Timeline Sunday 17 December 1865

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Sunday 17 December 1865

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Events on Sunday 17 December 1865 1

1865 Leopold II takes the throne The Congo to come Leopold II becomes king and soon pursues a personal colonial empire in central Africa — a reign of industrial growth at home and brutal exploitation abroad.

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