Witu (Germany)

This article is about the specific polity Witu (Germany) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Wasa sultanate on the coast of Kenya. A German protectorate (Wituland) was declared in 1885.

Establishment

May 1885: German protectorate declared in Wituland.

Chronology

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1. Events

July 1890: In accord with the 1890 Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty, on 18 June 1890 a British protectorate was declared, and on 1 July 1890 imperial Germany renounced its protectorate, ceding the Wituland to Great Britain and becoming part of British East Africa.