Polity Prussian Gold Coast

This article is about the specific polity Prussian Gold Coast and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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In January 1701, the Brandenburger Gold Coast was renamed Prussian Gold Coast Settlements, in connection with the founding of the Prussian kingdom.

Establishment

  • January 1701: The small colony was renamed Prussian Gold Coast Settlements, in connection with the founding of the Prussian kingdom, which formally took place three days later.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 1717: A year earlier, in 1716, the last German representative in Groß Friedrichsburg, General Director Dubois, decided to transfer the protection of the fortress to the powerful local trader and de facto ruler of the coastal area Jan Conny and to return to Prussia.

Disestablishment

  • January 1722: In 1721 the rights to the colony were sold to the Dutch, who renamed it Hollandia, as part of their larger Dutch Gold Coast colony.