Historical place archive

Kamerun in History

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

1 records1 event labels1 people1911–1911

Historical events in Kamerun

1911

4 November 1911
Rule of Cameroons
Theobold von Bethmann Hollweg · Government of Germany

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

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Germany and Kamerun. 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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