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Delivery of the Ultimatum
- When
- 11 January 1890
- Where
- London
Lord Salisbury sent a memorandum to the Portuguese Government on 11 January 1890, demanding the withdrawal of Portuguese troops from disputed territories.
The memorandum required Portugal to evacuate Mashonaland, Matabeleland, and the Shire-Nyasa region. This demand followed a British refusal of arbitration and was driven by overlapping British and Portuguese interests in Africa.
Sources
- 1890 British Ultimatum Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18
- Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1891 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-03-25
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