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The conference of Berlin, as illustrated in German newspaper Die Gartenlaube The conference of Berlin, as illustrated in Illustrirte Zeitung. The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 was a meeting of colonial powers that concluded with the signing of the General Act of Berlin, [1] an agreement regulating European colonisation and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period.
The Berlin Conference (known as the ‘West Africa Conference’ [24] [25] [26] or the ‘Congo Conference’) convened in November 1884, and remained in session until February 1885. [27] The General Act of the conference made no mention of Togo, Kamerun or any specific territory other than the basin of the Congo. [28]
The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885, also known as Congo Conference or West Africa Conference, The International Meridian Conference of 1884, The "International Plenipotentiary Conference to Conclude an International Convention on Trade in Certain Species of Wildlife" which adopted the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ...
In 1884, pursuant to the Berlin Conference, colonies were officially established on the African west coast, often in areas already inhabited by German missionaries and merchants. The following year gunboats were dispatched to East Africa to contest the Sultan of Zanzibar's claims of sovereignty over the mainland in what is today Tanzania.
The Berlin Conference or Congo Conference of 1884–85 regulated European colonisation and trade in Africa. King Leopold II was able to convince the powers at the conference that common trade in Africa was in the best interests of all countries.
The German flag was finally raised in South West Africa on 7 August 1884. The German claims on this land were confirmed during the Conference of Berlin. In October, the newly appointed Commissioner for West Africa, Gustav Nachtigal, arrived on the gunboat Möwe. [3]
15 November: City hosts West Africa Conference. 1885 5 January: Berlin-Tiergarten station opened. 26 February: West Africa Conference concluded. 1 August: Berlin-Biesdorf station opened. 19 November: St. George's Anglican Church inaugurated. 1 December: Population: 1,315,287. St. George's Anglican Church built. 1886 – Ethnological museum ...
The large number of competing interests caused the Association to fracture and disintegrate over each member state's national interests. The Association's break-up eventually forced the Berlin Conference of 1884–1885, effectively beginning what became known as the Scramble for Africa. Despite the failure of the initial committee, the Belgian ...