Republic of the Congo

State · 1961–2026 CE · at its largest around 1961 CE

A Central African republic on the north bank of the Congo River, with Brazzaville as its capital, which gained independence from France in 1960. It was a Marxist-Leninist state from 1969 to 1991.

On its lands while it lasted

Patrice Lumumba (1925 CE – 1961 CE): First prime minister of the independent Congo, deposed months after independence and executed in Katanga in January 1961.
Congo Crisis (1960–1965 CE): Period of civil war, secession and foreign intervention in the newly independent Congo, including the killing of Patrice Lumumba, ending with Mobutu's seizure of power.