Kimbangu’s healing ministry begins at NkambaApr 6, 1921Labels: Simon Kimbangu, NkambaBritannicaCDAMMRMCA
First arrest attempt pushes Kimbangu into hidingJun 6, 1921Labels: Simon Kimbangu, Belgian administratorsEncycl AfricanaIRRWikipedia
Kimbangu voluntarily surrenders to colonial authoritiesSep 12, 1921Labels: Simon Kimbangu, NkambaIRREncycl AfricanaWikipedia
Military tribunal sentences Kimbangu to deathOct 3, 1921Labels: Military tribunal, ThysvilleBritannicaEncycl AfricanaIRR
King Albert I commutes sentence to life imprisonmentNov 19, 1921Labels: King Albert, ImprisonmentEncycl AfricanaBritannicaJCCESK
Underground Kimbanguism expands despite deportationsJan 1, 1922Labels: Kimbanguism, DeportationsBritannicaWCC ArchiveCambridge JAH
Kimbangu dies in prison at ElisabethvilleOct 12, 1951Labels: Simon Kimbangu, ElisabethvilleBritannicaEncycl AfricanaRMCA
Belgian Congo begins toleration of KimbanguistsJan 1, 1957Labels: Belgian Congo, Colonial authoritiesBritannicaWCC Archive
Colonial government legally recognizes the Kimbanguist ChurchDec 24, 1959Labels: Kimbanguist Church, Belgian CongoBritannica1959 Congoglise kimb
Joseph Diangienda becomes head of the new churchDec 24, 1959Labels: Joseph Diangienda, EJCSKDACBWCC Archiveglise kimb
Congo’s independence ends the Belgian colonial eraJun 30, 1960Labels: Congo independence, Republic ofBritannicaEncycl AfricanaBritannica K