (in French), Institut Royal Colonial Belge, 1952 
   - ^ L'Illustration Congolaise (in French), Brussels, 1931, OCLC 47785474
{{citation}}:  CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)   - ^ a b c d Gwillim Law (1999). "Democratic Republic of the Congo". Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. US: McFarland & Company. pp. 92–94. ISBN 0786407298. 
  - ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. pp. 140–161. 
Stanleyville
   - ^ "Thriving Stanleyville Now Depressed Kisangani", New York Times, 28 June 1970 
  - ^ "28 More White Hostages Found Slain in Stanleyville", New York Times, 28 November 1964 
  - ^ a b Emizet Francois Kisangani (2016). Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (4th ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442273160. 
  - ^ "R.D. Congo: Kisangani". Petit Futé (in French). Retrieved 23 October 2017. 
  - ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1980. New York. pp. 225–252. 
  - ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2000. United Nations Statistics Division. 
   - ^ a b Kenneth B. Noble (18 March 1993), "Kisangani Journal; With Artery Severed, Heart of Africa Grows Still", New York Times 
  - ^ Association pour le Developpement de l'Information Environmentale, 2003 
  - ^ "Zaire Rebels Begin Attack On Key City of Kisangani", New York Times, 15 March 1997 
  - ^ James C. McKinley Jr. (17 March 1997), "A Fallen City, Seeking Peace, Greets Rebels", New York Times 
  - ^ "Congo's hidden war", The Economist, London, 15 June 2000 
  - ^ "A mend in the river", The Economist, London, 7 August 2003 
  - ^ a b "RDC: le réveil de Kisangani, la belle endormie", Jeune Afrique (in French), 23 December 2014 
  - ^ "Liste des maires de la ville depuis 1960". Stanleyville.be (in French). Jean-Luc Ernst. Retrieved 21 October 2017. 
  - ^ "RDC: liste de nouveaux gouverneurs de province élus", Radiookapi.net (in French), 26 March 2016 
  - ^ "Constant Lomata nouveau gouverneur de la Tshopo", Radiookapi.net (in French), 29 August 2017 
  
  - This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.
 
 Bibliography
  - in English
 
  - in French
 
 - "Stanleyville", L'État indépendant du Congo: documents sur le pays et ses habitants, Annales du Musée du Congo (in French), Brussels, 1904, hdl:2027/pst.000022332363 – via HathiTrust
{{citation}}:  CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)  - Élisabethville-Stanleyville par la route (Touring-Club du Congo belge, Léopoldville, 31 mars 1941, pp. 25–26; 30 avril 1941, pp. 46–47).
  - Singhitini F. M. de Thier(?) (1963), La Stanleyville musulmane [Muslim Stanleyville], Correspondance d'Orient (in French), Brussels: Centre pour l'Etude du Problème du Monde musulman contemporain
  - Benoît Verhaegen, ed. (1975). Kisangani 1876-1976. Histoire d'une ville (in French). Kinshasa: Presses Universitaires du Zaïre. OCLC 869660596.
  - Bogumil Jewsiecki (1978). "Histoire économique d'une ville coloniale Kisangani: 1877-1960". Les cahiers du CEDAF (in French) (5). Brussels: Centre d'Etudes et de Documentation Africaines. ISSN 0250-1619.
  - Léon de Saint Moulin (2010). "Kisangani". Villes et organisation de l'espace en République Démocratique du Congo (in French). L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-296-25787-0.
  - Bérengère Piret (2014), Les cent mille briques. La prison et les détenus de Stanleyville [Hundred thousand bricks: the prison and inmates of Stanleyville] (in French), Lille: Centre d'histoire judiciaire, ISBN 978-2-910114-26-8
 
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