Historedia
Episode 4 of 4

Execution of the Cession Treaty

When
1 July 1899
Where
Spain
Part of
Spain sells the Mariana Islands (minus Guam) to Germany, 1899

The treaty ceding the archipelagos to Germany was executed on 1 July 1899.

Francisco Silvela and Joseph von Radowitz executed the treaty on 1 July 1899, formally ceding the Archipelagos of Carolinas, Palaos, and Marianas, except Guam, to the German Empire.

Sources

  1. German–Spanish Treaty (1899) Wikipedia

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