A German trading company settles in 1885…

1885 CE

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.

 

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Majuro Island Marshall Islands View →

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Pope Leo XIII View →

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Christians, Roman Catholic View → Spanish East Indies View → German Empire (“Second Reich”) View → Marshall Islands (Spanish colony) View → German Pacific Possessions View → German New Guinea View → Marshall Islands (German colony) View →

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Colonization of Oceania, European View →

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Commerce View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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