The Great War, 1871–1923 · THE MAP IN OCT 1908

Map of Europe in October 1908

The annexation of Bosnia · before WWI

Europe in October 1908: The annexation of Bosnia. Since August 1907, 1 territory changed status on this map: Bosnia (Austria-Hungary).

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Map of Europe in October 1908 (before WWI): The annexation of Bosnia. Colours show The Entente & Allies, Germany and its allies — the Central Powers, Entente-aligned & imperial territories. — OCT 1908 · THE GREAT WAR, 1871–1923

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 · Natural Earth physical geography · Anglo-Russian Convention, 31 August 1907, articles I–II

Source details

Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. Source polygons retained with original identities; geographic selections and corrections by Maps of History.. CC BY 4.0
Made with Natural Earth; geographic reference and physical land only. No modern political boundary is used as a historical boundary.. Public domain
US Department of State, Foreign Relations of the United States; convention’s named places define the two concession spheres.. Historical treaty facts, independently reconstructed

Annual source features can describe claims, legal territory or military control. Occupied extensions are separated from the prewar Central Power homelands, while the original source names and shapes remain available.

reconstruction: 1871–1918 · reconstruction: 1908 Ottoman footprint · reconstruction: 31 August 1907 · vector: 1815–1937 · vector: 1848–1935 · vector: 1864–1921 · vector: 1871–1914 · vector: 1871–1916 · vector: 1873–1914 · vector: 1885–1910 · vector: 1885–1911 · vector: 1890–1914 · vector: 1895–1910 · vector: 1895–1917 · vector: 1898–1914 · vector: 1900–1912 · vector: 1900–1918 · vector: 1905–1910 · vector: 1905–1911 · vector: 1905–1912 · vector: 1905–1914 · vector: 1905–1915 · vector: 1905–1921 · vector: 1908–1910 · vector: 1908–1911 · vector: 1908–1935

Layer records and reconstruction methods

What changes on the map

Bosnia (Austria-Hungary)

Under Central Powers occupation → Germany and its allies — the Central Powers

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