Karel Bendl was born in a Central European multinational great power that was created by proclamation out of the realms of who?
Karel Bendl Karel Bendl, or German: Karl Bendl , pseudonym: "Podskalský" (April 16, 1838, Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Empire September 20, 1897, Prague) was a Czech composer.
Congo Free State The Congo Free State (French: "État indépendant du Congo" , "Independent State of the Congo", Dutch: "Kongo-Vrijstaat" ) was a large state in Central Africa from 1885 to 1908, which was in personal union with the Kingdom of Belgium under Leopold II. Leopold was able to procure the region by convincing the European community that he was involved in humanitarian and philanthropic work and would not tax trade. Via the International Association of the Congo he was able to lay claim to most of the Congo basin. On May 29, 1885, the king named his new colony the Congo Free State. The state would eventually include an area now held by the Democratic Republic of the Congo.