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Belgium takes over the Congo (1908)

Belgium's parliament adopted the treaty of annexation and the colonial law in 1908; Belgium assumed sovereignty on 15 November 1908.

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Chamber of Representatives of Belgium Aug 1908 passed the treaty of annexation and the colonial law Primary record 1

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Aug 1908 Chamber of Representatives of Belgium intervened in Belgium takes over the Congo (1908)
15 Nov 1908 Belgium takes over the Congo (1908)

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Minister Wilson to the Secretary of State, Brussels, 21 August 1908, with the colonial law (Foreign Relations of the United States, 1908, doc. 555), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, 21 Aug 1908. Primary record
At the time of the adoption of the colonial law the treaty of annexation was also passed
Minister Wilson to the Secretary of State, Brussels, 10 November 1908, with the Belgian note of 6 November (Foreign Relations of the United States, 1908, doc. 560), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, 10 Nov 1908. Primary record
has fixed on the 15th of this month as the date on which the Government of the King will assume the exercise of sovereignty in its colonial possessions
The Belgian Minister to the Secretary of State, Washington, 4 November 1908 (Foreign Relations of the United States, 1908, doc. 559), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, 4 Nov 1908. Primary record
the sovereign powers of the State of the Kongo are now transferred to Belgium
The Secretary of State to Minister Bryan, Washington, 6 June 1910 (Foreign Relations of the United States, 1910, doc. 713), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, 6 Jun 1910. Primary record
while the United States has for the present merely taken note of the Belgian announcement of annexation

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