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1961 February 9 - In Congo, President Joseph Kasavubu names Joseph Ileo as the new Prime Minister.
1961 The Congo government announces that villagers have killed Patrice Lumumba.
1961 An armistice begins in Katanga, Congo.
1961 In Congo, Katangan prime minister Moise Tshombe recognizes the Congolese constitution.
1962 Katangan prime minister Moise Tshombe begins negotiations to rejoin Congo.
1962 Belgium reestablishes diplomatic relations with Congo.
1964 Moise Tshombe returns to Congo from his exile from Spain.
1964 The Simba rebel army in Congo captures Stanleyville, and takes 1000 Western hostages.
1964 In Congo, rebel leader Christopher Gbenye takes 60 Americans and 800 Belgians as hostages.
1965 Congolese lieutenant general Mobutu ousts Joseph Kasavubu and declares himself president.
1966 Katangese troops in Stanleyville, Congo, revolt in support of the exiled minister Moise Tshombe. The mutiny lasts several weeks.
1967 Moise Tshombe, former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is kidnapped to Algeria.
1967 A military rebellion led by Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme begins in Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1967 Troops of Belgian mercenary commander Jean Schramme revolt against Mobutu, and try to take control of Stanleyville, Congo.
1967 A truce is declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
1968 President Mobutu releases captured mercenaries in Congo.
1971 Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.
1977 Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
2002 The eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo displaces an estimated 400,000 people.