1 July 1911
Agadir Crisis
The German gunboat Panther arrives at the port of Agadir
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Agadir in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The German gunboat Panther arrives at the port of Agadir
Creates an international crisis through a calculated display of naval power.
Initiates the dispatch of the Panther to the Moroccan port.
Under the Treaty of Fez Germany cedes France a small area of territory to the south-east of Fort Lamy, now part of Chad. A 275 000 km territory, known as Neukamerun, becomes part of the German colony of Kamerun and part of German West Africa, which only lasts briefly until they are captured by the allies in World War I
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