Historedia
Person

Wilhelm Solf

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1899–1900

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Wilhelm Solf, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Tripartite Convention partitions Samoa

    1899–1900

    Role: Governor of German Samoa

    1. 2 December 1899 · WashingtonSigning of the Tripartite Convention

      The Tripartite Convention was signed in Washington on 2 December 1899, dividing the Samoan islands between Germany and the United States while Britain gave up its claims.

    2. 19 February 1900 · American SamoaU.S. Control of American Samoa

      The U.S. placed Tutuila and islands east of 171 degrees west longitude under Navy control via executive order in February 1900.

    3. 1 March 1900 · German SamoaGerman Annexation of Western Samoa

      Germany annexed the western part of Samoa on 1 March 1900, establishing German Samoa with Wilhelm Solf as governor.

Sources

  1. Tripartite Convention Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-29