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- 1898: hong kong leased
- oct 30 1906: labuan joined straits settlements
- aug 31 1963: singapore declared independence
- sicily
- menorca
- "City and Garrison of Gibraltar (Gibraltar Constitution Order 1950)."
- "malta and dependencies"
- Counties_(Detached_Parts)_Act_1844
- were cameroons part of nigeria?
- anglo-egyptian sudan lost some to libya in 1934
- SPLIT SIERRA LEONE
- split gambia into colony and protectorate [https://books.google.com/books?id=wk6o1XniPsQC&pg=PA1&dq=gambia+%22anglo-french+boundary+commission%22&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q=gambia%20%22anglo-french%20boundary%20commission%22&f=false
- name of st vincent before independence
- canada act 1982?
- new zealand act 1986?
- australia act ?
- union of south africa?
- should associated states be brown or beige?
- did barbuda secede in 1980?
- British Togoland
- did the bwpt really matter
- malayan union to federation
- libya
- was antigua and barbuda "antigua" or "antigua and barbuda"
- bir tawil/halaib triangle
- 1950 british honduras alteration of boundaries?
- trucial states boundaries
- did bahrain and qatar declare independence early: https://www.nytimes.com/1971/09/02/archives/sheikdom-of-qatar-declares-independence-from-britain.html
- duplicate things for me/africa, indian/africa, south europe/me, south europe/africa...
- yemen is a mess
- http://www.worldstatesmen.org/COLONIES.html
- un trust territories/league mandates
- mombasa
- West Indies Associated States
- cayman and turks split from jamaica:
- saudi/kuwaiti neutral zone
- 3 june 1959: state of singapore
- zanzibar claims to kenya
- suvadives
- naming!
- leeward and windward being ignored for now, dominica switched 1 jan 1940
DISPUTES:
- Falklands claimed by Argentina
- South Georgia etc claimed by Argentina
- BIOT claimed by Mauritius and seychelles
- antarctic claimed by argentina and chile
- gib claimed by spain?
- guyana on both sides
- ww2
- belize vs guatemala?
- republic of anguilla
- 1979-12-12 Zimbabwe-Rhodesia ends independence claim
- 1979-06-01: rhodesia renamed zimbabwe-rhodesia
- us claims to pacific
- 1970 rhodesia udi
- ilemi triangle
old Africa
Date | Event | Map |
---|---|---|
4 August 1890 | Heligoland was ceded to Germany per the terms of a treaty signed 1 July 1890. | !!!!!eu |
13 December 1946 | Tanganyika and Cameroons reconfigured as trusts | x af |
1 August 1953 | Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, and Southern Rhodesia were merged into the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, | af |
1 January 1956 | Anglo-Egyptian Sudan became independent as Sudan. | af |
6 March 1957 | The Gold Coast became independent as Ghana. | af |
26 June 1960 | Somaliland became independent as the State of Somaliland. | af |
1 October 1960 | Nigeria became independent as the Federation of Nigeria. | af |
27 April 1961 | The Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate became independent as Sierra Leone. | af |
31 May 1961 | The Northern Cameroons become part of independent Nigeria,, dissolving that portion of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under British administration. | af |
1 October 1961 | The Southern Cameroons become part of the independent Federal Republic of Cameroon., dissolving the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under British administration. | af |
9 December 1961 | The Trust Territory of Tanganyika became independent as Tanganyika. | af |
9 October 1962 | Uganda became independent as Uganda. | af |
10 December 1963 | Zanzibar became independent. | af |
12 December 1963 | Kenya became independent as Kenya. | af |
31 December 1963 | The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was dissolved into Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, and Southern Rhodesia. | af |
6 July 1964 | Nyasaland became independent as Malawi. | af |
24 October 1964 | Northern Rhodesia became independent as the Republic of Zambia. | af |
18 February 1965 | The Gambia Colony and Protectorate became independent as The Gambia. | af |
30 September 1966 | Bechuanaland became independent as the Republic of Botswana. | af |
4 October 1966 | Basutoland became independent as the Kingdom of Lesotho. | af |
6 September 1968 | Swaziland became independent as the Kingdom of Swaziland. | af |
18 April 1980 | Southern Rhodesia became independent as the Republic of Zimbabwe. | af |
1 September 2009 | Saint Helena and Dependencies was renamed Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. | af |
other
Date | Event | Map |
---|---|---|
9 October 1942 | Australia westminstered | x aus |
1 April 1946 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands transferred from Ceylon to Singapore | aus |
25 May 1946 | Transjordan independent | x me |
15 August 1947 | British Raj independent | x sub |
1 November 1947 | The Mandate of Nauru was reconstituted as the United Nations Trust Territory of Nauru. | x pac |
25 November 1947 | New Zealand westminstered | x aus |
26 December 1947 | The Heard Island and McDonald Islands were transferred to Australia. | x in |
4 January 1948 | Burma independent | x sub |
4 February 1948 | Ceylon independent as Sri Lanka | x sub |
14 May 1948 | Mandatory Palestine became independent as Israel. | x me |
1 January 1949 | Tokelau transferred to New Zealand. | x pa |
31 March 1949 | Newfoundland joined Canada. | x na |
23 November 1955 | The Cocos (Keeling) Islands were transferred from the Colony of Singapore to Australia. | in |
3 January 1958 | The West Indies Federation was formed, federating the colonies of: Antigua; Barbados; Dominica; Grenada; Jamaica; Montserrat; Saint Christopher, Nevis, and Anguilla; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent; and Trinidad and Tobago. | ca |
19 June 1961 | Kuwait became independent as the State of Kuwait. | me |
3 March 1962 | The British Antarctic Territory was split from the Falkland Islands, taking with it Alexander Island, Coats Land, Graham Land, the South Orkney Islands, and the South Shetland Islands. | ant |
26 July 1965 | The Maldive Islands became independent as the Sultanate of Maldive Islands. | in |
8 November 1965 | The British Indian Ocean Territory was formed from Mauritius. | in |
12 March 1968 | Mauritius became independent as Mauritius. | in |
15 August 1971 | Bahrain became independent as the Kingdom of Bahrain. | me |
3 September 1971 | Qatar became independent as the State of Qatar. | me |
1 December 1971 | The Trucial States became seven independent emirates: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm Al Quwain. The six excluding Ras Al Khaimah formed the United Arab Emirates the next day. | me |
29 June 1976 | The Seychelles, along with the Aldabra Group, Desroches Island, and Farquhar Group of the British Indian Ocean Territory, became independent as the Republic of Seychelles. | in |
Main
Other
Date | Event | Map |
---|---|---|
12 April 1927 | The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. | n/a |
1 January 1983 | The six Crown colonies were redesignated British Dependent Territories. | n/a |
21 May 2002 | The fourteen British Dependent Territories were redesignated British Overseas Territories. | n/a |
Europe (Done)
Date | Event | Map |
---|---|---|
1 January 1801 | The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland united, forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. | eu |
5 October 1813 | The Protectorate of Malta was annexed from the Kingdom of Sicily as a Crown Colony. | eu |
14 January 1814 | Heligoland was ceded by Denmark. | eu |
5 November 1815 | The United States of the Ionian Islands was established as a protectorate. | eu |
15 April 1825 | Alderney was subordinated to Guernsey. | eu |
21 June 1830 | The Town and Garrison of Gibraltar was made a Crown Colony. | eu |
28 May 1864 | The United States of the Ionian Islands was ceded to Greece. | eu |
12 July 1878 | The Protectorate of Cyprus was established over the island of Cyprus of the Ottoman Empire. | eu |
4 August 1890 | Heligoland was ceded to Germany per the terms of a treaty signed 1 July 1890. | !!!!!eu, af |
5 November 1914 | The Protectorate of Cyprus was annexed from the Ottoman Empire as a Crown Colony. | eu |
3 May 1921 | Ireland was split into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. | eu |
6 December 1922 | Southern Ireland became independent as the Irish Free State following the ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Northern Ireland exercised the option to opt out of the Irish Free State within one month, doing so on 7 December. | eu |
18 September 1955 | Rockall, a small islet in the North Atlantic Ocean, was annexed. | eu |
16 August 1960 | Most of Cyprus became independent as the Republic of Cyprus, with Akrotiri and Dhekelia remaining a British territory as Sovereign Base Areas. | eu |
3 March 1962 | The Crown Colony of Malta was redesignated the State of Malta. | eu |
21 September 1964 | Malta became independent as the State of Malta. | eu |
10 February 1972 | Rockall was incorporated into Scotland. | eu |
Southeast Asia (working back to 1946)
Date | Event | Map |
---|---|---|
17 September 1888 | The Protectorate of Brunei was established. | sea |
12 September 1945 | Following the surrender of Japan, the formerly occupied regions of Malaya and Singapore were placed under the British Military Administration of British Malaya, and North Borneo was placed under the British Military Administration of British Borneo. | |
1 April 1946 | The British Military Administration of Malaya ended. In its stead, the Malayan Union was formed from the Federated Malay States, the Straits Settlements of Malacca, Penang, and the Unfederated Malay States, and the Straits Settlements of Singapore and Labuan became the Colony of Singapore. As part of this, the Straits Settlements was disbanded. | sea |
15 April 1946 | The Rajah of Sarawak resumed administration of the Raj following the British Military Administration of Borneo. | sea |
1 July 1946 | The Raj of Sarawak was ceded to the crown, becoming the Crown Colony of Sarawak. | sea |
15 July 1946 | The British Military Administration of Borneo ended. In its stead, the Crown Colony of North Borneo was formed from North Borneo and, transferred from Singapore, Labuan; and Brunei resumed its separate status. | sea |
1 February 1948 | The Malayan Union was reorganized as the Federation of Malaya. | sea |
31 August 1957 | The Federation of Malaya declared independence, after the Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957 provided for such. | sea |
1 January 1958 | Christmas Island was split from the Colony of Singapore and made its own colony. | sea |
1 October 1958 | The Colony of Christmas Island was transferred to Australia. | sea |
16 September 1963 | North Borneo, Sarawak, and Singapore became part of the independent Federation of Malaya, creating Malaysia. | sea |
1 January 1984 | Brunei became independent as the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace. | sea |
1 July 1997 | Hong Kong was transferred to China. | sea |
South America (back to 1908)
Date | Event | Map |
---|---|---|
21 July 1908 | Graham Land, the South Orkney Islands, the South Shetland Islands, and the Sandwich Islands, are added to the Falkland Islands Dependencies. | !!!sa, ant |
28 March 1917 | The extent of the Falkland Islands Dependencies was clarified, claiming all islands in a region between 20° west and 50° west and south of 50° south, and a region between 50° west and 80° west and south of 58° south. | n/a |
26 May 1966 | Guiana became independent as Guyana. | sa |
3 October 1985 | The Falklands Islands Dependencies were split from the Falkland Islands, becoming the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. | sa |
Caribbean (working back to 1962)
Date | Event | Map |
---|---|---|
31 May 1962 | The West Indies Federation was dissolved into the colonies of: Antigua; Barbados; the Cayman Islands; Dominica; Grenada; Jamaica; Montserrat; Saint Christopher, Nevis, and Anguilla; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent; Trinidad and Tobago; and the Turks and Caicos Islands. | ca |
6 August 1962 | Jamaica became independent as Jamaica. | ca |
31 August 1962 | Trinidad and Tobago became independent as Trinidad and Tobago. | ca |
30 November 1966 | Barbados became independent. | ca |
1 June 1973 | British Honduras was renamed Belize. | ca |
10 July 1973 | The Bahama Islands became independent as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. | ca |
7 February 1974 | Grenada became independent. | ca |
3 November 1978 | Dominica became independent as the Commonwealth of Dominica. | ca |
22 February 1979 | Saint Lucia became independent. | ca |
27 October 1979 | Saint Vincent became independent as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. | ca |
19 December 1980 | Anguilla was split from Saint Christopher, Nevis, and Anguilla, and made a crown colony, and Saint Christopher, Nevis, and Anguilla was renamed Saint Christopher and Nevis. | ca |
21 September 1981 | Belize became independent. | ca |
1 November 1981 | Antigua became independent as Antigua and Barbuda. | ca |
19 September 1983 | Saint Christopher and Nevis became independent as the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis. | ca |
Pacific (working back to 1968)
Date | Event | Map |
---|---|---|
31 January 1968 | The Trust Territory of Nauru became independent as the Republic of Nauru. | pa |
4 June 1970 | Tonga became independent as the Kingdom of Tonga. | pa |
10 October 1970 | Fiji became independent as the Dominion of Fiji. | pa |
22 June 1975 | The British Solomon Islands Protectorate was renamed the Solomon Islands. | pa |
1 January 1976 | The Gilbert and Ellice Islands were split into the Gilbert Islands and Tuvalu. | pa |
7 July 1978 | The Solomon Islands became independent. | pa |
1 October 1978 | Tuvalu became independent. | pa |
12 July 1979 | The Gilbert Islands became independent as the Republic of Kiribati. They included the Canton and Enderbury Islands, dissolving the condominium with the United States. | pa |
30 July 1980 | The New Hebrides became independent as the Republic of Vanuatu. | pa |
Notes
- The six crown colonies were: Bermuda; the Cayman Islands; the Falkland Islands; Gibraltar; Montserrat; Hong Kong; and Saint Christopher and Nevis.
- The fourteen dependent territories were: Anguilla; Bermuda; the British Antarctic Territory; the British Indian Ocean Territory; the Cayman Islands; the Falkland Islands; Gibraltar; Montserrat; the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands; Saint Helena and Dependencies; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia; the Turks and Caicos Islands; and the Virgin Islands.
- The date given, 5 October, is when Thomas Maitland, having arrived in Malta a couple of days earlier, proclaimed that he had been made governor.
- The Treaty of Paris (1815) established the United States of the Ionian Islands and placed them under the protection of the United Kingdom; some sources say the date of the establishment of the protectorate was 9 November.
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