Kingdom of Kongo Timeline

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c. 1400 - c. 1700

The Kingdom of Kongo flourishes in west-central Africa.
c. 1482

Portuguese traders first arrive in the Kingdom of Kongo.
1491

Christian missionaries first arrive in the Kingdom of Kongo.
1506 - 1543

Reign of Affonso I in the Kingdom of Kongo.
c. 1568

Jaga warriors attack the Kingdom of Kongo.
1665

The Kingdom of Kongo suffers a heavy defeat at the hands of their Angolan neighbours at the Battle of Mbwila.
1678

Sao Salvador, the capital of the Kingdom of Kongo, is sacked and abandoned following civil war.
1710

The Kingdom of Kongo ceases to exist as a fully independent state.

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