Berlin Conference / Scramble for Africa
1884–1885 · Event
European powers carve up Africa among themselves with minimal regard for local borders.
On these timelines: Master, United Kingdom (combined), Germany, Sub-Saharan Africa, England
Around 1884
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Albert Einstein (1879)
- Joseph Stalin (1878)
- Van Gogh's The Starry Night (1889)
- Mao Zedong (1893)
- Winston Churchill (1874)
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881)
- Pablo Picasso (1881)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882)
- Edison's incandescent light bulb (1879)