Florida List of events ← 1887 1886 1885 1888 in the Congo Free State → 1889 1890 1891 Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s The following lists events that happened during 1888 in the Congo Free State. Incumbent King – Leopold II of Belgium Governor-general – Camille Janssen Events Date Event Dekese, Kasaï Province, is founded by Alexandre Delcommune around 1888.[1] 31 January Herman Ledeganck is appointed vice-governor-general March Léopoldville shipyards, organized by Charles Liebrechts, launch the Roi des Belges on the upper Congo River for the Compagnie du Congo pour le Commerce et l'Industrie (CCCI).[2] 11 May The Mission sui iuris of the Belgian Congo is promoted as the Apostolic Vicariate of Belgian Congo 10 December Société anonyme belge pour le commerce du Haut-Congo (SAB) is founded.[3] 30 December Order of the African Star is established by Leopold II of Belgium See also Congo Free State History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo References ^ Bekina 2010, p. 19. ^ Moulaert 1952. ^ Plas & Pourbaix 1899, p. 113. Sources Bekina, Jacques Mpia (2010), L'évangélisation du Mai-Ndombe au Congo-Kinshasa: histoire, difficultés présentes et inculturation (in French), Editions L'Harmattan, ISBN 978-2-296-12452-3 Moulaert, G. (12 February 1952), "LIEBRECHTS (Charles Adolphe Marie)", Biographie Coloniale Belge (in French), vol. III, Inst. roy. colon. belge, pp. col. 556-56, retrieved 10 September 2020 Plas, J.; Pourbaix, Victor (1899), Les Sociétés Commerciales Belges de l'État Indépendant du Congo (PDF), Brussels, retrieved 19 March 2021{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Years in the Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo Free State 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 Belgian Congo 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 Republic of Congo 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 Zaire 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 DR Congo 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 1888 in AfricaSovereign states Benin Egypt Ethiopia Liberia Ottoman Empire Zulu Kingdom Dependencies, coloniesand other territories Ascension Island Algeria Basutoland Bechuanaland Protectorate British Somaliland Cape Colony Congo Free State French Congo The Gambia German South-West Africa Gold Coast (British colony) Kamerun Mauritius Orange Free State Saint Helena Sierra Leone Spanish Sahara Togoland Tristan da Cunha Tunisia