Berlin Conference

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diplomatic summit international conference

The Berlin Conference was an 1884–1885 meeting of European powers in Berlin that formalized the partition of Africa and set the rules for colonial expansion on the continent.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
General Act of the Berlin Conference 2
Congo Conference 1
West Africa Conference 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic summit ⓘ
international conference ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Berlin Conference ⓘ
surface form: Congo Conference

Berlin Conference ⓘ
surface form: West Africa Conference
chairperson Otto von Bismarck ⓘ
convenedBy Otto von Bismarck ⓘ
country German Empire ⓘ
endDate 1885-02-26 ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Imperialism ⓘ
surface form: New Imperialism

Scramble for Africa ⓘ
hostedBy German Empire ⓘ
impact accelerated partition of Africa ⓘ
legitimized European colonial rule in Africa ⓘ
undermined African sovereignty ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
location Berlin ⓘ
notableNonParticipant Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
any African government ⓘ
participant Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary

Belgium ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
France ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Sweden–Norway ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
purpose to establish rules for future colonial expansion in Africa ⓘ
to formalize the partition of Africa among European powers ⓘ
to regulate European colonization and trade in Africa ⓘ
result Berlin Conference self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: General Act of the Berlin Conference

ban on slave trade in the conference area ⓘ
formalization of spheres of influence in Africa ⓘ
free navigation on the Congo River ⓘ
free navigation on the Niger River ⓘ
international recognition of the Congo Free State ⓘ
principle of effective occupation in Africa ⓘ
signedDocument General Act of Berlin ⓘ
startDate 1884-11-15 ⓘ
topic Scramble for Africa ⓘ
colonialism in Africa ⓘ
international law ⓘ
year 1884 ⓘ
1885 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Berlin Conference → alsoKnownAs → Berlin Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congo Conference
Berlin Conference → alsoKnownAs → Berlin Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Africa Conference
Spanish Sahara → establishedBy → Berlin Conference ⓘ
Scramble for Africa → hasKeyDocument → Berlin Conference ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Act of the Berlin Conference
Scramble for Africa → hasKeyEvent → Berlin Conference ⓘ
Berlin Conference → result → Berlin Conference self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Act of the Berlin Conference