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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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| 1886 |
| | | The German and British agreement in east Africa creates the present-day boundary between Tanzania and Kenya | |
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| 1890 |
| | | The new young German emperor, Wilhelm II, dismisses the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck | |
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| 1891 |
| | | Germany takes direct control of German East Africa as a protectorate | |
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| 1891 |
| | | Britain cedes the tiny island of Heligoland to Germany in return for vast areas of Africa | |
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| 1897 |
| | | Germany claims Ruanda and Urundi as a joint colony adjacent to German East Africa | |
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| 1898 |
| | | Germany passes the first of four Fleet Acts, reflecting the determination of Alfred von Tirpitz to build a navy equal to that of Britain | |
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| 1900 |
| | | The British government assumes direct responsibility for the entire region of Nigeria, previously entrusted to a commercial company | |
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