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German Empire timeline
1871
The Prussian king, William I, is proclaimed emperor of a united Germany in the palace at Versailles
1884
Bismarck launches the colonial scramble for Africa by suddenly annexing three territories for Germany (Togo, Cameroon and Angria Pequena)
1884
Gustav Nachtigal arrives in Togo and persuades local chiefs to accept the protection of the German emperor
1884
Gustav Nachtigal, moving on to Cameroon, annexes this region too for the new German empire
1884
Karl Peters hurries round east Africa persuading chiefs to accept the German emperor as their protector
1884
Bismarck invites the European powers to a West Africa Conference in Berlin
Berlin Congress, December 1884
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