Date | Event |
| Theological School of Northern Congo (École de Théologie au Congo du Nord) is established (today University Shalom of Bunia). |
| Protestant University in Congo is established in the neighborhood called Lingwala, in the Lukunga District of Kinshasa. |
4 January | Riots break out in Léopoldville after police broke up a meeting of the independence group ABAKO. After two days, 47 people, all Congolese, had been killed and 379 Africans and Europeans had been injured. |
| Parti Solidaire Africain is established after the Léopoldville riots. |
10 November | Apostolic Vicariate of Léopoldville is elevated to Archdiocese of Léopoldville |
10 November | Apostolic Vicariate of Baudouinville is promoted as Diocese of Baudouinville (future Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalemie–Kirungu) |
15 November | Antipas Mbusa, future senior politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is born in North Kivu. |
24 December | The colonial government in the Belgian Congo formally recognizes the legality of the Kimbanguist Church.[2] |