Kingdom of Kongo and Atlantic Contacts: Slavery, Conversion, and Diplomacy (15th–19th centuries)

1. Diogo Cão reaches the Congo River mouth

   Aug 1, 1482Labels: Diogo C, Congo River

   • Britannica
   • Cambridge

2. Cão reaches Kongo and takes envoys

   Jan 1, 1483Labels: Diogo C, Kongo envoys

   • Cambridge

3. Portuguese embassy and Kongo royal baptism

   May 3, 1491Labels: Nzinga a, Portuguese embassy

   • Jo o I
   • Catholic Kongo

4. Queen Leonor advocates women’s baptism

   Jun 5, 1491Labels: Queen Leonor, Kongo court

   • Leonor Nlaza
   • Catholic Kongo

5. Afonso I secures the Kongo throne

   Jan 1, 1506Labels: Afonso I, Kongo throne

   • Britannica
   • Afonso I Kongo

6. Regimento agreement formalizes Kongo–Portugal relations

   Jan 1, 1512Labels: Regimento, Manuel I

   • Britannica

7. Henrique of Kongo appointed bishop

   May 5, 1518Labels: Henrique Kinu, Afonso I

   • Henrique bishop
   • Britannica

8. Afonso I protests illegal slave exports

   Jan 1, 1526Labels: Afonso I, slave trade

   • Britannica
   • DW

9. Kongo embassy reaches Rome; Ne Vunda dies

   Jan 3, 1608Labels: Ne Vunda, Papal mission

   • Ne Vunda
   • UNESCO

10. Kikongo catechism printed for mission work

    Jan 1, 1624Labels: Kikongo catechism, mission literature

    • Cambridge JAH
    • UNESCO

11. Battle of Mbwila kills King António I

    Oct 29, 1665Labels: Battle of, Ant nio

    • Britannica
    • Mbwila

12. Kongo Civil War begins

    Nov 1, 1665Labels: Kongo Civil, succession struggle

    • Kongo Civil War

13. Kimpa Vita executed; Antonianism suppressed

    Jul 2, 1706Labels: Kimpa Vita, Antonianism

    • Kimpa Vita
    • Antonianism

14. Battle of São Salvador reunifies Kongo under Pedro IV

    Feb 15, 1709Labels: Pedro IV, S o

    • S o Salvador
    • Kongo Civil War

15. Portuguese abolish Kongo kingship after revolt

    Jan 1, 1914Labels: Portuguese abolition, Manuel III

    • Manuel III
    • Kongo Kingdom