Event

Berlin Conference (1884-85)

Conference of fourteen states in Berlin, 15 November 1884 to 26 February 1885, that ended with the General Act on the Congo basin and West Africa.

7 links, 3 backed by primary records. 17 more in open data

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Berlin Scholarship & press 1
Germany host; Bismarck presided Scholarship & press 1
United States government recognised the Association on 22 April 1884; signed the Act Primary record 1 2
Belgium signed the Act Primary record 2
International Association of the Congo powers signed conventions recognising it Scholarship & press 1

Timeline 2 dates

15 Nov 1884 – 26 Feb 1885 Berlin Conference (1884-85)
26 Feb 1885 General Act of the Berlin Conference (1885) part of Berlin Conference (1884-85)

Proof 2 sources

The Story of the Congo Free State, by Henry Wellington Wack (a book friendly to the Free State; it prints the King's speech and letters in full), G. P. Putnam's Sons (Project Gutenberg), 1905. Scholarship & press
It took place in Berlin, Prince Bismarck presiding.
On April 22, 1884, the United States officially recognised the flag of the International Association as that of a friendly Government
The representatives of the Powers assembled at Berlin signed conventions with the International Association, acknowledging it as a friendly and sovereign State
The International Conference held its tenth and last sitting on the 26th of February, 1885.
General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885, Internet Archive copy of the text of the Act, 26 Feb 1885. Primary record
Signed by the representatives of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, the United States of America

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