What the records say
- When
- 26 Feb 1885
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 52.51° N, 13.38° E
- Description
- The final act of the Berlin Conference regulates European colonization and trade, in the "scramble for Africa".
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Berlin Conference.
Berlin Conference
1884–85 European meeting on colonisation in Africa
The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 was a meeting of colonial powers that concluded with the signing of the General Act of Berlin, an agreement regulating European colonisation and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In Berlin wird die Kongoakte von der endenden Kongokonferenz verabschiedet”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Termina la Conferencia de Berlín sobre el Reparto de África entre los países europeos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ベルリン会議閉会: ベルギーがコンゴで,英国がナイジェリアで主権を確立”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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