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* now a Commonwealth Realm · now a member of the Commonwealth of Nations

Europe

18th century
1708-1757 Minorca
since 1713 Gibraltar
1782-1802 Minorca

19th century
1800-1964 Malta
1807-1890 Heligoland
1809-1864 Ionian Islands
1878-1960 Cyprus

20th century
since 1960 Akrotiri and Dhekelia

North America

16th century 1583-1907 Newfoundland 17th century 1607-1776 Thirteen Colonies since 1619 Bermuda 1670-1870 Rupert's Land 18th century Canada (British Imperial) 1763-1791 Quebec 1791-1841 Lower Canada 1791-1841 Upper Canada	19th century Canada (British Imperial) 1841-1867 Province of Canada 1849-1866 Vancouver Island 1858-1871 British Columbia 1859-1870 North-Western Territory 1862-1863 Stikine Territory *Canada (post-Confederation) 1867-1931 Dominion of Canada¹	20th century *Canada (post-Confederation) 1907-1934 Dominion of Newfoundland²
¹ In 1931, Canada and other British dominions obtained self-government through the Statute of Westminster. 'Dominion' remains Canada's legal title; see Canada's name. ² Remained a de jure dominion until 1949 (when it became a Canadian province); from 1934 to 1949, Newfoundland was governed by the Commission of Government.

Latin America and the Caribbean

17th century 1605-1979 *Saint Lucia 1623-1883 Saint Kitts (Saint Kitts & Nevis)* 1624-1966 *Barbados 1625-1650 Saint Croix 1627-1979 *St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1628-1883 Nevis (Saint Kitts & Nevis)* 1629-1641 St. Andrew and Providence Islands³ since 1632 Montserrat 1632-1860 Antigua(Antigua & Barbuda) 1643-1860 Bay Islands since 1650 Anguilla 1651-1667 Willoughbyland (Suriname) 1655-1850 Mosquito Coast (protectorate) 1655-1962 Jamaica since 1666 British Virgin Islands since 1670 Cayman Islands 1670-1973 *Bahamas 1670-1688 St. Andrew and Providence Islands³ 1671-1816 Leeward Islands 18th century 1762-1974 *Grenada 1763-1978 Dominica since 1799 Turks and Caicos Islands	19th century 1831-1966 British Guiana (Guyana) 1833-1960 Windward Islands 1833-1960 Leeward Islands 1860-1981 *Antigua and Barbuda 1871-1964 British Honduras (Belize)* 1882-1983 *St. Kitts and Nevis 1889-1962 Trinidad and Tobago	20th century 1958-1962 West Indies Federation
³ Now the San Andrés y Providencia Department of Colombia.

Africa

18th century 1792-1961 Sierra Leone 1795-1803 Cape Colony	19th century 1806-1910 Cape Colony 1816-1965 Gambia 1856-1910 Natal 1868-1966 Basutoland (Lesotho) 1874-1957 Gold Coast (Ghana) 1882-1922 Egypt 1884-1966 Bechuanaland (Botswana) 1884-1960 British Somaliland 1887-1897 Zululand 1888-1894 Matabeleland 1890-1980 Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) 1890-1962 Uganda 1890-1963 Zanzibar (Tanzania) 1891-1964 Nyasaland (Malawi) 1891-1907 British Central Africa 1893-1968 Swaziland 1895-1920 British East Africa 1899-1956 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan	20th century 1900-1914 Northern Nigeria 1900-1914 Southern Nigeria 1900-1910 Orange River Colony 1900-1910 Transvaal Colony 1906-1954 Nigeria Colony 1910-1931 South Africa 1911-1964 Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) 1914-1954 Nigeria Protectorate 1915-1931 South West Africa (Namibia) 1919-1960 Cameroons (Cameroon) ⁴ 1920-1963 Kenya 1922-1961 Tanganyika (Tanzania) ⁴ 1954-1960 Nigeria
⁴ League of Nations mandate.

Asia

18th century 1757-1947 Bengal (West Bengal (India) and Bangladesh) 1762-1764 Philippines 1795-1948 Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1796-1965 Maldives	19th century 1819-1826 British Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore) 1826-1946 Straits Settlements 1839-1967 Colony of Aden 1841-1997 Hong Kong 1841-1941 Kingdom of Sarawak (Malaysia) 1858-1947 British India (India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Burma) 1882-1963 British North Borneo (Malaysia) 1885-1946 Unfederated Malay States 1891-1971 Muscat and Oman protectorate 1892-1971 Trucial States protectorate 1895-1946 Federated Malay States 1898-1930 Weihai Garrison	20th century 1918-1961 Kuwait protectorate 1920-1932 Iraq⁴ 1921-1946 Transjordan⁴ 1923-1948 Palestine⁴ 1946-1948 Malayan Union 1946-1963 Sarawak (Malaysia) 1948-1957 Federation of Malaya (Malaysia) since 1965 British Indian Ocean Territory
⁴ League of Nations mandate.

Oceania

18th century 1788-1901 New South Wales	19th century 1803-1901 Van Diemen's Land/Tasmania 1807-1863 Auckland Islands⁶ 1824-1980 New Hebrides (Vanuatu) 1824-1901 Queensland 1829-1901 Swan River Colony/Western Australia 1836-1901 South Australia since 1838 Pitcairn Islands 1840-1907 *Colony of New Zealand 1850-1901 Victoria (Australia) 1874-1970 Fiji⁵ 1877-1976 British Western Pacific Territories 1884-1949 Territory of Papua 1888-1965 Cook Islands⁶ 1888-1984 Sultanate of Brunei 1889-1948 Union Islands (Tokelau)⁶ 1892-1979 Gilbert and Ellice Islands⁷ 1893-1978 British Solomon Islands⁸	20th century 1900-1970 Tonga (protected state) 1900-1974 Niue⁶ 1901-1942 *Commonwealth of Australia 1907-1953 *Dominion of New Zealand 1919-1949 Territory of New Guinea 1949-1975 Territory of Papua and New Guinea⁹
⁵ Suspended member. ⁶ Now part of the *Realm of New Zealand. ⁷ Now Kiribati and *Tuvalu. ⁸ Now the *Solomon Islands. ⁹ Now *Papua New Guinea.

Antarctica and South Atlantic

17th century
since 1659 St. Helena (On African Continent)

19th century
since 1815 Ascension Island⁹
(On African Continent)

since 1816 Tristan da Cunha⁹
(On African Continent)

since 1833 Falkland Islands¹¹
(South America)

20th century
since 1908 British Antarctic Territory¹⁰
since 1908 South Georgia and
the South Sandwich Islands^10, 11

⁹ Dependencies of St. Helena since 1922 (Ascension Island) and 1938 (Tristan da Cunha).
¹⁰ Both claimed in 1908; territories formed in 1962 (British Antarctic Territory) and 1985 (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands).
¹¹ Occupied by Argentina during the Falklands War of April-June 1982.

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