Polity Anziku Kingdom

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Was a pre-colonial West Central African state of modern Republic of Congo, Gabon and Democratic Republic of Congo.

Establishment

  • January 1631: When the Anziku tribes consolidated their unity, thus forming an independent kingdom, the kingdom of Kongo began to take control of those mines personally, a process that would end in the 1620s.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • September 1880: The French Congo, under the leadership of French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, established a protectorate over the Bateke people in the territories along the north bank of the Congo River on September 10, 1880.
  • November 1882: Pietro Savorgnan di Brazzà signs with Illoy I a treaty in which his kingdom is under French protection. France ratified it on November 12, 1882.

Disestablishment

  • November 1882: Pietro Savorgnan di Brazzà signs with Illoy I a treaty in which his kingdom is under French protection. France ratified it on November 12, 1882.