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Belgian Congo

1908 CE – 1960 CE · 52 years

1908–1960 Belgian colony in Central Africa

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Belgian Congo's founding and dissolution are recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. The atlas itself draws the world at 2 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1914 CE to 1938 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

1914 CE 2 snapshots 1938 CE
1914 CE1938 CE

Elsewhere in Africa at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Africa

Cathedral Notre-Dame du Congo

1914 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Sudan

Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Somaliland Campaign (Dervish War)

1899 CE – 1920 CE

Landmark · Africa

Namugongo Martyrs' Shrine

1920 CE – still standing

Polity · Africa

South Africa

Founded 1910 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Africa

Herero and Nama War

1904 CE – 1908 CE

Landmark · Africa

Taï National Park

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Africa

Nigeria

Founded 1914 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1908 CE and 1960 CE.

1911 CE Italo-Turkish War 1911 CE Italo-Senussi War 1914 CE East African Campaign (WWI) 1914 CE Cathedral Notre-Dame du Congo 1920 CE Namugongo Martyrs' Shrine 1934 CE Italo-Abyssinian Border War (Walwal Incident)

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Thomas Edison Figure · United States 1847 CE – 1931 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing
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