State · 1885 – 1919
German East Africa
A state of 1885 – 1919 — 34 years in sub-Saharan Africa. It was replaced by Tanganyika Territory. The atlas records 1 thing within it — unrest and atrocity 1. Its line of rulers holds 3 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 34 years
- 1885 – 1919
- Rulers
- 3
- the Emperor
- Within it
- 1
- recorded row
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
After it
- Tanganyika Territory · replaced by
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilhelm I | 1885 – 1888 | 3 years | ending not on record | |
| Frederick III, German Emperor | 1888 – 1888 | under a year | ending not on record | child |
| Wilhelm II | 1888 – 1918 | 30 years | ending not on record | child |
3 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 1885 – 1918. Only 33 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 2 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
flag, undatedFlag of Deutsch-Ostafrika · Public domain 
coat of arms, undatedProposed Coat of Arms East Africa 1914 · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 19991 row · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Maji Maji Rebellion · unrest · 1905 – 1907
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood34 years
stood longer than 28% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record3
has more rulers on record than 48% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 3 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1875 – 1929, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1902, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q153963 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.