1884 CE

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Berlin Conference

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The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 was a meeting of colonial powers that concluded with the signing of the General Act of Berlin, an agreement regulating European colonisation and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period. The conference of fourteen countries was organised by Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of Germany, at the request of Leopold II of Belgium at a building (No. 77, now No.

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KongokonferenzAdalbert von RoesslerPublic domainWikimedia Commons
Bacteriological conference delegates, Berlin, May 1891. Photograph of a photograph, 1891.Wellcome CollectionCC BY 4.0Europeana
The Mayor of Berlin, Eberhard Diepgen told a press conference that he saw no danger of worsening racism in Germany.National Library of IsraelCC BY 4.0Europeana

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