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| 1871 |
| | | The Prussian king, William I, is proclaimed emperor of a united Germany in the palace at Versailles | |
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| 1871 |
| | | Troops of the new German empire march through Paris in a victory parade at the end of the Franco-Prussian war | |
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| 1884 |
| | | Bismarck launches the colonial scramble for Africa by suddenly annexing three territories for Germany (Togo, Cameroon and Angria Pequena) | |
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| 1884 |
| | | Gustav Nachtigal arrives in Togo and persuades local chiefs to accept the protection of the German emperor | |
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| 1884 |
| | | Gustav Nachtigal, moving on to Cameroon, annexes this region too for the new German empire | |
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| 1884 |
| | | Karl Peters hurries round east Africa persuading chiefs to accept the German emperor as their protector | |
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| 1884 |
| | | Bismarck invites the European powers to a West Africa Conference in Berlin | |
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| 1885 |
| | | Bismarck grants Karl Peters a charter to rule a German protectorate in east Africa | |
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| 1885 |
| | | German warships arrive in Zanzibar harbour to persuade the sultan to cede territory to the Kaiser, William I | |
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| 1886 |
| | | Germany and Britain define neighbouring spheres of interest in east Africa | |
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