German New Guinea
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Was a German colony that consisted of the northeastern part of the island of New Guinea and several nearby island groups.
Establishment
November 1884: With the raising of flags on Matupi and Mioko on November 3rd and 4th, 1884, the archipelago was declared a German protectorate.
Chronology
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Was a civil war in Nauru between forces loyal to incumbent King Aweida of Nauru and those seeking to depose him in favour of a rival claimant.
January 1889: In 1888, The German Empire intervened in the Nauruan Civil War and restored Aweida to the throne of Nauru, although the island was annexed in the process.
Was a global conflict between two coalitions, the Allies (primarily France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). It was mainly caused by the competition of the western countries over domain in Europe and in the rest of the world with their colonial empires. The war ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war also caused the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War.
2.1.World War I Pacific Theatre
Was the Pacific theatre of World War I.
September 1914: Battle of Bita Paka.
September 1914: Siege of Toma ending with German Governor Eduard Haber's surrender of the entire colony of New Guinea to the British.
September 1914: German forces in Kaiserwilhelmsland, Bismarck Archipelago, and North Solomon surrendered to British forces. This marked the end of German colonial rule in the region, which was then transferred to the Territory of New Guinea.
October 1914: Japanese occupation of the Marshall islands.
October 1914: During World War I, the Japanese Empire annexed Palau after seizing it from Germany in 1914.
October 1914: Japanese occupation of the Northern Mariana islands.
October 1914: Japanese occupation of the islands of modern-day Micronesia.
November 1914: The last German Pacific colony, the island of Nauru, surrendered to the Australians on November 14, 1914.
May 1885: In April 1885 a German protectorate (Schutzgebiet) was declared over the northern Solomon. It included several Islands: Bougainville, Buka, Choiseul, Santa Isabel and Ontong Java Atoll.
May 1885: When Great Britain claimed the eastern part of New Guinea (see British New Guinea) for the Crown in August 1884, the agent of the New Guinea Consortium Otto Finsch claimed the north coast of New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago in December of the same year. On May 17, 1885, the New Guinea Company (successor to the New Guinea Consortium) received the imperial "letter of protection" for sovereign rights over Kaiser Wilhelms Land (northeast New Guinea) and the Bismarck Archipelago.
October 1885: Spain sold some of the Marshall islands to the German Empire in 1886.
August 1898: Spain ceded its claims over the islands to Germany.
November 1900: In the year 1900, under the terms of Treaty of Berlin (14 November 1899), Germany transferred Choiseul, Santa Isabel, the Shortlands and Ontong Java Atoll Islands to the British Solomon Islands Protectorate.
Disestablishment
September 1914: Battle of Bita Paka.
September 1914: Siege of Toma ending with German Governor Eduard Haber's surrender of the entire colony of New Guinea to the British.
September 1914: German forces in Kaiserwilhelmsland, Bismarck Archipelago, and North Solomon surrendered to British forces. This marked the end of German colonial rule in the region, which was then transferred to the Territory of New Guinea.
October 1914: Japanese occupation of the Marshall islands.
October 1914: During World War I, the Japanese Empire annexed Palau after seizing it from Germany in 1914.
October 1914: Japanese occupation of the Northern Mariana islands.
October 1914: Japanese occupation of the islands of modern-day Micronesia.
November 1914: The last German Pacific colony, the island of Nauru, surrendered to the Australians on November 14, 1914.
