CatastropheThe 1890s

Catastrophe in the 1890s

One event in the Terralore archive falls in the 1890s, tagged catastrophe — plague, famine, earthquake and other disasters. It keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
1
Nations
1
Earliest
1891
Latest
1891

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Africa

    DR Congo

    The rubber regime and the Force Publique

    Monopoly decrees and rubber quotas, enforced by the Force Publique through hostage-taking and mutilation, drive a system of forced labour and mass death.

    Era: The Congo Free State

    Sources: Congo Free State · Wikipedia, Congo Free State (1885–1908) · BlackPast.org