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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | GOVERNOR | 
| 1858 | UK colony | ||
| 1884 | 14 july | German Protectorate | Gustav Nachtigal | 
| 1884 | 19 july | Max Buchner | |
| 1885 | 1 april | Eduard von Knorr | |
| 1885 | 3 july | Julius von Soden (I) | |
| 1887 | 13 may | Jesko von Puttkamer (I) | |
| 1887 | 4 october | Eugen von Zimmerer (I) | |
| 1888 | 17 january | Julius von Soder (II) | |
| 1889 | 26 december | Eugen von Zimmerer (II) | |
| 1890 | 17 april | Markus Graf Pfeil | |
| 1890 | 3 august | Kurz | |
| 1890 | 14 august | Jesko von Puttkamer (II) | |
| 1890 | 2 december | Leist (I) | |
| 1891 | 7 august | Bruno von Schuckmann | |
| 1892 | 5 january | Eugen von Zimmerer (III) | |
| 1893 | 27 january | Leist (II) | |
| 1893 | 24 february | Eugen von Zimmerer (IV) | |
| 1894 | 31 december | Jesko von Puttkamer (III) | |
| 1895 | 27 march | von Lücke | |
| 1895 | 5 may | Jesko von Puttkamer (IV) | |
| 1895 | 27 october | Theodor Seitz (I) | |
| 1896 | 14 june | German colony of North-West Africa | |
| 1897 | 11 september | Jesko von Puttkamer (V) | |
| 1898 | 12 january | Theodor Seitz (II) | |
| 1898 | 14 october | Jesko von Puttkamer (VI) | |
| 1900 | 17 january | August Köhler | |
| 1900 | 1 august | Diehl | |
| 1900 | 6 september | von Kamptz | |
| 1900 | 16 november | Jesko von Puttkamer (VII) | |
| 1901 | 1 janaury | German colony | |
| 1902 | 3 february | Plehn | |
| 1902 | 3 october | Jesco von Puttkamer (VIII) | |
| 1904 | 9 may | Otto Gleim (I) | |
| 1905 | 31 january | Jesko von Puttkamer (IX) | |
| 1906 | 31 january | Oberst Müller | |
| 1906 | november | Otto Gleim (II) | |
| 1907 | 1 july | Theodor Seitz (I) | |
| 1909 | 10 february | Hansen (I) | |
| 1909 | october | Theodor Seitz (II) | |
| 1910 | 27 august | Steinhausen | |
| 1910 | september | Hansen (II) | |
| 1910 | 25 october | Otto Gleim (III) | |
| 1911 | 25 october | Hansen (III) | |
| 1912 | 29 march | Karl Ebermaier (I) | |
| 1913 | 9 october | Full | |
| 1914 | 9 october | Karl Ebermaier (II) |