Leopold II succeeded his dad as King of the Belgians in this year that also marked the end of a war in the U.S.
Although mostly rainforest and savannah, it also embraced volcanic hills 
and ... counter-guerrilla war in the Phillipines, in which US troops tortured 
prisoners,... [DOC] [TLE] Belgian King Leopold II and the 1884-85 Berlin Conference set in ... [PAR] Leopold II (French: Lopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor, Dutch: Leopold ... he 
succeeded his father to the throne on 17 December 1865 and remained king until 
his death.