20 January 1960Brussels Round Table ConferencePatrice Emery Lumumba
Lumumba joins Congolese delegates negotiating the timetable and framework for independence.
Historical records for Republic of the Congo in 1960, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Lumumba joins Congolese delegates negotiating the timetable and framework for independence.
Is released from detention so he can participate in the negotiations on Congolese independence.
Lumumba's political alliance emerges as the largest grouping in the national elections.
Parliament elects Kasa-Vubu as the first President of the independent Congo.
Lumumba forms a coalition government shortly before national independence.
Serves as prime minister as the Congo becomes independent from Belgium on 30 June 1960.
Delivers a forceful independence speech condemning colonial humiliation and asserting Congolese dignity.
Declares Katanga independent from the central government during the opening phase of the Congo Crisis.
Lumumba's government requests United Nations military assistance following Belgian intervention.
The government breaks diplomatic relations with Belgium during the Congo Crisis.
Becomes commander of the renamed national army as the Force Publique mutiny destabilizes the new state.
Visits Washington seeking political and material support for the new Congolese government.
Proclaims an autonomous South Kasai state amid ethnic conflict and the wider collapse of central authority.
Proclaims the Republic of the Congo independent from France and becomes head of the new state.
Accepts Soviet transport and logistical support after Western governments refuse the military assistance he requests.
Rejects his dismissal and announces that President Kasa-Vubu has instead been removed from office.
Kasa-Vubu announces Lumumba's dismissal amid a constitutional struggle over executive authority.
Parliament rejects the competing dismissal orders and confirms support for Lumumba's government.
Mobutu announces political neutralisation and establishes a temporary College of Commissioners.
Mobutu's coup neutralises Lumumba's government as United States covert support shifts toward the new authorities.
Kasa-Vubu formally appoints the temporary College of Commissioners backed by Mobutu.
Bomboko leads the technical administration established after Mobutu neutralises rival political authorities.
Orders Soviet and Eastern Bloc advisers to leave after his political neutralisation of rival civilian authorities.
Lumumba leaves confinement and attempts to reach supporters in Stanleyville.
Troops loyal to Mobutu capture Lumumba during his attempted journey eastward.
Establishes a rival administration in Stanleyville claiming to preserve Patrice Lumumba's political authority.
Becomes chief of staff of the Congolese National Army during the military crisis following independence.
Participates in negotiations that set 30 June 1960 as the date for Congolese independence.
Leads a more federalist wing away from Lumumba's MNC, deepening political divisions before independence.
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