# Canonical recap data for Helgoland-Zanzibar Treaty (1890)
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slug: helgoland-zanzibar-treaty
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1890/helgoland-zanzibar-treaty"
title: Helgoland-Zanzibar Treaty
subtitle: Bismarck traded the tiny island of Helgoland to Britain for control of East Africa, cementing Germany's colonial ambitions and reshaping the imperial order.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1890-07-01
datePrecision: day
year: 1890
decade: 1890
country:
name: Germany
slug: germany
summaryShort: The Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty was an agreement signed on 1 July 1890 between Germany and the United Kingdom.
summaryLong: The Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty was an agreement signed on 1 July 1890 between Germany and the United Kingdom.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2005-0151%2C_%C3%9Cbergang_Helgolands_an_das_Deutsche_Reich.jpg/1280px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2005-0151%2C_%C3%9Cbergang_Helgolands_an_das_Deutsche_Reich.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty"
importance: 68
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heligoland%E2%80%93Zanzibar_Treaty"
  title: Helgoland-Zanzibar Treaty
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
- war
metaDescription: The Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty was an agreement signed on 1 July 1890 between Germany and the United Kingdom.
wikidataQid: Q705537
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260617234435/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heligoland%E2%80%93Zanzibar_Treaty"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-17
  label: Helgoland-Zanzibar Treaty
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heligoland%E2%80%93Zanzibar_Treaty"
