Historical place archive

Heligoland in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Heligoland in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records3 event labels2 people1884–1890

Historical events in Heligoland

1884

11 February 1884
Political Support at Heligoland
Otto Eduard Leopold Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen · Reich, 2nd

Offers Britain German support over Africa in return for the cession of Heligoland

11 February 1884
Rule of Heligoland
Otto Eduard Leopold Furst von Bismarck-Schonhausen · Reich, 2nd

Offers Britain German support over Africa in return for the cession of Heligoland

1890

July 1890
Rule of Heligoland
Georg Leo von Caprivi · Government of Germany

Under the Zanzibar Treaty the British cede the island of Heligoland to Germany in exchange for control of Zanzibar

July 1890
Treaty of Zanzibar
Georg Leo von Caprivi · Government of Germany

Under the Zanzibar Treaty the British cede the island of Heligoland to Germany in exchange for control of Zanzibar

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Germany and Heligoland. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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