King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_II_of_Belgium" id="mwbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Leopold II of Belgium">Leopold II of Belgium</a> establishes the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Free_State" id="mwbg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Congo Free State">Congo</a> as a personal possession.<sup about="#mwt63" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_5#cite_note-12" id="mwbw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwcA">[12]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"><cite about="#mwt60" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFBoffey2019">Boffey, Daniel (23 November 2019). <a class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/23/belgium-begins-to-face-brutal-colonial-legacy-of-leopold-ii" id="mwBuc" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Belgium begins to face brutal colonial legacy of Leopold II"</a>. <i id="mwBug"><a href="./The_Guardian" id="mwBuk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBuo">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBus">6 November</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt60" class="Z3988" id="mwBuw" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&amp;rft.atitle=Belgium+begins+to+face+brutal+colonial+legacy+of+Leopold+II&amp;rft.date=2019-11-23&amp;rft.aulast=Boffey&amp;rft.aufirst=Daniel&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2019%2Fnov%2F23%2Fbelgium-begins-to-face-brutal-colonial-legacy-of-leopold-ii&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFebruary+5"></span></span>