A German trading company settles in 1885 …
Years: 1885 - 1885
A German trading company settles in 1885 on the Marshall Islands, which will become part of the protectorate of German New Guinea some years later.
The islands, recognized as part of the Spanish East Indies in 1874, had been sold to Germany in 1884 through papal mediation.
Locations
People
Groups
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Spanish East Indies
- German Empire (“Second Reich”)
- Marshall Islands (Spanish colony)
- German Pacific Possessions
- German New Guinea
- Marshall Islands (German colony)
