List of world map changes

Below is a chronological list of political or geological events, which would alter the appearance of a world map. Changes usually include (but are not limited to) the alteration of borders, the creation and fall of nations, the changes of geographical names, as well as some unusually destructive natural disasters. Through the knowledge of such dates and events, the approximate year and age of a world map could be calculated and estimated.

Note that not all maps of the world of an age or period will be the same throughout the globe; as different mapmakers (or their employers) may have different views on the sovereignty and/or territorial integrity of the countries of the world and/or possess different levels of technological and/or geographical insight, the maps created by them might differ significantly.

21st century

2010s

2015

• March 21 — After the 2014–15 Yemeni coup d'état, the capital of Yemen is temporarily moved from Sana'a to Aden.

2014

• June 2 — Telangana becomes the 29th state of India.
• March 21 — The Crimean Federal District is established as the ninth federal district of Russia, after the accession of Crimea and Sevastopol to the Russian Federation. Simferopol is named the administrative centre of the newly formed federal district.
• March 18 — The Crimean peninsula is annexed by Russia as two separate entities, the Federal City of Sevastopol and the Republic of Crimea^[1] becoming the 84th and 85th federal subjects of Russia. This is not recognised by most countries and often not reflected on maps.
• March 17 — The Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol declare their independence from Ukraine as the Republic of Crimea,^[2][3] a move declared illegal by Ukraine and a majority of the international community, although with recognition from Russia.^[4]
• January 27 — The maritime dispute between Chile and Peru is finally solved.^[5]

2013

• October 24 — The Republic of Cape Verde is renamed the Republic of Cabo Verde
• September 28 — The United Federated States of Bangsamoro Republik loses all territory with the loss of Zamboanga City, having never been recognized by any other country
• August 12 — The United Federated States of Bangsamoro Republik declares independence from the Philippines and claims all of Malaysian Borneo
• April 16 — A border dispute between Niger and Burkina Faso is finally resolved, resulting in minor changes to the previously recognized border
• January 7 — The Libyan National Congress changes the name of the country from Libya to the State of Libya which will be used until a new constitution is adopted.

2012

• November 29 — The United Nations votes to upgrade Palestine's status from "entity" to "non-member observer state," effectively granting it recognition^[6]
• November 19 — Judgment of the ICJ about the maritime dispute between Nicaragua and Colombia.^[7]
• October 25 — The new province of North Kalimantan is separated from the remainder of East Kalimantan in the Indonesian part of Borneo.
• July 12 — The State of Azawad is taken over by Ansar Dine, an Islamist group aiming for establishing Mali as an Islamist state, rendering it taken back over by Mali
• April 6 — The State of Azawad declares independence from Mali following the Tuareg rebels takeover in northern Mali, and remains unrecognized^[8]
• January 1 — With its new Constitution coming into effect, Republic of Hungary is renamed Hungary^[9]

2011

• December 31 — Samoa and Tokelau switch to the western side of the International Date Line, skipping December 30 entirely
• October 23 — The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya is officially taken over by the National Transitional Council, as Libya
• Battle of Tripoli, part of the Libyan Civil War:
  • September 1 — Due to the loss of Tripoli on August 27, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya moves its capital from Tripoli to Sirte
  • August 27 — The National Transitional Council takes over Tripoli, moving its capital from Benghazi to Tripoli
• July 9 — The Republic of South Sudan is declared independent, separating from the Republic of Sudan and becoming a sovereign state
• February 27 — After the Libyan Civil War started on February 15, the National Transitional Council was formed to act as "the political face of the revolution", based in Benghazi.^[10]
• February 2 — The Republic of the Fiji Islands is renamed the Republic of Fiji
• January 11 — The People's Republic of China has received 1,158 square kilometres (447 sq mi) from Tajikistan after a final ratification of a treaty ceding it^[11]

2010

• October 21 — The Union of Myanmar (Burma) changes its name to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma)

• October 10 — The Netherlands Antilles is dissolved, with Curaçao and Sint Maarten becoming constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, while Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius become special municipalities of the Netherlands

• January 19 — The North Caucasian Federal District is formed as the eighth federal district of Russia after separating from the Southern Federal District. Pyatigorsk was made the administrative center of the newly formed district.

2000s

2009

• November 4 — The Gulf of Piran border dispute between Slovenia and Croatia is to be settled by arbitration in return for Slovenia lifting its veto on Croatia's accession to the EU
• September 1 — Saint Helena and Dependencies is renamed Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
• March 16–21 — A series of undersea volcanic eruptions create a new landmass in the sea near the island of Hunga Tonga.^[12]
• February 7 — The Republic of Bolivia is renamed Plurinational State of Bolivia
• In Indonesia, the special region of Nanggroë Aceh Darussalam is renamed Aceh

2008

• August 25 — Abkhazia and South Ossetia are recognized by Russia as independent and not under the sovereignty of Georgia (For further details see International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia)
• August 14 — Bakassi Peninsula is transferred from Nigeria to Cameroon, following an International Court of Justice ruling

• August 1 — In Vietnam, Hà Tây Province merges with Hanoi
• May 28 — The State of Nepal is renamed the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

• March 1 — In Russia, the new krai of Zabaykalsky Krai is created by the unification of Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug
• February 17 — The Republic of Kosovo declares independence from Serbia with only partial recognition
• In the Oshikoto Region of Namibia, the capital is moved from the city of Tsumeb to the town of Omuthiya Gwiipundi
• January 1 In Russia, Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug unifies with Irkutsk Oblast

2007

• October 22 — The Republic of Montenegro is renamed Montenegro
• July 1 — In Russia, the new krai of Kamchatka Krai is created by the unification of Kamchatka Oblast and Koryak Autonomous Okrug
• February 7 — In Indonesia, the province of West Irian Jaya is renamed West Papua.
• January 15 — The Kingdom of Nepal is renamed State of Nepal
• January — In India, the state of Uttaranchal is renamed Uttarakhand
• January 1 — In Russia, Evenk Autonomous Okrug and Taymyr Autonomous Okrug unify with Krasnoyarsk Krai

2006

• October 7 — The capital of Palau is moved from Koror to Ngerulmud
• June 8 — Serbia and Montenegro is dissolved into two separate states: The Republic of Serbia and Republic of Montenegro

2005

• December 1 — In Russia, the new krai of Perm Krai is created by the unification of Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug
• November 6 — The capital of Myanmar is moved from Yangon to Naypyidaw
• August — Israel unilaterally withdraws from the Gaza Strip

2004

• June 26 — The Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan is renamed the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
• October 5 — In Indonesia, the new province of West Sulawesi is separated from the remainder of South Sulawesi.

2003

• May 26 — The Rwandese Republic is renamed the Republic of Rwanda
• February 4 — The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is reconstituted into the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro
• February — In Indonesia, the new province of West Irian Jaya is separated from the remainder of Papua

2002

• June 13 — The Islamic State of Afghanistan is renamed the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan
• May 20 — East Timor becomes independent from Indonesia

• March 10 — The State of Anjouan and the Democratic Republic of Mohéli are taken over by the Comoros
• February 14 — The State of Bahrain is renamed the Kingdom of Bahrain

2001

• December 23 — The Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros is renamed the Union of the Comoros
• December 7 — The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is taken over by the Islamic State of Afghanistan
• December 6 — The Canadian province of Newfoundland is renamed Newfoundland and Labrador
• November 13 — Kabul becomes the capital of the Islamic State of Afghanistan instead of Fayzabad, from The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, its capital becoming Kandahar
• July 1 — The Puntland State of Somalia renounces independence and rejoins Somalia as an autonomous region
• January — In India, the city of Calcutta is renamed Kolkata
• In Indonesia, the special region of Daerah Istimewa Aceh is renamed Nanggroë Aceh Darussalam

2000

• December 22 — In Indonesia, the new province of Gorontalo is separated from the remainder of North Sulawesi.
• November 15 — In India, the state of Jharkhand is created
• November 9 — In India, the state of Uttaranchal (now known as Uttarakhand) is created
• November 1 — In India, the state of Chhattisgarh is created
• September 6 — The capital of the Islamic State of Afghanistan changes from Taloqan to Fayzabad
• July 16 — Somalia is renamed the Somali Republic

• May 18 — Vladimir Putin establishes seven federal districts in the Russian Federation: Central Federal District, Southern Federal District, Northwestern Federal District, Far Eastern Federal District, Siberian Federal District, Urals Federal District, and Volga Federal District.
• February 6 — The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria is taken over by Russia
• February 1 — The Republic of Kosova becomes a mandate of Serbia, named United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

20th century

1990s

1999

• December 31 — Transfer of the Panama Canal Zone from the United States to Panama
• December 20
  • The Republic of Venezuela is renamed the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, after the Constitution of Venezuela is put in place
  • Transfer of Macau from Portugal to the People's Republic of China
• October 4 — In Indonesia, the new province of North Maluku is separated from the remainder of Maluku.
• April 1 — Nunavut separated from the remainder of the Northwest Territories in northern Canada

1998

• December 24 — The Republic of Bougainville is taken over by Papua New Guinea
• August 1 — The Puntland State of Somalia declares independence from Somalia
• July 27 — The Sovereign Democratic Republic of Fiji is renamed the Republic of the Fiji Islands
• May 6 — In Kazakhstan, the capital Aqmola is renamed Astana

1997

• December 10 — The capital of Kazakhstan is moved from Almaty to Aqmola
• August 11 — The Democratic Republic of Mohéli declares independence from the Comoros
• August 3 — The State of Anjouan declares independence from the Comoros
• July — Western Samoa is renamed Samoa
• July 1 — Transfer of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China
• May 25 — The capital of the Islamic State of Afghanistan is moved to Taloqan
• May 17 — Zaire is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo

1996

• September 26 — The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is formed, and its capital Kabul, taken over from the Islamic State of Afghanistan, its capital becomes Mazar-i-Sharif
• In Chechnya, the capital of Grozny is renamed Dzokhar-Ghala

1995

• December 14 — The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina is renamed Bosnia and Herzegovina, as the Republika Srpska is taken over by Bosniac forces
• August 24 — The Republic of Georgia is renamed Georgia
• August 22 — Ethiopia is renamed the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
• January 1 — International Date Line moved around Kiribati
• In India, the city of Bombay is renamed Mumbai

1994

• December 23 — Gagauzia is integrated back into Moldova, as the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia
• October 1 — Independence of Palau from United States
• April 27 — The nominally independent republics of Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei are incorporated back into South Africa
• March 1 — Walvis Bay is transferred from the Republic of South Africa to Namibia

1993

• September 24 — The United Nations ends their administration in Cambodia, its name being the Kingdom of Cambodia
• May 24 — Independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia
• May 5 — The Republic of Kyrgyzstan is renamed the Kyrgyz Republic
• January 1 — Dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia
• In Kazakhstan, the then capital of Alma-Ata is renamed Almaty

1992

• September 22 — The Republic of Kosova declares independence from Yugoslavia
• August 25 — The People's Republic of Angola is renamed the Republic of Angola
• August 12 — The Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina is renamed the Republika Srpska
• August 7 — The Republic of Western Bosnia is taken over by Bosnia and Herzegovina
• July 26 — The Republic of Western Bosnia declares independence from Bosnia and Herzegovina
• May 29 — South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia
• April 27 — Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is constituted into the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
• April 6 — International recognition of the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• April 2 — In Montenegro (then part of Yugoslavia), the city of Titograd is renamed to its earlier name, Podgorica
• March 15 — The State of Cambodia is taken over by the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) in order to put the government-in-exile National Government of Cambodia back in power
• March 12 — The Chechen Republic is renamed the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
• March 1 - Bosnia and Herzegovina declare independence from Yugoslavia
• January 15 — Independence of Croatia and Slovenia widely recognized
• January 6 — The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic declares independence from Azerbaijan

1991

• December 26 — Dissolution of the Soviet Union, which causes independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union
• December 25 — Independences of Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and all other republics from the Soviet Union finalized
• December 16 — Kazakhstan declares independence from the Soviet Union
• December 12 — Independence of Russia from the Soviet Union (ratification of Belavezha Accords)
• December 8 — Independence of Uzbekistan from the Soviet Union and Turkmenistan from the Soviet Union finalized
• November 1 — The Chechen Republic declares independence from the Soviet Union
• October 27 — Turkmenistan declares independence from the Soviet Union
• October 18 — Independence of Azerbaijan from the Soviet Union finalized
• September 23 — Armenia declares independence from the Soviet Union
• September 9 — Tajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union
• September 8 — The Republic of Macedonia declares independence from Yugoslavia
• September 6
  • The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Date of their uncontested independence.
  • In the Soviet Union, Leningrad is officially renamed to its original name Saint Petersburg
• September 1 — Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union
• August 31 — Kyrgyzstan declares independence from the Soviet Union
• August 30 — Azerbaijan declares independence from the Soviet Union
• August 27 — Moldova declares independence from the Soviet Union
• August 25 — Transnistria declares independence from the Soviet Union
• August 24 — Ukraine declares independence from the Soviet Union
• August 21 — Latvia re-declares full independence from the Soviet Union.
• August 20 — Estonia re-declares full independence from the Soviet Union.
• August 19 — Gagauzia declares independence from the Soviet Union
• June 25 — Croatia and Slovenia declare independence from Yugoslavia
• June 20 — The capital of Germany is moved from Bonn to Berlin
• June 10 — The People's Republic of the Congo is renamed the Republic of the Congo
• May 28 — The People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is renamed Ethiopia
• May 18 — The northwestern Somaliland region of Somalia declares independence; this self-declared independence remains unrecognized by any country or international organization^[13][14]
• April 29 — The Socialist People's Republic of Albania is renamed the Republic of Albania
• April 9 — Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union
• February 27 — One day before the end of the Gulf War, Kuwait is liberated from Iraq

1990

• November 15 — The People's Republic of Bulgaria is renamed the Republic of Bulgaria
• October 3 — Merging of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) into the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), causing the creation of a unified Germany under the official name of West Germany
• August 25 — The Republic of Abkhazia declares independence from the Soviet Union
• August 8 — Within 6 days into the Gulf War, Kuwait is annexed by Iraq
• July 27 — Belarus declares independence from the Soviet Union
• July 25 — The Republic of Fiji is renamed the Sovereign Democratic Republic of Fiji
• June 21 — In East Germany, the city of Karl-Marx-Stadt returns to its original name as Chemnitz
• May 22 — Unification of Yemen
• May 17 — The Republic of Bougainville declares independence from Papua New Guinea.
• May 8 — The Estonian SSR is renamed the Republic of Estonia.
• May 4 — The Latvian SSR is renamed the Republic of Latvia and it declares the restoration period for the independence of Latvia from the Soviet Union.
• April 20 — The Czechoslovak Federal Republic is renamed the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
• March 30 — The Estonian SSR declares the restoration period for the independence of Estonia from the Soviet Union.
• March 29 — The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic is renamed the Czechoslovak Federal Republic
• March 21 — Independence of Namibia (formerly South-West Africa) from South Africa
• March 11 — Lithuanian SSR declares full independence of the Republic of Lithuania from the Soviet Union
• March 1 — The People's Republic of Benin is renamed the Republic of Benin
• February 3 — The government-in-exile Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea becomes the National Government of Cambodia

1980s

1989

• December 29 — The People's Republic of Poland is renamed the Republic of Poland
• December 22 — The Socialist Republic of Romania is renamed Romania
• October 23 — The People's Republic of Hungary is renamed the Republic of Hungary
• September 30 — Dissolution of the Senegambia Confederation
• August 1 — In the Philippines, in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is separated from the SOCCSKSARGEN
• June 18 — The Union of Burma is renamed the Union of Myanmar, and changes the capital name of Rangoon to Yangon
• May 11 — The Australian Jervis Bay Territory is separated from the Australian Capital Territory to become a territory in its own right
• May 1 — The People's Republic of Kampuchea is renamed the State of Cambodia
• January 1 — In Brazil, the northern part of the State of Goiás is officially separated into the State of Tocantins
• In Micronesia, the capital moves from Kolonia to Palikir

1988

• November 15 — The State of Palestine declares independence. The capital is administratively Ramallah in West Bank and Gaza City in the Gaza Strip, but Palestine claims Jerusalem as the official capital.^[15]
• September 18 — The Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma is renamed the Union of Burma
• In Tatarstan, Russian SFSR, the city of Brezhnev is renamed Naberezhnye Chelny

1987

• November 30 — The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan is renamed the Republic of Afghanistan
• October 7 — The Dominion of Fiji is renamed the Republic of Fiji
• February 22 — The Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia, or Derg, is renamed the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
• January 1
  • In Canada, Northwest Territories, the town of Frobisher Bay is renamed Iqaluit
  • The Dominion of New Zealand is renamed New Zealand

1986

• November 4 — The Northern Mariana Islands becomes an insular area dissolving the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
• November 3 — Independence of Federated States of Micronesia from the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
• October 21 — Independence of the Marshall Islands from the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
• April 15 — The Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya is renamed the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
• January 1 — In the Netherlands Antilles, Aruba becomes a separate autonomous county

1985

• October 12 — The Republic of Ivory Coast is renamed the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
• October 10 — The Democratic Republic of the Sudan is renamed the Republic of the Sudan
• October 3 — In the Falkland Islands in the United Kingdom, the Falkland Islands Dependencies, disputed by Argentina, becomes a separate territory known as the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

1984

• August 4 — The Republic of Upper Volta is renamed Burkina Faso
• February 4 — The United Republic of Cameroon is renamed the Republic of Cameroon
• January 1 — Independence of Brunei from the United Kingdom

1983

• November 15 — The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence from Cyprus, with only Turkey recognizing it
• September 19 — Independence of Saint Christopher and Nevis (without Anguilla, therefore making it a separate dependency) from the United Kingdom as St. Kitts and Nevis
• March 21 — The official capital of Ivory Coast is Yamoussoukro
• In Vojvodina, Serbia, then part of Yugoslavia, the town of Vrbas is renamed to Titov Vrbas

1982

• November 18 — Naberezhnye Chelny, a city in Tatarstan, Russian SFSR, USSR, was renamed Brezhnev in honor of Leonid Brezhnev, the recently deceased General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• August 15 — The unrecognized Kingdom of Rwenzururu is taken back by Uganda
• June 22 — Democratic Kampuchea becomes exiled from Kampuchea, despite being a widely recognized UN member state, becomes a Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea
• April 18 — The capital of Zimbabwe, Salisbury, is renamed Harare
• April 17 — The Dominion of Canada is renamed Canada
• February 1 — Creation of the Senegambia Confederation

1981

• December 26 — The Saudi-Iraqi neutral zone ceased to exist as the border between Saudi Arabia and Iraq was fixed
• December 4 — The Republic of Ciskei was declared independent by South Africa
• November 1 — Independence of Antigua and Barbuda from United Kingdom
• September 21 — Independence of Belize from United Kingdom

1980

• July 30 — Independence of New Hebrides from France and United Kingdom condominium as Vanuatu
• July 28 — The Peruvian Republic is renamed the Republic of Peru
• July 24 — The Republic of Vemerana is taken back over by the Anglo-French New Hebrides Condominium, 6 days before Vanuatu achieves independence
• May 27 — One day after Tafea was taken over, the Republic of Vemerana declared independence from the Anglo-French New Hebrides Condominium
• May 26 — After 3½ months, the Nation of Tafea is taken back by the Anglo-French New Hebrides Condominium
• April 18 — Zimbabwe-Rhodesia is renamed Zimbabwe upon full independence
• February 15 — The Nation of Tafea declares independence from the Anglo-French New Hebrides Condominium

1970s

1979

• December 12 — The Republic of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia is taken back over by the United Kingdom
• October 27 — Independence of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from United Kingdom
• September 20 — Central African Empire is renamed Central African Republic
• September 13 — The Republic of Venda is given independence by South Africa
• July 12 — Independence of the Gilbert Islands from the United Kingdom as the Republic of Kiribati
• June 1 — The Republic of Rhodesia becomes the transitional state of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia
• April 1 — Iran changes its name to the Islamic Republic of Iran
• March 26 — Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty, Sinai Peninsula is returned to Egypt
• March 2 — Rhodesia declares independence from the United Kingdom with no recognition
• February 22 — Independence of Saint Lucia from United Kingdom
• February 11 — The Imperial State of Iran changes its name to Iran
• January 10 — The People's Republic of Kampuchea after an overthrow of the democratic government comes into existence where Cambodia is

1978

• December 29 — After a transition to democracy, the Spanish State is renamed the Kingdom of Spain
• November 3 — Independence of the Commonwealth of Dominica from the United Kingdom
• October 1
  • Independence of Tuvalu from the United Kingdom
  • The State of the Comoros is renamed the Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros
• September 7 — The Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka is renamed the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
• July 7 — Independence of Solomon Islands from the United Kingdom
• April 30 — The Republic of Afghanistan is renamed the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
• The capital of Sri Lanka is moved from Colombo to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte

1977

• December 6 — The Republic of Bophuthatswana is declared independent by South Africa
• June 27 — Independence of French Territory of the Afars and Issas as Djibouti
• March 2 — The Libyan Arab Republic is renamed the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
• In Pakistan, the city of Lyallpur is renamed to Faisalabad

1976

• December 28 — The People's Republic of Albania is renamed the Socialist People's Republic of Albania
• December 4 — The Central African Republic is renamed the Central African Empire
• October 26 — The Republic of Transkei is given independence by South Africa
• August 7 — The Republic of North Solomons is taken by Papua New Guinea
• July 2 — The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam merges into the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
• June 29 — Independence of the Republic of Seychelles from the United Kingdom
• June 24 — The capital of the Philippines moves from Quezon City (official) and Baguio (summer) to Manila
• June 23 — In the British Indian Ocean Territory, the islands of Aldabra, Farquhar, and Desroches are returned to Seychelles, six days before its independence
• March 1 — Trinidad and Tobago is renamed the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
• February 27 — The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic declares independence from Morocco and Mauritania in Western Sahara
• February 3 — In Mozambique, the city of Lourenço Marques is renamed to Maputo

1975

• December 30 — The Malagasy Republic is renamed the Democratic Republic of Madagascar
• December 7 — East Timor is completely taken over by Indonesia
• December 2 — The Kingdom of Laos is overthrown, and the Lao People's Democratic Republic takes power
• November 30 — The Republic of Dahomey is renamed the People's Republic of Benin
• November 28 — The Democratic Republic of East Timor declares independence from Portugal it is annexed by Indonesia by military force, but still achieves independence for a little over 1 week
• November 25 — Independence of the Republic of Suriname from the Netherlands
• November 14 — After negotiating the Madrid Accords with Morocco and Mauritania, Spain withdrew its forces and settlers from the Spanish Sahara, which became Western Sahara.
• November 11
  • Due to Angola achieving independence, Angolan Forces invaded the Republic of Cabinda, successfully taking it back
  • Independence of the People's Republic of Angola from Portugal
• September 16 — Independence of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea from Australia
• September 1 — The Republic of North Solomons declares independence from Australia
• August 1 — The Republic of Cabinda declares independence from Portugal with little recognition
• July 12 — Independence of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe from Portugal
• July 6 — Independence of the State of the Comoros from France
• July 5 — Independence of the Republic of Cape Verde from Portugal
• June 25 — Independence of the People's Republic of Mozambique from Portugal
• May 16 — Sikkim officially becomes the 22nd state of the Indian Union
• April 30 — Due to losing the Vietnam War, the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) is disestablished, and the socialist republican government of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, allied with North Vietnam takes over
• April 17 — The Khmer Republic was disestablished, and the Democratic Kampuchea takes control of Cambodia

1974

• December 13 — The State of Malta is renamed the Republic of Malta
• October 19 — Niue becomes a state in free association with New Zealand, sharing New Zealand citizenship
• September 12 — The Empire of Ethiopia is overthrown by the Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia (or Derg)
• September 10 — The Independence of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau is internationally recognized, and the capital is moved from Madina do Boe to Bissau
• August 16 — Turkish army reach the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus, gaining about 40% of the territory of the island of Cyprus, after the invasion started on 20 July.
• June 29 — The Tanna Nation is taken back by the Anglo-French New Hebrides Condominium
• March 24 — The Tanna Nation declares independence from the Anglo-French New Hebrides Condominium
• February 7 — Independence of Grenada from the United Kingdom
• January 3 — The Union of Burma is renamed the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
• The capital of Malawi is moved from Zomba to Lilongwe

1973

• September 24 — Independence of Portuguese Guinea from Portugal as the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, which is internationally unrecognized
• July 17 — The Kingdom of Afghanistan is renamed the Republic of Afghanistan
• July 10 — Independence of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas from the United Kingdom
• June 1
  • British Honduras is renamed Belize
  • The Kingdom of Greece is renamed the Hellenic Republic
• In India, the State of Mysore is renamed Karnataka
• In the Gambia, Bathurst is renamed Banjul

1972

• June 2 — The Federal Republic of Cameroon is renamed the United Republic of Cameroon
• May 22 — The Dominion of Ceylon is renamed the Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka
• May 14 — Ryukyu Islands are returned to Japan
• February 11 — The Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates
• February 10 — The Island of Rockall Act 1972 formally incorporated Rockall into the United Kingdom
• The capital of Indonesia, Djakarta, is renamed Jakarta

1971

• Formation of the United Arab Emirates:
  • December 2 — The Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the Emirate of Ajman, the Emirate of Dubai, the Emirate of Fujairah, the Emirate of Sharjah, and the Emirate of Umm al-Quwain form to become the United Arab Emirates
  • December 1 — The Trucial States declare independence from the United Kingdom as these countries: The Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the Emirate of Ajman, the Emirate of Dubai, the Emirate of Fujairah, the Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah, the Emirate of Sharjah, and the Emirate of Umm al-Quwain
• Independence of Bangladesh:
  • December 16 — Bangladesh wins independence from Pakistan
  • March 26 — The People's Republic of Bangladesh, previously the province of Pakistan under the name East Pakistan, declares independence
• October 27 — The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed the Republic of Zaire
• September 11 — The United Arab Republic is renamed the Arab Republic of Egypt
• September 3 — Independence of the State of Qatar from the United Kingdom
• August 15 — Independence of the State of Bahrain from the United Kingdom
• April 19 — Sierra Leone is renamed the Republic of Sierra Leone

1970

• December 1 — The People's Republic of Yemen is renamed the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
• October 10 — Independence of the Dominion of Fiji from the United Kingdom
• October 9 — The Kingdom of Cambodia is renamed the Khmer Republic
• August 9 — The Sultanate of Muscat and Oman is renamed the Sultanate of Oman
• June 4 — Independence of the Kingdom of Tonga from the United Kingdom
• April 24 — The Gambia is renamed the Republic of the Gambia
• March 2 — Rhodesia is renamed the Republic of Rhodesia
• February 23 — Guyana is renamed the Co-operative Republic of Guyana
• January 12 — The Republic of Biafra is taken back over by Nigeria
• January 3 — The Republic of the Congo is renamed the People's Republic of the Congo
• The capital of British Honduras is moved from Belize City to Belmopan due to vast destruction by Hurricane Hattie

1960s

1969

• December 18 — The Saudi-Kuwaiti neutral zone was divided, and the border between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait was defined
• October 21 — The Somali Republic is renamed the Somali Democratic Republic
• September 1 — After a coup d'état led by Muammar Gaddafi, the Kingdom of Libya becomes the Libyan Arab Republic
• May 25 — The Republic of the Sudan is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Sudan
• March 19 — The Republic of Anguilla is taken back by the United Kingdom
• January 4 — Ifni is ceded to Morocco

1968

• November 11 — The Sultanate of the Maldive Islands is renamed the Republic of Maldives
• October 12 — Independence of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea from Spain
• September 6 — Independence of the Kingdom of Swaziland from the United Kingdom
• June 26 — The Allied occupied Bonin-Volcano Islands are given back to Japan
• March 12 — Independence of Mauritius from the United Kingdom
• January 31 — Independence of the Republic of Nauru from Australia

1967

• November 30 — Independence of the Aden Protectorate as the People's Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) from the United Kingdom
• Era of the Republic of Benin:
  • September 20 — The Republic of Benin is taken over by Nigeria
  • September 19 — The Republic of Benin becomes a puppet state that has no recognition from the parent state (Biafra)
• September 8 — Uganda is renamed the Republic of Uganda
• August 17 — Biafra takes over the Benin region
• August 14 — In Pakistan, the capital is moved from Rawalpindi to Islamabad
• July 12 — The Republic of Anguilla declares independence from the United Kingdom
• July 5 — French Somaliland is renamed French Territory of the Afars and Issas
• The Six Day War results in Israeli control of:
  • June 10 — Golan Heights from Syria
  • June 8 — Sinai Peninsula from Egypt
  • June 6 — Gaza Strip from Egypt, East Jerusalem and West Bank from Jordan
• May 30 — The Republic of Biafra declares independence from Nigeria with partial recognition^[16]
• May 27 — In the Nigeria, the three regions are split into twelve states
• March 15 — The Republic of the United States of Brazil is renamed the Federative Republic of Brazil

1966

• November 30 — Independence of Barbados from the United Kingdom
• November 28 — The Kingdom of Burundi is renamed the Republic of Burundi
• October 4 — Independence of Basutoland from the United Kingdom as the Kingdom of Lesotho
• September 30 — Independence of Bechuanaland from the United Kingdom as the Republic of Botswana
• July 6 — Malawi is renamed the Republic of Malawi
• May 26 — Independence of British Guiana from the United Kingdom as Guyana
• In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the city of Léopoldville is renamed Kinshasa

1965

• November 11 — Unilateral Declaration of Independence by Rhodesia
• November 8 — The United Kingdom creates the British Indian Ocean Territory from the Chagos Archipelago in Mauritius and the islands of Aldabra, Farquhar and Desroches from Seychelles, as Mauritius claims the Chagos Archipelago
• August 21 — The Romanian People's Republic is renamed the Socialist Republic of Romania
• August 9 — Singapore is expelled from the Federation of Malaysia and becomes the independent Republic of Singapore
• August 4 — The Cook Islands becomes a state in free association with New Zealand, sharing citizenship
• July 26 — Independence of the Sultanate of the Maldive Islands from the United Kingdom
• February 18 — Independence of Gambia from the United Kingdom

1964

• December 12 — Kenya is renamed Republic of Kenya
• October 29 — The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed the Republic of Tanzania
• October 24 — Independence of Northern Rhodesia from the United Kingdom as the Republic of Zambia
• September 21 — Independence of the State of Malta from the United Kingdom
• August 1 — The Republic of the Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• July 6 — Independence of Nyasaland from the United Kingdom as Malawi
• April 26 — The Republic of Tanganyika and the People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba are united under the name United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
• January 12 — The Sultanate of Zanzibar is renamed the People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba

1963

• December 31 — Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland
• December 15 — The Spanish colonies of Fernando Pó and Río Muni merge to form Spanish Guinea
• December 12 — Independence of Kenya from the United Kingdom
• December 10 — Independence of the Sultanate of Zanzibar from the United Kingdom
• October 1 — The Federation of Nigeria is renamed the Federal Republic of Nigeria
• September 23 — The Suvadive Islands are taken back over from the United Kingdom
• September 16 — The Federation of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak, and Singapore merge to become Malaysia
• August 31 — Independence of the Republic of Singapore from the United Kingdom
• June 30 — Independence of the Kingdom of Rwenzururu from Uganda with no recognition
• May 1 — United Nations Temporary Executive Authority in New Guinea is transferred to Indonesia
• April 25 — The United Kingdom of Libya is renamed the Kingdom of Libya
• April 7 — The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is renamed the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
• March 3 — The disputed area of the Trans-Karakoram Tract is given to China by Pakistan, although India still claims it
• January 15 — Katanga is taken back by Congo (Léopoldville)

1962

• December 9 — Tanganyika is renamed the Republic of Tanganyika
• November 21 — The disputed area of the Aksai Chin is given to China by Pakistan, although India still claims it
• November 14 — Eritrea becomes a province of the Ethiopian Empire, losing the autonomy it had under federation
• October 9 — Independence of Uganda from the United Kingdom
• October 1 — Netherlands New Guinea is transferred to United Nations Temporary Executive Authority
• September 27 — The Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen is renamed the Yemen Arab Republic
• September 26 — The capital of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen is moved from Ta'izz to Sana'a
• September 25 — The Algerian State is renamed the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
• August 31 — Independence of Trinidad and Tobago from the United Kingdom
• August 6 — Independence of Jamaica from the United Kingdom
• July 5 — After a referendum, the Algerian State becomes independent from France
• July 1 — Independence of Ruanda-Urundi from Belgium as two sovereign states:
  • The Kingdom of Burundi
  • The Rwandese Republic
• May 31 — Dissolution of the West Indies Federation:
  • The Cayman Islands are split from Jamaica
  • Barbados, Jamaica, Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Turks and Caicos Islands become their own separate British colonies
  • The British Leeward Islands are further dissolved into the British colonies of Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat, and Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • The British Windward Islands are further dissolved into the British colonies of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• March 3 — The United Kingdom officially gives the territory claimed in Antarctica an entity, the British Antarctic Territory, although this is suspended under the Antarctic Treaty
• January 1 — Independence of the Independent State of Western Samoa from New Zealand

1961

• December 26 — The United Arab States is dissolved into the United Arab Republic (Egypt), Syria, and North Yemen
• December 19 — Goa was annexed by India using military force from Portugal
• December 9 — Independence of Tanganyika from the United Kingdom
• December 1 — The Netherlands New Guinea is renamed West Papua
• October 1 — Southern British Cameroon merges with the Republic of Cameroun to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon
• September 28 — In the United Arab States, Syria leaves the United Arab Republic, returning to the name of the Syrian Arab Republic
• August 11 — The Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli joins India, as Portugal ceses to claim it
• August 1 — Portugal cedes São João Baptista de Ajudá to Dahomey
• July 31 — Portuguese fort São João Baptista de Ajudá (now Ouidah), is annexed by Dahomey
• June 19 — Independence of the State of Kuwait from the United Kingdom
• May 31
  • Northern British Cameroon joins Nigeria
  • The Union of South Africa is renamed the Republic of South Africa
• April 27 — Independence of Sierra Leone from the United Kingdom
• January 14 — India annexes Portuguese India, and Portugal keeps claims on it

1960

• The British Virgin Islands become a separate colony from the West Indies Federation
• November 28 — Independence of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania from France
• October 1 — Independence of the Federation of Nigeria from the United Kingdom
• September 22 — The Soudanese Republic is renamed the Republic of Mali
• August 20 — Dissolution of the Mali Federation
  • Withdrawal of the Republic of Senegal from the Mali Federation
  • The Soudanese Republic is left from the former Mali Federation
• August 17 — Independence of the Gabonese Republic from France
• August 16 — Independence of the Republic of Cyprus from the United Kingdom, but still claim the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
• August 15 — Independence of the Republic of the Congo from France
• August 13 — Independence of the Central African Republic from France
• August 11
  • Independence of the Republic of Chad from France
  • The Czechoslovak Republic is renamed the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
• August 7 — Independence of the Republic of Ivory Coast from France
• August 5 — Independence of the Republic of Upper Volta from France
• August 3 — Independence of the Republic of Niger from France
• August 1
  • Independence of the Republic of Dahomey from France
  • The capital of Pakistan is moved from Karachi to Rawalpindi
• July 11 — Independence of the State of Katanga from the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) with no recognition
• July 1
  • Independence of Trust Territory of Somalia from Italy and union with the State of Somaliland to form the Somali Republic
  • Independence of the Belgian Congo from Belgium under the name Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville), although soon after, this was not a stable state of affairs, as the Congo Crisis occurred
• June 26
  • Independence of the Malagasy Republic from France
  • Independence of British Somaliland as the State of Somaliland
• June 20 — Independence of French Sudan from France with Senegal as the Mali Federation
• April 27 — Independence of the Togolese Republic from France
• April 21 — The federal capital of Brazil is moved from Rio de Janeiro to Brasília, a purpose-built city
• January 1 — Independence of the Republic of Cameroun from France

1950s

1959

• August 21 — Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the United States of America
• July 4 — In the West Indies Federation, Turks and Caicos Islands becomes a separate colony from Jamaica
• June 30 — Fernando Pó and Río Muni are merged to form Spanish Guinea
• April 4 — In French Africa, the colonies of Senegal and Soudan merge to form the Mali Federation
• January 3 — The Suvadive Islands declare independence from the United Kingdom with no recognition
• January 3
  • Alaska becomes the 49th state of the United States of America
  • The United Suvadive Republic declares independence with no recognition, and is claimed by the United Kingdom
• In Indonesia, the special region of Aceh Darussalam is renamed Daerah Istimewa Aceh

1958

• Formation of the French Community:
  • December 19 — The French Colony of Niger joins the French Community
  • December 11 — The French Colony of Upper Volta joins the French Community
  • December 4
    • The French Colony of Dahomey joins the French Community
    • The French Colony of Ivory Coast joins the French Community
  • December 1 — The French Colony of Ubangi-Shari joins the French Community as the Central African Republic
  • November 28
    • The French Colony of Chad joins the French Community
    • The French Colony of Congo joins the French Community
    • The French Colony of Gabon joins the French Community
    • The French Colony of Mauritania joins the French Community
    • The French Colony of Senegal joins the French Community
    • The French Colony of French Sudan joins the French Community as Soudan
  • October 14 — The French Colony of the Madagascar joins the French Community as the Malagasy Republic
• October 2 — Independence of the Republic of Guinea from France
• October 1 — Sovereignty over Christmas Island is transferred from the United Kingdom to Australia
• July 14 — The Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan is disestablished as the Republic of Iraq and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (along with East Jerusalem and West Bank)
• April 10 — Spanish West Africa is disestablished:
  • The province of Ifni becomes a separate colony
  • The province of Cape Juby is ceded to Morocco
  • The Canary Islands is its own province
  • The provinces of Río de Oro and Saguia el-Hamra become Spanish Sahara
• March 8 — The United Arab States are created from Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (North Yemen) and the United Arab Republic
• February 22 — The French administered United Nations Trust Territory of French Togoland is renamed Togo
• February 14 — The Kingdom of Iraq and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (along with East Jerusalem and West Bank) form the Arab Federation of Iraq and Jordan
• February 1 — The Syrian Republic and Republic of Egypt form the United Arab Republic
• January 12 — Ifni is separated from Spanish West Africa
• January 3 — Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, the British Leeward Islands, and the British Windward Islands are joined together to form the West Indies Federation

1957

• August 31 — Independence of the Federation of Malaya from the United Kingdom
• August 14 — The Sherifian Empire is renamed the Kingdom of Morocco
• July 25 — The Tunisian Realm is renamed the Tunisian Republic
• March 6 — Independence of the Gold Coast Colony from the United Kingdom as Ghana
• January 1 — Saar is given to West Germany as the state of Saarland

1956

• December 13 — British Togoland is merged into the Gold Coast
• October 29 — The international zone under joint administration of France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, and Belgium is reintegrated into Morocco
• April 7 — Spanish Morocco becomes part of Morocco
• March 20 — Independence of the Tunisian Realm from France
• March 2 — Independence of Morocco from France as the Sherifian Empire
• January 1 — Independence of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from Egypt and United Kingdom condominium as the Republic of the Sudan

1955

• November 23 — The United Kingdom gives the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to Australia
• October 26 — The State of Vietnam is renamed the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
• September 18 — Rockall officially claimed by the United Kingdom
• August 6 — The French overseas territory of Adélie Land and the Malagasy dependencies of the Crozet Islands, the Kerguelen Islands, and the Saint-Paul and Amsterdam merge to form the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
• In Argentina, Eva Perón City is restored to its original name, La Plata

1954

• December 15 — The Kingdom of the Netherlands consists of three autonomous countries, formally under sovereignty of the Netherlands:
  • Netherlands
  • Netherlands Antilles
  • Suriname
• October 26 — End of the Free Territory of Trieste, divided between Italy and Yugoslavia
• August 15 — The Free Dadra is renamed the Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli
• August 2 — In the Free Dadra, the capital is moved from Dadra to Silvassa
• July 22 — The Free Dadra declared independence from Portugal with recognition only from India
• July 21 — Independence of the State of Vietnam (South Vietnam), and this leads to international recognition of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)
• April 27 — Geneva Accords grant independence to Vietnam, provisionally divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam

1953

• November 9 — Independence of the Kingdom of Cambodia from France
• October 22 — Independence of the Kingdom of Laos from France
• August 1 — The British colonies of Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland merge to form Rhodesia and Nyasaland
• July 27 — End of Korean War re-partitions Korean peninsula
• June 19 — The Kingdom of Egypt is renamed the Republic of Egypt
• April 15 — The United States of Venezuela is renamed the Republic of Venezuela
• In the German Democratic Republic, the city of Chemnitz is renamed Karl-Marx-Stadt

1952

• October 17 — The unrecognized Republic of the South Moluccas is taken back over by Indonesia
• September 15 — Italian Eritrea is federated with the Ethiopian Empire
• July 22 — The Republic of Poland is renamed the People's Republic of Poland
• April 28 — End of Allied occupation of Japan
• In Argentina, the city of La Plata is renamed Ciudad Eva Perón (Eva Perón City)

1951

• December 24 — Independence of Fezzan from France and Cyrenaica and Tripolitania from the United Kingdom as the United Kingdom of Libya
• June 11 — Due to Portuguese colonies being reorganized as overseas provinces, Portuguese East Africa is renamed Mozambique and Portuguese West Africa renamed Angola
• May 23 — The unrecognized country of Tibet is taken over by China

1950

• December 5 — The Kingdom of Sikkim signed a protectorate treaty with India, becoming a part of it
• August 17 — The Republic of the United States of Indonesia is renamed the Republic of Indonesia
• April 25 — The Republic of the South Moluccas declares independence from Indonesia with no recognition
• January 26 — The Union of India is renamed the Republic of India

1940s

1949

• December 27 — Independence of the Republic of Indonesia from the Netherlands is internationally recognized as the Republic of the United States of Indonesia, the territories recognized as Indonesia were the following autonomous states:
  • Bangka Belitung and Riau Federation
  • Territory of Banjar
  • Central Java
  • Dayak Besar
  • East Indonesia
  • East Java
  • Federation of East Kalimantan
  • State of East Sumatra
  • State of Madura
  • Federation of Southeast Kalimantan
  • State of South Sumatra
  • Sundanese State
  • Special Territory of West Kalimantan
• November 6 — The Australian administered Territory of New Guinea and the Territory of Papua merge to form the Territory of Papua and New Guinea
• November 21 — The British administered proctorates of the Emirate of Cyrenaica, the occuptied territory of Tripolitania, and the French occupied territory of Fezzan merge to form a joint administered Libya
• November 8 — The French Indochina remains form the French administered Kingdom of Cambodia
• November — The British occupied territory of Italian Somaliland is transferred to Italy as the Trust Territory of Somalia
• October 20 — The Soviet backed East Turkestan Republic is taken over by the People's Republic of China
• October 7 — German Democratic Republic (East Germany) established in Soviet occupation zone of Germany
• October 1 — The People's Republic of China claims victory in the Chinese Civil War, and is unrecognized by any country, gradually gaining recognition as time goes on, while the Republic of China is exiled to Taiwan, gradually losing recognition as time goes on
• September 9 — The Kingdom of Tripura merges with India
• August 20 — The Republic of Hungary is renamed the People's Republic of Hungary
• August 8 — The Indian protectorate of the Kingdom of Bhutan declares independence
• July 19 — The area of Laos in French Indochina becomes a separate entity under France as the Kingdom of Laos
• June 20 — The 1948 Arab-Israeli War ends, resulting in former mandate territory split among Israel, Jordan, and Egypt
• June 14 — The area of Vietnam in French Indochina becomes a separate entity under France as the State of Vietnam, but North Vietnam still claims independent
• May 23 — Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and West Berlin established in U.S., British, and French occupation zones of Germany
• April 3 — The Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan is renamed the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
• April 1 — The Dominion of Newfoundland joins Canada as its tenth province
• March 2 — In the Dutch East Indies, the autonomous state of Central Java is established
• March 1 — The British occupied territory of Cyrenacia is renamed the Emirate of Cyrenaica

1948

• November 26 — In the Dutch East Indies, the autonomous state of East Java is established
• September 20 — Reorganization and naming of the Dutch colonies
  • Curaçao and Dependencies is renamed the Netherlands Antilles, as its dependencies gain equality in level of sovereignty
• September 12 — The State of Hyderabad is reintegrated back into the Indian Union
• September 9 — Establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea out of Soviet occupied Korea (North Korea)
• August 30 — In the Dutch East Indies, the State of South Sumatra is established
• August 15 — Establishment of the Republic of Korea out of British/American/United Nations occupied Korea (South Korea)
• May 14 — Independence of the State of Israel after the British Empire ends the British Mandate for Palestine^[17]
• April 24 — In the Dutch East Indies, the State of West Java is renamed the Sundanese State
• April 18 — Ireland is declared a republic
• April 1 — The Faroe Islands becomes a self-governing dependency
• February 26 — In the Dutch East Indies, the State of West Java is created
• February 4
  • Independence of the Dominion of Ceylon from the United Kingdom
  • In the Dutch East Indies, the Siak Besar Territory is renamed the Federation of East Kalimantan
• January 30 — In the United Kingdom, the Malayan Union is renamed the Federation of Malaya
• January 23
  • In the Dutch East Indies, the states of Bangka Council, the Belitung Council, and the Riau Council are merged as the Bangka Belitung and Riau Federation
  • In the Dutch East Indies, the autonomous State of Madura is created
• January 14 — In the Dutch East Indies, the autonomous state of the Territory of Banjar is created
• January 4 — Independence of the Union of Burma from the United Kingdom

1947

• December 30 — The Kingdom of Romania is renamed the Romanian People's Republic
• December 26 — Sovereignty over the Heard Island and McDonald Islands is transferred from the United Kingdom to Australia
• December 25 — In the Dutch East Indies, the Special Territory of East Sumatra is renamed the State of East Sumatra
• December 15 — France claims the Saar as a protectorate from allied-occupied Germany
• November 25 — The Dominion of New Zealand ceases to be a dominion of the British Empire
• November 1 — The League of Nations Mandate of Nauru is transferred as a United Nations Trust Territory
• October 8 — In the Dutch East Indies, the autonomous state of the Special Territory of East Sumatra is created
• September 15 — Creation of the Free Territory of Trieste
• August 27 — In the Dutch East Indies, the Siak Besar Territory is created
• August 15 — Independence of the Union of India (with the protecterate of the Kingdom of Bhutan) and the Kingdom of Sikkim, and the unrecognized countries of Jammu and Kashmir and the State of Hyderabad from the United Kingdom
• August 14 — Independence of the Dominion of Pakistan from United Kingdom
• July 18 — The South Pacific (League of Nations) Mandate, governed by Japan, is transferred to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (under the United Nations, administered by the United States)
• July 12 — In the Dutch East Indies, the following autonomous states are created:
  • Bangka Council
  • Riau Council
• May 12 — In the Dutch East Indies, the Federation of West Kalimantan is renamed the Special Territory of West Kalimantan
• February 10 — Italian Tientsin
• January 25 — The New Zealand administered League of Nations Mandate of Western Samoa is transferred as a United Nations Trust Territory
• January 8 — In the Dutch East Indies, the autonomous state of the Federation of South Kalimantan is established

1946

• December 27 — In the Dutch East Indies, the autonomous state State of Great East is renamed the State of East Indonesia
• December 24 — In the Dutch East Indies, the State of Great East is established
• December 15 — The Soviet occupied area of the Republic of Mahabad is given back to Iran
• Transfer of League of Nations Mandates to United Nations Trust Territories:
  • December 16 — British Cameroons and Cameroun (French administered)
  • December 13 — British Togoland, French Togoland, and the Belgian administered Ruanda-Urundi
  • December 11 — Tanganyika Territory is renamed Tanganyika (British administered)
  • December 8 — Territory of New Guinea (Australian administered)
• December 10 — In the Dutch East Indies, the autonomous state Belitung Council is established
• December 7 — In the Dutch East Indies, the autonomous state Dayak Besar is established
• November — The Soviet occupied area of the Azerbaijan People's Government is returned to Iran
• October 27 — Reorganization of French territories to overseas territories:
  • Uninhabited possessions:
    • Adélie Land
  • Colonies:
    • Comoros (separated from Madagascar)
    • French Equatorial Africa
    • French Establishments in India
    • French Establishments in Oceania is renamed the French Settlements in Oceania
    • French Somaliland is renamed the Territory of French Somaliland
    • French West Africa
    • Madagascar
    • New Caledonia and Dependencies is renamed the Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies
    • Saint Pierre and Miquelon is renamed the Territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
• October 22 — In the Dutch East Indies, the autonomous state of the Federation of West Kalimantan is established
• October 14 — The Provisional Government of the French Republic is renamed the French Republic
• September 15 — The Kingdom of Bulgaria is renamed the People's Republic of Bulgaria
• July 26 — The Spanish colonies of Ifni and Spanish Sahara merge to form Spanish West Africa
• July 13 — In Montenegro (then part of Yugoslavia), the city of Podgorica is renamed Titograd
• July 4
  • Independence of the Commonwealth of the Philippines from the United States as the Republic of the Philippines
  • The city of Königsberg is renamed Kaliningrad in the Soviet Union
• June 2 — The Kingdom of Italy is renamed the Italian Republic
• May 25 — The Emirate of Transjordan declares independence from the United Kingdom as the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan
• April 1 — Formation of the colony of the Malayan Union from the following protectorates
  • Federated Malay States
  • State of Johor Darul Ta'zim
  • State of Kedah Darul Aman
  • State of Kelantan Darul
  • State of Perlis Indera Kayangan
  • State of Terengganu Darul Iman
  • Straits Settlements (Singapore became a separate crown colony)
• March 19 — The following French colonies became overseas department:
  • French Guiana (Inini is reintegrated back into French Guinea)
  • Guadeloupe
  • Martinique
  • Réunion
• February 28 — The following French Concessions are ceded to the Republic of China:
  • Shanghai
  • Tientsin
  • Guangzhouwan renamed Zhanjiang
• February 2 — The Kingdom of Hungary is renamed the Hungarian Republic
• January 31 — The Democratic Federal Yugoslavia is renamed the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
• January 22 — The Soviet Union occupies part of northwestern Iran, and that area forms the puppet state of the Republic of Mahabad
• January 11 — The Democratic Government of Albania is renamed the People's Republic of Albania

1945

• December 29 — The Netherlands New Guinea is separated from the Dutch East Indies
• December 26 — Independence of the Republic of Poland
• November 29 — The Democratic Federal Yugoslavia is renamed the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
• November — The Soviet Union invades northwest Iran and creates the puppet state of the Azerbaijan People's Government
• October 25 — In occupied Japan, Taiwan is given to the Republic of China
• October 17 — Soviet Union annexes northern East Prussia
• October 16 — The Japanese puppet state of the Kingdom of Cambodia is taken over by France and put back under French Indochina
• October 10 — In occupied Japan, the Banaba Island are given back over by the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, under the United Kingdom
• October 7 — In occupied Japan, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are given back to the British Raj
• October — In occupied Japan, Christmas Island is given back to the United Kingdom
• September 23 — The Kingdom of Laos, which was under Japanese occupation, is taken back by France as part of the French Indochina
• September 16 — The British occupation of the Faroe Islands ends and handed back to Denmark
• September 15 — The Soviet Union occupied People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) ends
• September 13 — Nauru is taken back over by allied forces and put under a U.N. trusteeship, administered by Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom
• September 12
  • Malaya is given back to the United Kingdom from occupied Japan, split into the Federated Malay States and the State of Johor Darul Ta'zim
  • Syonan-to is taken back over by the United Kingdom from Japan as the Straits Settlements
• September 11 — In occupied Japan, Timor is split between the Portuguese East Timor and the Dutch West Timor
• September 10 — Bourneo Kita and the occupation of the British protectorate of the Kingdom of Sarawak is taken back over by the United Kingdom as North Borneo
• September 9 — Nanjing is taken over by the Republic of China
• September 8 — The following states were freed from the Empire of Japan (which became occupied), and became their own states from Malaya
  • The State of Kedah Darul Aman, the State of Kelantan Darul Naim, the State of Perlis Indera Kayangan, and the State of Terengganu Darul Iman
• September 4 — The United States occupies Wake Island from Japan
• September 3 — The United States occupies the Bonin Islands and Volcano Islands from Japan
• September 2
  • World War II ends, and the capital of the Republic of China is moved from Chongqing back to Nanking
  • The Democratic Republic of Vietnam declared independence from France
• September
  • The Concessions of Shanghai, Tientsin, and Guangzhouwan are re-controlled by France from Japan

• August 28 — British Hong Kong becomes a crown colony
• August 22 — The Kwantung Leased Territory is given to the Republic of China
• August 18 — The Japanese create a separate political entity for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
• August 17
  • The Dutch East Indies declares independence, after being freed from Japanese forces by allied powers, from the Netherlands as the Republic of Indonesia
  • The Government in exile, Commonwealth of the Philippines, while semi-independent self-governing of the United States, takes over the Japanese occupied independent Republic of the Philippines
• August 16 — The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong ends, being liberated by allied forces and put under British rule
• August 15
  • The Great Empire of Manchuria is taken over by the Soviet Union
  • French Indochina is recovered by France
  • Chōsen is occupied by allied forces as Korea, as the Soviet Union occupies northern Korea
• August 11 — The Japanese occupied Empire of Vietnam is taken back over by France
• June 29 — A treaty is signed between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia having the Soviet Union annex Subcarpathian Ruthenia
• June 14 — The State of Brunei is retaken by the United Kingdom and is classified as a protectorate
• May 13 — The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia is integrated back into Czechoslovakia
• May 9 — The Reichskommissariat Norwegen (Norway) is liberated by allied forces, and is given back its possessions (Bouvet Island, Peter I Island, and Queen Maud Land)
• May 8
  • The Flensburg Government surrenders to the allies and is occupied
  • The Independent State of Croatia is taken over by allied forces and given back to Yugoslavia
• May 7 — The Dodecanese Islands are taken over by allied forces and given to Greece
• May 5
  • The occupation of the Kingdom of Denmark by the Flensburg Government (while given back Greenland from United States protection) ends
  • The Reichskommissariat Niederlande (the Netherlands) is liberated, and the colonies loyal to the government in exile of Curaçao and Dependencies and the Surinam are merged to form the Kingdom of the Netherlands
• May 1 — Due to the death of Adolf Hitler, and the allied victory of the Battle of Berlin, the government was moved to Flensburg, and the Flensburg Government was created
• April 27 — Anschluss is taken over by allied forces and was treated as the first victim of Nazi Germany, and occupied as the Republic of Austria
• April 25 — The Italian Social Republic is taken over from Nazi Germany and given to the Kingdom of Italy
• April 8 — The Kingdom of Laos declares independence under Japanese occupation, while Japanese Indochina ceases to exist as a political entity
• April 4 — The Slovak Republic is liberated and given to the Czechoslovak Republic
• April 3
  • The Czechoslovak Republic is liberated from Nazi Germany
  • The United States takes over the Ryukyu Islands and administers it as the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands
• March 27 — The State of Burma is taken back over by allied forces and becomes the British crown colony of Burma
• March 20
  • France regains Alsace-Lorraine
  • The Channel Islands are liberated from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom as the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey
• March 18 — The Kingdom of Cambodia declares independence from Japan under its occupation
• March 11 — The Empire of Vietnam declares independence from Japan under its occupation
• March 8 — The Kingdom of Hungary is liberated from Nazi Germany
• January 17 — The Polish area of the General Government is liberated from Nazi Germany by allied forces

1944

• December 31 — The Republic of Poland gains independence
• December 15 — The Kingdom of Montenegro, a puppet state of Italian Social Republic (which is a puppet state of Nazi Germany), is taken over by allied forces
• November 13 — The Independent State of Macedonia is liberated from axis powers, and Yugoslavia takes it back
• November 12 — The East Turkestan Republic declares independence from the Republic of China
• November 3 — The Hellenic State is completely liberated from the axis powers, with the Kingdom of Greece taken over the rest of it
• October 20
  • The Albanian Kingdom is liberated from the axis powers as the Democratic Government of Albania
  • The Military Administration in Serbia is liberated from the axis powers, and Yugoslavia takes it back over
• October 16 — The Kingdom of Hungary becomes a puppet state of Nazi Germany, keeping the name of the Kingdom of Hungary
• October 13
  • The Kingdom of Greece returns to power after Athens is recovered
  • The Reichskommissariat Ostland is completely taken over by allied forces, and integrated into the Soviet Union
• October 11 — The Soviet Union annexes the Tuvan People's Republic
• September 11 — The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is liberated from Nazi Germany
• September 8 — The Independent State of Macedonia is created in Bulgarian controlled Macedonia
• September 3 — The Military Administration in Belgium and North France are liberated from Nazi Germany and the Kingdom of Belgium is reformed, as Belgian Congo is put under the Belgian government control after being loyal to the government in exile
• September — The Principality of the Pindus is disestablished and put back under Nazi German occupation of Greece
• August 20 — The French State (Vichy France) is renamed the Provisional Government of the French Republic. All of its colonies remained loyal to the Free French Forces until Vichy France was disestablished, and Clipperton Island is returned
• August 10 — Omiya Jima is taken over by the United States from Japan
• June 17 — The Republic of Iceland declares independence from Denmark, under United States protection
• February 2 — The Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Ukraine) is taken back over by the Soviet Union

1943

• December 1 — The National Republic State of Italy is renamed the Italian Social Republic
• November 22 — The Mandate of Syria, made up of the State of Greater Lebanon and the Syrian Republic, are given independence as the Lebanese Republic and the Syrian Republic, respectively
• October 23 — The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are taken back over by allied forces
• October 14 — The Philippines under the Japanese, is given independence as the Republic of the Philippines
• September 23 — The part of Italy under German occupation is made into a separate country as the National Republican State of Italy
• September 11 — The Dodecanese Islands becomes an occupied territory under Nazi Germany from Italy
• September 10 — The Kingdom of Montenegro becomes a protectorate under Nazi Germany from Italy
• September 8
  • The Albanian Kingdom becomes a protectorate of Nazi Germany from Italy
  • The Principality of Pindus and Voivodship of Macedonia becomes a protectorate of Nazi Germany from Italy
• September — The French Antilles and Guiana is split into French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Inini, Martinique, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon
• August 15 — Kiska is taken over by allied forces
• August 1 — Burma is given independence under Japanese occupation as the State of Burma
• July 30 — The Shanghai French Concession and the Tianjin French Concession are taken over by Japan
• June 26 — The German Reich is officially renamed the Greater German Reich
• May 30 — Attu Island is taken back over by the United States
• February — Guangzhouwan is taken over by Japan
• January 13 — Italian Libya (Fezzan) is taken over by allied forces from Italy, and was under the Free French Forces

1942

• December 28 — The allied forces took back over French Somaliland from Vichy France, and is loyal to the Free French Forces
• December 14 — The allied forces took back over Madagascar from Vichy France, and is loyal to the Free French Forces
• November 28 — The allied forces took back over Réunion from Vichy France, and is loyal to the Free French Forces
• November 8 — The allied forces took back over the Kingdom of Morocco from Vichy France, and is loyal to the Free French Forces
• November 1 — The Karafuto Prefecture is integrated into Mainland Japan
• November — The allied forces took back over French West Africa from Vichy France, and is loyal to the Free French Forces
• October 23 — The allied forces takes over Tripolitania from Italy, and it becomes an occupied territory of the United Kingdom
• October 9 — The Commonwealth of Australia ceases to be a dominion within the British Empire
• August 26 — The Japanese occupy Banaba Island and Nauru from the United Kingdom
• August 1 — The Japanese occupy Burma from the United Kingdom
• June 7 — The Japanese occupy Atsuta Jima and Narukami Jima from the United States
• March 31 — The Japanese occupy Christmas Island and the Straits Settlements (which is integrated into Japanese occupied Malaya) from the United Kingdom
• March 23 — The Japanese occupy the Andaman and Nicobar Islands from the United Kingdom
• March 8 — The Japanese occupy the Netherlands East Indies from the Netherlands as Indonesia
• February 20 — The Japanese occupy Portuguese Timor and Dutch Timor and combine them as Timor
• February 15 — The Japanese occupy Singapore from the United Kingdom as Syonan-to
• January 31 — The Japanese occupy the State of Johor Darul Ta'zim and the Federated Malay States from the United Kingdom and integrated into what is captured by the Japanese Malaya
• January 18 — The Japanese occupy Boruneo Kita from the United Kingdom
• January 6 — The Japanese occupy the State of Brunei Darussalam from the United Kingdom
• January 2 — The Japanese occupy the Commonwealth of the Philippines from the United States as the Philippines

1941

• December 25 — The Japanese occupy British Hong Kong as the Hong Kong Occupied Territory
• December 24 — The Japanese occupy the Kingdom of Sarawak, as Sarawak
• December 23 — Wake Island is taken over by Japan from the United States as Otori Jima
• December 22 — Within British Malaya, the State of Kelantan Darul Naim is taken over by Japan
• December 14 — Within British Malaya, the State of Kedah Darul Aman is taken over by Japan
• December 11 — The Japanese occupy the State of Terengganu Darul Iman from the United Kingdom as part of Japanese Malaya
• December 10 — The Territory of Guam is taken over by Japan from the United States as Omiya Jima
• December 8 — The Japanese begin the invasion of Malaya in the State of Perlis Indera Kavangan, as Malaya
• November 28 — Italian East Africa is taken over by allied forces
• July 17
  • After the invasion of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, Nazi Germany creates the Reichskommissariat Ostland
  • After the invasion of around Ukraine, Nazi Germany creates the Reichskommissariat Ukraine
• July 12 — After Italy invades Montenegro, it creates the protectorate of the Kingdom of Montenegro
• July — The French shares French Indochina with Japan
• May 19 — Eritrea is taken over by the United Kingdom
• May 5 — The Ethiopian Empire is revived after being under Italian control
• April 30 — The Military Administration in Serbia is created after Nazi Germany invades it
• April 17 — The Kingdom of Yugoslavia is dissolved due to axis invasions
• April 9 — Greenland and the Kingdom of Iceland are put under United States protection from the Danish government-in-exile
• April 6 — The Kingdom of Greece is taken over by axis forces
• March 16 — The British Somaliland protectorate is taken back over by allied forces
• February 26 — Allied forces take over Italian Somaliland, and is put under the United Kingdom
• February — Cyrenaica is taken over by the United Kingdom

1940

• November 12 — French Equatorial Africa is taken back over by allied forces, loyal to the Free French Forces (FFF)
• November 4 — The international city of Tangier is taken over by Spain
• September 22 — New Caledonia and Dependencies are taken back over by allied forces, loyal to the FFF
• September 9 — French India is taken back over by allied forces, loyal to the FFF
• September 2 — French Oceania is taken back over by allied forces, loyal to the FFF.
• August 19 — British Somaliland is taken over by Italian forces, and put under Italian East Africa.
• August 6 — The Estonian SSR is annexed into the Soviet Union as the 16th union republic.
• August 5 — The Latvian SSR is annexed into the Soviet Union as the 15th union republic.
• August 3 — The Lithuanian SSR is annexed into the Soviet Union as the 14th union republic.
• August 2 — The Moldavian SSR is annexed into the Soviet Union as the 13th union republic.
• July 31 — The General Government for the Occupied Polish Territories is renamed the General Government.
• July 21 — The Estonian, Latvian and the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republics are declared in Soviet-occupied Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
• July 1 — The Bailiwick of Jersey is taken over by Nazi Germany
• June 30 — The Bailiwick of Guernsey
• June 28 — The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic is declared in Soviet-occupied Moldavia.
• June 22 — The French Republic is renamed the French State (Vichy France)
• June 17 — The Soviet Union invades the Republic of Estonia and the Republic of Latvia.
• June 15
  • The Soviet Union invades the Republic of Lithuania
  • Germany annexes Alsace-Lorraine
• June 7 — The Kingdom of Norway and its possessions (Bouvet Island, Peter I Island, and Queen Maud Land) is taken over by Nazi Germany
• May 17 — The Kingdom of Belgium is taken over by Nazi Germany as the Military Administration in Belgium and North France, while Belgian Congo remains loyal to the government-in-exile
• May 14 — The Kingdom of the Netherlands is taken over by Nazi Germany as the Reichskommissariat Niederlande, and its colonies remain loyal to the government-in-exile
• May 10 — The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is taken over by Nazi Germany
• April 12 — The Faroe Islands are put under British occupation
• April 9 — The Kingdom of Denmark is taken over by Nazi Germany, while Greenland is self-governing
• March 30 — The Provisional Government of China and the Reformed Government of the Republic of China merge to form the Reorganized National Government of China (Republic of China)
• March 12 — The Finnish Democratic Republic is taken over by Finland

1930s

1939

• December 1 — The Finnish Democratic Republic is created after the Soviet invasion of Finland
• October 12 — The General Government for the Occupied Polish Territories is created in Nazi Germany
• October 6 — Poland is partitioned between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union
• September 28 — The Republic of Poland falls as a government, being under Nazi German occupation
• September 14 — The colonies of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Inini, Martinique, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon merges into the colony of the French Antilles and Guiana
• September 2 — The Free City of Danzig is taken over by Nazi Germany
• September 1
  • World War II begins with the German invasion of Poland
  • The Japanese militarily occupied Mongol United Autonomous Government is renamed the Mengjiang United Autonomous Government
• April 12 — Italy annexes the Albanian Kingdom
• April 6 — The islands of Canton and Enderbury are put under the Canton and Enderbury Islands condominium of the United States and the United Kingdom
• April 1 — The Spanish Civil War ends with the Spanish State completely takes over Spain from the Spanish Republic
• March 18 — Carpatho-Ukraine is annexed by Hungary
• March 15 — Czechoslovakia is partitioned into the German protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Slovakia, and Carpatho-Ukraine

1938

• September 30
  • The Munich Agreement transfers the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia to Germany and gives parts of Slovakia to Hungary
  • The Czechoslovak Republic is renamed the Czecho-Slovak Republic
• September 7 — The area known as Hatay, becomes an independent Hatay State, from Syria
• July 29 — The Australian Federal Capital Territory is renamed the Australian Capital Territory
• March 28 — The Reformed Government of China is formed after the Japanese invade northern China
• March 12 — Nazi Germany annexes the Federal State of Austria in the Anschluss
• March 8 — The United States claims the Canton and Enderbury Islands
• January 14 — Norway lays claims in Antarctica as Queen Maud Land and lies between 20° west and 45° east
• January 12 — Tristan da Cunha becomes a dependency of the crown colony of Saint Helena, part of the United Kingdom

1937

• December 29 — Irish Free State adopts the Connstitution of Ireland
• December 14 — Japanese invasion of China continues with the creation of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China
• December 5 — The invasion of China by Japan continues with the invasion of Shanghai, creating the Dadao Municipal Government of Shanghai
• November 22 — The Mongol Military Government is renamed the Mongol United Autonomous Government
• April 1 — The following colonies are split from the latter:
  • The Aden Settlement is separated from British India and is changed into the Aden Colony and Protectorate, in modern-day Yemen
  • British Burma is separated from the British Raj

1936

• December 22 — The Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936 is ratified, and all British troops are withdrawn from Egypt, except for the Suez Canal Zone
• December 5 — In the French Mandate of Syria, the Sanjak of Latakia is integrated into the Syrian Republic
• December 2 — In the French Mandate of Syria, the Jabal ad-Druze is integrated into the Syrian Republic
• October 14 — Spanish Guinea is taken over by Spanish Nationalist forces
• September — Ifni and Spanish Sahara are taken over by Spanish Nationalist forces
• August 6 — The British reassert their claim on Kanton Island
• July 23 — The Spanish State claims to be the sole government of Spain
• July 17 — Nationalist forces take over Spanish Morocco, starting the Spanish Civil War
• June 1 — The Italian colonies of Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Italian Somaliland merge to form Italian East Africa
• May 9 — The Ethiopian Empire is taken over by Italy as Italian Ethiopia after the Second Italo-Abyssinian War

1935

• November 25 — The East Hebei Autonomous Council is created in China after the invasion of East Hebei by Japan
• November 15 — The U.S. territory of the Philippines becomes a semi-independent Commonwealth of the Philippines
• November 3 — The Hellenic Republic is renamed the Kingdom of Greece after a coup d'état, which restored the monarchy
• April 1 — The Territory of the Saar Basin is taken over by Nazi Germany
• March 26 — Jarvis Island is transferred from the United Kingdom to the United States
• March 21 — The Imperial State of Persia is renamed the Imperial State of Iran

1934

• October 15 — The Chinese Soviet Republic is taken back over by the Republic of China
• October 7 — The Catalan State is taken back over by Spain
• October 6 — The Catalan State declares independence from Spain
• March 1 — The State of Manchuria is renamed the Great Empire of Manchuria
• February 16 — The Dominion of Newfoundland joins Canada as a dependency
• February 6 — The Turkish Islamic Republic of East Turkestan is taken back over by the Republic of China
• January 1 — The three Italian provinces of Cyrenaica, Tripolitania and Fezzan become united into the colony of Libya

1933

• November 12 — The Turkish Islamic Republic of East Turkestan
• June 13 — The United Kingdom cedes Enderby Land and Victoria Land to Australia as the Australian Antarctic Territory
• April 5 — Eric the Red's Land is ceded back to Denmark in Greenland
• March 23 — The German Reich has a regime change, and Nazi Germany takes over, under the same name

1932

• October 3 — Independence of the British Mandate of Mesopotamia from the United Kingdom as the Kingdom of Iraq
• September 23 — The personal union of the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz unify to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• September 13 — The Socialist Republic of Chile is put back in control by the Republic of Chile
• June 4 — The Republic of Chile falls, and the Socialist Republic of Chile takes over
• February 18 — Japan takes over northern China, and creates the State of Manchuria

1931

• November 7 — The Chinese Soviet Republic is established by the Communist Party of China, in China as independent
• July 10 — Norway claims territory on eastern Greenland as Erik the Red's Land
• June 12 — The Australian territories of North Australia and Central Australia merge to form the Northern Territory
• April 28 — The Catalan Republic is taken back over by Spain
• April 14
  • The Kingdom of Spain is renamed the Spanish Republic after a government change
  • After a government change of Spain, the Catalan Republic declares independence from Spain
• January 28 — France officially annexes Isla de la Pasión as Clipperton Island
• January 15 — The Belgian concession of Tientsin

1920s

1929

• October — The Kingdom of Afghanistan is reestablished from the Emirate of Afghanistan
• June 3 — Tacna returned to Peru by Chile
• February 11 — Independence of the State of the Vatican City from Italy
• February 2 — Norway claims Peter I Island
• January 6 — The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
• January — The Emirate of Afghanistan is reestablished from the Kingdom of Afghanistan

1928

• September 1 — The Albanian Republic is renamed the Albanian Kingdom due to a government change

1927

• October 28 — The independence of the Republic of Ararat is declared from Turkey
• May 9 — The capital of Australia is moved from Melbourne to Canberra
• April 12 — The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland due to the Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927
• February 1 — The Australian Northern Territory is split into North Australia and Central Australia
• January 29 — Within the Nejd and Hejaz, the Sultanate of Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Nejd and its Dependencies
• In French Syria, the State of Souaida is renamed the Jabal Druze State

1925

• January 1 — In Norway, the capital Kristiania is renamed Oslo

1924

• January 26 — Petrograd is renamed to Leningrad 5 days after Vladimir Lenin's death.

1923

• October 29 — The declaration of the Republic of Turkey that replaced the Ottoman Empire
• October 13 — The capital of Turkey is moved from Istanbul to Ankara

1922

• December 28 — Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• December 6 — Independence of the Irish Free State from the United Kingdom.
• October — End of Far Eastern Republic
• February 28 — Independence of Egypt from the United Kingdom

1921

• October 13 — Treaty of Kars:
  • Turkey relinquishes claims to Armenia
  • Turkey gains the area around Kars and southern Achara
• October 13 — Niger established as a separate colony
• October 12 — Upper Silesia divided between Poland and Germany
• June 1 — France reorganizes French West Africa, colony of Mauritania established

1920

• July 9 — Denmark officially incorporates northern Schleswig following plebiscite earlier in the year
• April 6 — Establishment of Far Eastern Republic with capital at Chita
• January 10 — The United Kingdom officially takes over administration of German East Africa and changes name to Tanganyika

1910s

1919

• September 25 — Spitsbergen awarded to Norway
• September 10 — Austria signs Treaty of Saint Germain:
  • Cedes Eastern Galicia to Poland
  • Cedes South Tyrol, Trentino, Trieste and Istria to Italy
  • Recognizes the independence of Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes
• August 8 — The United Kingdom acknowledges the complete independence of Afghanistan
• July 10 — France and the United Kingdom agree on frontier between their mandates in the Cameroons
• June 28 — The Treaty of Versailles:
  • Eupen-Malmedy and Neutral Moresnet ceded to Belgium
  • Alsace-Lorraine officially ceded to France
  • Most of Posen and West Prussia ceded to Poland
  • Memel and Saarland under international administration
  • Provides for plebiscites in Schleswig and Upper Silesia
• May 30 — Ruanda and Urundi (minus Kisaka district) assigned to Belgium as a mandate
• May 7 — German New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago assigned to Australia as a mandate
• May 7 — German Southwest Africa assigned to South Africa as a mandate
• May 7 — German Samoa assigned to New Zealand as a mandate
• May 7 — German Northern Pacific islands assigned to Japan as a mandate
• May 7 — Nauru assigned to British Empire (eventually UK, Australia, and NZ) as a mandate
• May 6 — Kionga Triangle assigned to Portugal as a mandate
• May 6 — Kamerun and Togoland assigned to France and the United Kingdom as mandates
• May 1 — End of Soviet republic in Bavaria
• April 19 — Polish occupation of Vilna, disputed by the Lithuanians
• April 4 — Soviet republic established in Bavaria
• March 1 — French West Africa reorganized, with Upper Volta as a separate colony

1918

• December 1 — Creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
• November 18 — Independence of Latvia from Russia
• November 15 — Serbian military invasion of the short-lived Banat Republic, Banat divided between the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes and Romania
• November 1 — Declaration of the short-lived Banat Republic
• November 1 — Independence of Yemen from the Ottoman Empire
• March 25 — Independence of Belarus
• March 3 — The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk creates many new states out of the western Russian Empire
• February 24 — The Autonomous Governorate of Estonia declares independence from the Russian Empire as the Republic of Estonia.
• February 16 — Independence of Lithuania from the Russian Empire
• January 22 — Independence of Ukraine from the Russian Empire
• January 3 — Independence of Finland from the Russian Empire

1917

• April 12 — The Autonomous Governorate of Estonia is created from the Governorate of Estonia and some of the Governorate of Livonia of the Russian Empire.
• March 31 — The United States takes possession of the United States Virgin Islands (Danish West Indies) according to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies.

1915

• July 12 — Jervis Bay Territory, previously part of the Australian state of New South Wales, become part of the Federal Capital Territory

1914

• August 15 — The first official transit of the Panama Canal, but due to World War I, there was no real official opening ceremony

The Russian city Saint Petersburg is rename to Petrograd

1913

• August 10 and September 23: The Treaty of Bucharest and the Treaty of Constantinople at the end of the Second Balkan War set out the following land changes in the Balkans:
  • The Ottoman Empire regains the portions of Eastern Thrace it lost in the First Balkan War
  • Albania gains southern, eastern, and northern lands that bring it to its current borders.
  • Bulgaria gains Western Thrace and the southern portions of what are now Blagoevgrad Province and Burgas Province
  • Romania gains Southern Dobruja.
  • Montenegro gains most of what is now its Northern Region
  • Serbia gains Kosovo, most of what is now the Republic of Macedonia, and some new land to the west of its previous borders.
  • Greece gains Epirus, West Macedonia, Central Macedonia, and most of the islands in the Aegean that it did not control before the war.
• May 30: End of the First Balkan War:
  • The Balkan League gain all Ottoman territory west of a line joining Enez and Kıyıköy (thus the Ottomans lose all their European territory, except for what is roughly the southeastern half of Turkey's present-day European territory).
    • Albania becomes officially independent, though a large portion of its lands are disputed
    • Much of the Ottoman territory gained by the Balkan League is disputed between Serbia and Greece or Bulgaria and Greece, and official borders for the new territories would not be set until the end of the Second Balkan War.
• The new Australian capital city, Canberra, is founded in New South Wales
• February 13 — Tibet declares independence from the Republic of China

1912

• November 28 — Albania declares independence from the Ottoman Empire
• February 14 — Arizona becomes the 48th state of the United States of America
• January 6 — New Mexico becomes the 47th state of the United States of America

1911

• December 29 — Mongolia declares independence from Qing China
• January 1 — The Northern Territory is transferred from the control of the Australian state of South Australia to become a federal territory
• January 1 — The Federal Capital Territory is split off from the Australian state of New South Wales

1910

• August 22 — Japan annexes Korea

1900s

1908

• August 5 — Independence of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire

1907

• November 16 — Oklahoma becomes the 46th state of the United States of America
• September 26 — Independence of New Zealand from the United Kingdom

1905

• Union between Sweden and Norway dissolved:
  • October 26 — Sweden recognizes Norway as an independent country
  • June 7 — Norway's parliament declares independence
• September 1 — In Canada, Alberta and Saskatchewan are split into provinces from the Northwest Territories
• September 5 — Treaty of Portsmouth:
  • Liaodong Peninsula and Russian railway in south Manchuria leased to Japan
  • Japan annexes Sakhalin Island south of 50°N
• May 15 — In the United States of America, the railway town of Las Vegas, Nevada was founded

1903

• November 17 — Acre is ceded by Bolivia to Brazil
• November 3 — Independence of Panama from Colombia
• Alaska Boundary Dispute with the United States of America and Canada ends

1902

• May 20 — Independence of Cuba from the United States
• May 8 — on the island of Martinique, the eruption of Mount Pelée destroys the city of Saint-Pierre

1901

• January 1 — The British colonies of New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, and Queensland federate to form the Commonwealth of Australia

19th century

1890s

1898

• August 12 — Republic of Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States of America
• The United States of America gains the following territories from the Spanish Empire: Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Cuba

1896

• January 4 — Utah becomes the 45th state of the United States of America

1890

• July 10 — Wyoming becomes the 44th state of the United States of America
• July 3 — Idaho becomes the 43rd state of the United States of America

1880s

1889

• November 11 — Washington becomes the 42nd state of the United States of America
• November 8 — Montana becomes the 41st state of the United States of America
• November 2 — North Dakota and South Dakota become the 39th & 40th states of the United States of America

1888

• The capital of Honduras is moved from Comayagua to Tegucigalpa

1886

• The United States of Colombia become the Republic of Colombia

1884

• October 18 — Argentina ends the conquest campaign of Eastern Patagonia, subduing the remaining Amerindian resistance (modern Provinces of Chubut and Santa Cruz)
• April 4 — Truce between Chile and Bolivia concluding the War of the Pacific:
  • Chile gains Antofagasta (made permanent in 1904)
• The Greenwich prime meridian becomes the international standard reference for cartographers

1883

• October 20 — Treaty of Ancón between Chile and Peru at the end of the War of the Pacific:
  • Chile gains Tarapacá, Arica, and Tacna
• Argentina incorpores the Patagonian lands of modern Neuquén Province, until the Limay River

1881

• Henry Morton Stanley founds the trading post of Léopoldville, which with time becomes modern Kinshasa
• July 23 — Chile and Argentina establish boundaries along the highest peaks of the Andes, as well as its maritime borders and the status of the Strait of Magellan

1880

• September 21 — Buenos Aires city is separated from Buenos Aires Province and federalized as the capital city of Argentina

1870s

1878

• The Argentine campaign to take control of Patagonic territories start. By the end of 1879 Argentina's control would go as far as the Negro River (modern Provinces of Río Negro and La Pampa, as well as southern Mendoza, San Luis, Córdoba and Buenos Aires Provinces)
• July 13 — The Treaty of Berlin recognizes the independence of the principalities of Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia

1876

• August 1 — Colorado becomes the 38th state of the United States of America
• February 3 — Limits between Paraguay and Argentina are established, following the Paraguayan War. Argentina is awarded the Central Chaco (current Formosa Province) and some territories in Misiones

1875

• May 7 — Treaty of Saint Petersburg:
  • Japan cedes southern Sakhalin Island to Russia in exchange for the Kuril Islands north of Iturup

1873

• July 1 — Prince Edward Island joins Canada
• January 1 — The Hungarian cities of Buda, Pest and Óbuda are united as Budapest, the new capital

1872

• The capital of Jamaica is moved from Spanish Town to Kingston
• January 9 — Limits between Paraguay and the Brazilian Empire are established, following the Paraguayan War. Brazil enlarged its Mato Grosso region

1871

• January 18 — Unification of Germany
• July 20 — British Columbia joins Canada
• Rome replaces Florence as the capital city of Italy

1870

• September 20 — Italy annexes the area around Rome, ending the Papal States, succeeded by the States of the Church
• July 15 — Hudson's Bay Company transfers North-Western Territory to Canada, and the Province of Manitoba is created

1860s

1869

• November 16 — Opening of the Suez Canal

1868

• In Japan, the city of Edo becomes the new capital and is renamed Tokyo

1867

• October 18 — The United States of America purchases Alaska from Russia
• July 1 — Canada becomes independent, with originally only four provinces
• May 29 — The Austrian Empire becomes Austria-Hungary
• March 1 — Nebraska becomes the 37th state of the United States of America

1866

• October 22 — Italy annexes the Kingdom of Venetia
• August 6 — The Colony of Vancouver Island and Colony of British Columbia are merged into the United Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia

1865

• April 9 — American Civil War ends, and the Confederate States of America reintegrates into USA
• Florence replaces Turin as the capital city of Italy

1864

• October 31 — Nevada becomes the 36th state of the United States of America
• June 20 — West Virginia becomes the 35th state of the United States of America

1863

• July 6 — The Northern Territory is annexed by the British colony of South Australia from the colony of New South Wales
• May 8 — The Granadine Confederation becomes the United States of Colombia

1862

• April 12 — The British colony of Queensland's western border is shifted from 141°E to 138°E

1861

• September 17 — After the Battle of Pavón the Capital city of Argentina is moved to Buenos Aires
• March 17 — The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed in place of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont
• February 13 — Gaeta surrenders to Sardinia-Piedmont
• February 4 — The unrecognized Confederate States of America secedes from the United States
• January 29 — Kansas becomes the 34th state of the United States of America

1860

• November 4 — Sardinia-Piedmont annexes the Papal States of Umbria and The Marches
• October 21 — The Kingdom of Two Sicilies is annexed to Sardinia-Piedmont, except for the Fortress of Gaeta
• October 8 — The Argentine Nation becomes the Argentine Republic
• Treaty of Turin. Due to plebiscites in Savoy and Nice:
  • June 14 — France annexes the Duchy of Savoy
  • June 12 — France annexes the County of Nice
• March 22 — The United Provinces of Central Italy are annexed by Sardinia-Piedmont
• The British colony of South Australia's western border is changed from 132°E to 129°E
• South Carolina secedes from the United States of America, 10 states later follow and form the Confederate States of America.

1850s

1859

• December 8 — The Duchy of Parma, the Duchy of Modena and Reggio, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, and the Papal Legations combine to form the Sardinian client state of the United Provinces of Central Italy
• November 11 — After the Battle of Cepeda, the State of Buenos Aires rejoins the Argentine Confederation
• November 10 — Treaty of Zürich:
  • Austria cedes Lombardy from Lombardy-Venetia to France
  • France immediately cedes Lombardy to Sardinia-Piedmont
• June 6 — Queen Victoria signs the Proclamation separating the colony of Queensland from British New South Wales
• February 14 — Oregon becomes the 33rd state of the United States of America

1858

• August 2 — The continental portion of Canada's part of Oregon Country organized as the Colony of British Columbia
• May 22 — The Republic of New Granada becomes the Granadine Confederation
• May 11 — Minnesota becomes the 32nd state of the United States of America

1857

• India's first war of independence from the British

1856

• January 1 — The British colony Van Diemen's Land changes its name to Tasmania

1855

• February 7 — Treaty of Shimoda:
  • Russians in north of Sakhalin Island, Japanese in south, with no defined border between
  • Russia recognizes Japanese sovereignty of the Kuril Islands from Iturup on southwards

1853

• June 24 — The Gadsden Purchase gives a portion of southern Arizona and New Mexico from Mexico to the United States
• May 1 — The Argentine Confederation becomes a Federal Republic, renamed the Argentine Nation

1852

• September 11 — The State of Buenos Aires secedes from the Argentine Confederation
• February 3 — The Battle of Caseros ends the Argentine Civil War. Entre Ríos and Corrientes rejoin the Argentine Confederation. The Capital city is moved to Paraná

1851

• July 1 — The colony of Victoria is split off from the British colony of New South Wales
• May 1 — The Argentine Provinces of Entre Ríos and Corrientes secede from the Argentine Confederation

1850

• September 9 — California becomes the 31st state of the United States of America

1840s

1849

• July 2 — The Papal States are restored as Rome falls
• March 29 - The Sikh Empire falls after the Sikh defeat in Anglo-Sikh wars and is merged in British India
• February 9 — Rebels under Giuseppe Garibaldi take over the area of the Papal States and create the Roman Republic

1848

• August 14 — Oregon Territory becomes part of the United States
• May 29 — Wisconsin becomes the 30th state in the United States of America
• February 2 — Much of the Mexican Cession is ceded by Mexico to the United States

1847

• July 26 — Americo-Liberian settlers declare the independence of the Republic of Liberia

1846

• December 28 — Iowa becomes the 29th state in the United States of America
• November 28 — The British colony of North Australia is reincorporated back into the colony of New South Wales
• June 18 - The Oregon Treaty establishes the 49th parallel north west of the Lake of the Woods as the continental border between the Province of Canada and the United States.
• February 19 — The Republic of Texas is officially incorporated into the United States of America
• February 17 — The colony of North Australia is separated from the British colony of New South Wales

1845

• December 29 — Texas becomes the 28th state in the United States of America
• March 3 — Florida becomes the 27th state in the United States of America

1844

• February 27 — Independence of the Dominican Republic from Haiti

1840

• November 16 — The colony of New Zealand is separated from the British colony of New South Wales

1830s

1839

• October 17 — The capital of the Republic of Texas is moved from Houston to Austin
• August 25 — Peru-Bolivian Confederation officially dissolved
• April 19 — The Treaty of London recognizes Belgium as an independent and neutral country

1838

• November 5 — Costa Rica, Honduras, and Nicaragua secede from the Federal Republic of Central America

1837

• January 26 — Michigan becomes the 26th state of the United States of America

1836

• December 28 — The colony of South Australia is separated from the British colony of New South Wales
• October 28 — Peru-Bolivian Confederation proclaimed, with its capital at Tacna
• August 11 — North Peru proclaimed
• June 15 — Arkansas becomes the 25th state of the United States of America
• May 14 — Mexico recognizes independence of the Republic of Texas
• March 17 — South Peru proclaimed
• March 2 — The Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico

1833

• January 2 — The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland takes over the Falkland Islands from the Argentine Confederation

1832

• The Unitarian League is dissolved and its members join the Argentine Confederation
• The British Swan River Colony in Australia changes its name to Western Australia

1831

• January 4 — The Federal Pact establishes the Argentine Confederation and fights the Unitarian League

1830

• The Unitarian League is created among various Provinces of Argentina
• October 20 — Colombia becomes the Republic of New Granada
• October 4 — Belgium declares independence from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, and full recognition will follow in 1839
• May 13 — Secession of Ecuador and Venezuela from Gran Colombia

1820s

1829

• The British Swan River Colony is established in the west of Australia

1828

• August 27 — Uruguay is recognized as an independent country in the Treaty of Montevideo, following the Cisplatine War. Misiones Orientales are awarded to Brazil

1827

• August 17 — The Argentine Republic is dissolved. The Argentine Provinces resume their sovereignty delegating the Foreign affairs on the Province of Buenos Aires

1826

• The Argentine Republic is proclaimed

1825

• December 3 — Van Diemen's Land is declared a separate British colony to New South Wales
• August 25 — Rebel Uruguayan forces siege Montevideo and claim independence from the Brazilian Empire, asking to rejoin the United Provinces of South America. The Cisplatine War ensues
• July 16 — The border of the British colony of New South Wales is extended from 133°E to 129°E

1824

• December 9 — The Battle of Ayacucho end the Spanish American wars of independence in South America
• August 6 — Bolivia declares independence from Spain, and refuses to join either Peru or the United Provinces of South America

1823

• July — The Federal Republic of Central America is created from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua

1822

• September 7 — The Brazilian Empire declares independence from the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves

1821

• September 28 — The First Mexican Empire is established
• September 21 — Independence of Costa Rica from Spain
• September 15 — Independence of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua from Spain
• August 24 — Mexico is recognized as an independent country in the Treaty of Córdoba
• August 10 — Missouri becomes the 24th state of the United States of America
• July 28 — Peru declares independence from Spain
• March 25 — Greece declares independence from the Ottoman Empire
• Alaska Boundary Dispute with Russia and Great Britain begin

1820

• March 19 — Maine becomes the 23rd state of the United States of America
• February 1 — Federal League Provinces of Entre Ríos and Santa Fe defeat the central government of the United Provinces of South America. The Federal League is dissolved and the Argentine Provinces resume their sovereignty, delegating the Foreign affairs on the Province of Buenos Aires

1810s

1819

• December 17 — Gran Colombia is established from the previous Second Republic of Venezuela, United Provinces of New Granada, and the Presidency of Quito
• December 14 — Alabama becomes the 22nd state of the United States of America
• August 7 — The Battle of Boyacá leads to the full independence of the United Provinces of New Granada

1818

• December 3 — Illinois becomes the 21st state of the United States of America
• April 5 — The Battle of Maipú secures Chilean independence from Spain
• February 12 — Chilean Declaration of Independence from Spain

1817

• December 10 — Mississippi becomes the 20th state of the United States of America
• January 20 — The Eastern Bank of the Uruguay River (modern-day Uruguay) is annexed by the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, and renamed Cisplatina in 1824

1816

• In British West Africa, the city of Bathurst is founded as a military post
• December 11 — Indiana becomes the 19th state of the United States of America
• July 9 — The United Provinces of South America (now Argentina) declare independence from Spain
• May 6 — Spanish reconquest of New Granada ends the early Colombian independent governments

1815

• June 29 — The Federal League (including modern-day Uruguay and several Argentine Provinces) is established
• June 8 — The German Confederation is established
• March 16 - The Sovereign Princedom of the Netherlands changes its name to the Kingdom of the Netherlands
• The capital of Bermuda is moved from St George to Hamilton

1814

• November 4 — Norway accepts a personal union with Sweden with the king of Sweden also becoming king of Norway
• October 2 — The Battle of Rancagua marks the end of the early Chilean independent governments
• May 17 — Norway declares full independence, electing its own king and adopting its own constitution
• March 29 - The Netherlands are reestablished from France as the Sovereign Princedom of the Netherlands
• January 14 — Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden through the peace of Kiel

1813

• December 11 — The Treaty of Valençay ends formally the Peninsular War, with the restoration of Ferdinand VII of Spain and releasing the country from being a client state of the Napoleonic French Empire.

• November 4 — Dissolution of the Confederation of the Rhine declared by the Allies
• August 7 — The Second Republic of Venezuela is declared

1812

• July 28 — The First Republic of Venezuela is crushed by the Spanish Empire
• June — Napoleon invades Russia
• April 30 — Louisiana becomes the 18th state of the United States of America

1811

• November 27 — The United Provinces of New Granada (modern Colombia) are established
• July 5 — Venezuela declares independence from Spain
• May 14 — Independence of Paraguay from Spain

1810

• December 13 — France annexes northern Germany (Hamburg, Bremen, Lübeck, Salm, Arenberg, Oldenburg, parts of Westphalia and Berg)
• September 18 — The first independent government in Chile is established, starting the Chilean War of Independence from Spain
• September 16 — The independentist Grito de Dolores in Dolores, Mexico, starts the Mexican War of Independence
• July 20 — After similar events in numerous cities of the Spanish Viceroyalty of New Granada, independence is declared in the Capital city, Santa Fe de Bogotá (modern Colombia)
• July 9 — France annexes Holland
• April 19 — The First Republic of Venezuela is established, starting the Venezuelan War of Independence from Spain
• May 25 — The May Revolution establishes the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata over the former Spanish Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, starting the Argentine War of Independence

1800s

1809

• September 17 — Sweden officially cedes Finland to Russia through the peace of Hamina
• March 29 — The Russian Tsar is declared Grand-duke of Finland, effectively separating Finland from Sweden and turning it into a Russian autonomous duchy

1808

• Spain becomes a client state of the First French Empire after the country was partially occupied by French forces and Joseph I set as king by Napoleon.

1806

• August 6 — Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire
• July 12 — Creation of the Confederation of the Rhine

1804

• January 1 — Independence of Haiti from France

1803

• The United States of America negotiates the Louisiana Purchase with France, by which the French territory of Louisiane is placed under American sovereignty
• March 1 — Ohio becomes the 17th state of the United States of America

1801

• Spain annexes Olivenza from Portugal

1800

• October 1 - After a secretly negotiated treaty between France and Spain, Spain returns the colony of Louisiana to France
• January 1 - The Kingdom of Great Britain changes its name to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

18th century

1790s

1799

• July 7 — Establishment of the Sikh Empire after capture of Lahore by Maharaja Ranjit Singh and unification of the Sikh Confederacy under him.

1798

• January 4 — France annexes Mulhouse

1796

• Tennessee becomes the 16th state of the United States of America

1795

• October 24 — Third partition of Poland
• France annexes Southern Netherlands

1793

• June 25 — Avignon is transferred from the Papal States to France
• March 2 — France annexes the Principality of Salm-Salm

1792

• January 23 — Second partition of Poland
• June 1 — Kentucky becomes the 15th state of the United States of America

1791

• March 4 — Vermont becomes the 14th state of the United States of America

1780s

1788

• January 26 — British colony of New South Wales is established

1784

• Russian seafarer and merchant Grigory Ivanovich Shelikhov arrives in Three Saints Bay in Alaska

1783

• September 3 — The independence of the United States of America is recognized by Britain in the Treaty of Paris
• January 20 - Great Britain surrenders East Florida and West Florida to Spain

1770s

1776

• July 4 — The United States of America declares its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain

1772

• August 5 — First partition of Poland

1760s

1768

• May 15 — Genoa sells to France its rights to Corsica

1763

• February 10 — The Treaty of Paris creates a number of territory transfers between Great Britain, France, and Spain. New France (Canada) now belongs to the British.
• The capital of the colony of Brazil is moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro

1762

• The Louisiana Territory is transferred from France to Spain in the Treaty of Fontainebleau

1750s

1758

• The Zunghar Khanate is annexed by Qing Dynasty China.

1752

• Georgia becomes a colony of British North America ^[18]

1740s

1747

• Safavid Empire collapses ^[19]
• October — The Durrani Empire is founded near Kandahar on a Loya jirga, when Ahmad Shah Abdali is chosen as the king of the newly independent empire. He is later regarded as the founder of modern Afghanistan.

1740

• Prussia annexes Silesia from Austria

1730s

1739

• January 1 — Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean

1720s

1729

• North Carolina and South Carolina become royal colonies, due to the division of the Province of Carolina

1728

• On Greenland (then part of Denmark-Norway), Hans Egede founds the colony of Godthåb

1721

• August 30 — The Treaty of Nystad assigns Swedish Estonia, Ingria and Livonia to the Russian Empire.

1710s

1715

• November 28 — Kingdom of Castile integrates the Kingdom of Majorca last part of the Crown of Aragon through invasion

1714

• September 11 — Fall of the Crown of Aragon invaded by Kingdom of Castile marked by the invasion of the City of Barcelona (Siege of Barcelona). Creation of a unified Kingdom of Spain through the Nueva Planta decrees.

1713

• Gibraltar passes from Spain to Great Britain

1700s

1707

• April 25 — Kingdom of Castile integrates the Kingdom of Valencia part of the Crown of Aragon through invasion (Battle of Almansa)
• May 1 — The creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain through the Acts of Union

17th century

1680s

1685

• New York becomes a royal colony

1682

• Robert de La Salle sails down the Mississippi River ^[20]

1681

• Pennsylvania becomes a colony

1660s

1664

• New Jersey founded

1663

• Rhode Island becomes a colony

1662

• Connecticut becomes a British royal colony

1661

• Aurangzeb of the Mughal Empire gives the port of Bombay to the British

1660

• May 27 — The treaty of Copenhagen leads to Sweden returning Trøndelag to Norway and Bornholm to Denmark

1650s

1658

• February 26 — Sweden gains in Danish-Norwegian regions of Blekinge, Bornholm, Bohuslän (Båhuslen), Scania (Skåne) and Trøndelag and the 30 year ownership of Halland is made permanent in the treaty of Roskilde

1640s

1648

• The Netherlands, Switzerland, and many Italian city-states are made independent of the Holy Roman Empire

1645

• August 13 — Torstenson War ends with Second Treaty of Brömsebro (1645). Sweden gains the Norwegian provinces of Jämtland and Härjedalen and Idre & Särna as well as the Danish Baltic Sea islands of Gotland and Ösel. The Danish province of Halland was also transferred for a period of 30 years.

1640

• December 1 — Portugal separates from personal union with Spain

1630s

1638

• Delaware founded

1634

• Maryland founded

1620s

1626

• Dutch purchase Manhattan ^[21]

1623

• New Hampshire founded

1620

• Massachusetts founded

1610s

1617

• February 27 — In the treaty of Stolbovo Sweden gained the Russian province and fortress of Kexholm (Käkisalmi, now Priozersk) and the province of Ingria including the fortress of Nöteborg (now Shlisselburg, Russia)

1610

• Henry Hudson discovers Hudson Bay

1600s

1607

• Jamestown and Virginia Colony founded

1601

• January 17 — France gains Bresse, Bugey, and Gex from Savoy, and cedes Saluzzo to Savoy in exchange

16th century

1596

• Willem Barentsz makes the first indisputable discovery of the Svalbard archipelago

1591

• Moroccans conquer Timbuktu ^[22]

1580

• Personal union of Spain and Portugal

1575

• The capital of Chile is moved from Concepción to Santiago

1532

• Francisco Pizzaro conquers the Inca

1530

• Malta is separated from the Kingdom of Sicily when it falls under the rule of the Order of Saint John

1526

• Babur of the Mughal Empire defeats the sultan of Delhi

1522

• Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigates the Earth

1519-1521

• Hernando Cortés conquers the Aztecs

1513

• Juan Ponce de León claims Florida for Spain

1513

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa crosses the Isthmus of Panama

1501

• May 20 — João da Nova discovers Ascension Island

15th century

1500

• 22 April — Pedro Álvares Cabral discovers Brazil

1499-1501

• Safavids conquer Persia

1498

• 20 May — Vasco da Gama discovers the sea route to India

1494

• May 3 — Christopher Columbus discovers Xamayca

1492

• October 12 — Christopher Columbus rediscovers America by sighting land in The Bahamas ^[23]

• January 2 — The combined forces of Castile and Aragon captured the Emirate of Granada, completing the Spain's Reconquista.

1488

• Bartolomeu Dias rounds the Cape of Good Hope

1482

• The Burgundian Netherlands are disestablished

1481

• France gains the County of Provence

1478

• Commenced the completion of the conquest of the Canary Islands by Catholic Monarchs' Spain.

1472

• The Kingdom of Scotland annexes Orkney and Shetland.

1469

• October 18 — The crowns of the Iberian Christian kingdoms of Castile and Aragon were united by the marriage of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, the Catholic Monarchs.

1453

• May 29 — The Byzantine capital of Constantinople falls after an invasion by the Ottoman Empire, ending the Byzantine Empire

1432

• Burgundy acquires the County of Hainaut

14th century

1384

• The Burgundian Netherlands are established

1366

• Liège annexes the County of Loon

1349

• Dauphiné sold to France

1316

• France gains the Counties of Valentinois and Diois

1305

• France gains the County of Vivarais

1301

• France gains Barrois mouvant (County of Bar west of Meuse River)

13th century

1299

• Ottoman Empire founded

1278

• Andorra granted independence from the Crown of Aragon

1260

• Mongol Empire splits ^[24]

1258

• Mongols occupy Baghdad

1236

• Mongols invade Northern Korea

1235

• Kingdom of Mali established

1223

• Mongols defeat East Slavic warriors

1218

• The Principality of Wales is recognized in the Treaty of Worcester

1217

• Serbian kingdom established

1216

• The Principality of Wales is founded at the Council of Aberdyfi

1210

• Mongols capture much of China

12th century

1197

• The Kingdom of Deheubarth is disestablished

1190

• Lower Lorraine is disestablished

1154

• Al-Idrisi creates an early world map named Tabula Rogeriana, which describes the Eurasian continent and the northern half of Africa

1139

• The County of Portugal declares independence from the Kingdom of León, as the Kingdom of Portugal.

11th century

1076

• Muslim Almoravids conquer Ghana

1075

• Muslims conquer Syria

1065

• The Duchy of Limburg is established

10th century

1000

• December — King Stephen I of Hungary is crowned and begins the transformation of the early Hungarian state into the Christian Kingdom of Hungary. This is considered to be the official date of foundation of the country.
• Gunnbjörn Ulfsson spots islands off the coast of Greenland. European discovery of the island itself is dated to the 980s, when explorers arrived from Iceland and Norway.
• Leif Ericson discovers Newfoundland and establishes a short-lived colony at L'Anse aux Meadows.

959

• Lower Lorraine is established

948

• The Kingdom of Nri is established

920

• The Kingdom of Seisyllwg unites with the Kingdom of Dyfed to form the Kingdom of Deheubarth
• The County of Horne is established

9th century

872

• The Kingdom of Norway is unified.

843

• The Kingdom of Scotland is unified.

8th century

788

• Franks conquer Bavaria ^[25]

784

• Franks conquer Frisia

774

• Franks conquer Kingdom of Lombardy

769

• Franks conquer Gascony

768—769

• Franks conquer Aquitania

759

• Franks conquer Septimania

754

• The Papal States is established

751

• The Exarchate of Ravenna, the center of Byzantine power in Italy, is disestablished after the Lombards invade

744

• Franks conquer Alemannia

717

• Córdoba becomes the capital of Muslim Al-Andalus.

711

• A Berber force under the Berber general Tariq ibn Ziyad, loyal to the Emir of Damascus, enters the Iberian peninsula from North Africa, thus starting the foundation of Al-Andalus.

7th century

690

• Muslims conquer North Africa ^[26]

680

• The Kingdom of Ceredigion changes its name to the Kingdom of Seisyllwg.

6th century

553

• The Ostrogothic Kingdom is conquered by the Byzantine Empire

534

• The Vandal Kingdom is conquered by the Byzantine Empire

5th century

493

• Ostrogoths establish a kingdom in Italy

490

• Odoacer is defeated at the river Adda by the Goths and flees

486

• The Kingdom of Soissons, a Roman rump state ruled by Syagrius, is conquered by the Franks

480

• A Roman rump state, Roman Dalmatia, is disestablished after Julius Nepos is murdered

476

• September 4 — The Western Roman Empire falls due to Odoacer deposing Romulus Augustulus

469

• The Hunnic Empire is disestablished after Dengizich dies

457-461

• Western Roman Emperor Majorian makes a conceited effort to try to restore the Empire, and reconquers most of Hispania and southern Gaul

451-453

• Huns attack the Western Roman Empire

435

• The Vandals establish a kingdom in North Africa

429

• Vandals enter Africa

426

• Alans leave Hispania

418

• The Visigoths establish a kingdom in southern Gaul

411

• The Burgundians establish a kingdom in the western bank of the Rhine

405

• December 31 — A mixed group of barbarians including Vandals, Alans, and Suebi enter the Western Roman Empire in the Crossing of the Rhine

402

• Western Roman Empire capital moved to Ravenna

4th century

395

• Roman Empire splits into eastern and western portions

370

• The Bosporan Kingdom is disestablished
• Huns appear north of the Black Sea

358

• Franks allowed to settle in Toxandria (present-day Belgium)

330

• Eastern Roman capital moved to Constantinople ^[27]

301

• 3 September- San Marino secedes from Roman Empire

3rd century

274

• The Gallic Empire is disestablished

273

• The Palmyrene Empire is disestablished

271

• Roman Dacia is abandoned

269

• Roman Emperor Claudius II recovers Hispania from the Gallic Empire

260

• Two Roman breakaway states, the Gallic Empire and the Palmyrene Empire, are formed

240

• Gupta Empire forms in India

1st century CE

71-84

• Conquest of Wales and Scotland by Romans

43–47

• The Romans found Londinium, a town that will with time become modern London

5

• Romans conquer much of the Middle East

1st millennium BCE

1st century BCE

• The Romans conquer the city of Sirmium, modern Sremska Mitrovica

30

• Egypt becomes a Roman province

58-50

• Romans conquer Gaul

63

• Romans conquer Jerusalem

146

• Romans conquer Iberia
• Ancient Carthage is disestablished

211

• Romans capture Syracuse

221

• Qin Dynasty unifies China

230

• Han state conquered by Qin

238

• Sardinia and Corsica become Roman provinces

241

• Sicily becomes first Roman province

266

• Ashoka unifies most of South Asia

321

• Mauryan Empire founded

323

• Alexander dies and his empire splits

329

• Alexander conquers Samarkand

332

• Alexander conquers Egypt

338

• Phillip II of Macedon unites Greece

375

• Zheng annexed by Han

479

• Delian League established

525

• Cambyses II of Persia conquers Egypt

650

• Ancient Carthage is established

753

• April 21 — The foundation of the city of Rome. The precise date is based on legend, but archaeological evidence suggests Rome did grow to city size from an earlier village in the 8th century BCE.

2nd millennium BCE

1077

• The New Kingdom of Egypt collapses, beginning the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt

1550

• The New Kingdom of Egypt is established

1650

• The Middle Kingdom of Egypt collapses, beginning the Second Intermediate Period of Egypt

1940

• The Third Dynasty of Ur falls after an Elamite invasion

3rd millennium BCE

2055

• The Middle Kingdom of Egypt is established
• Utu-hengal defeats the Gutians and establishes the Third Dynasty of Ur

2181

• The Old Kingdom of Egypt collapses, beginning the First Intermediate Period of Egypt

2193

• The Akkadian Empire collapses after an invasion by the Gutians

2271

• Sargon of Akkad of the Akkadian Empire comes to power after defeating Lugal-zage-si at the Battle of Uruk

2686

• The Old Kingdom of Egypt is established

4th millennium BCE

c. 3150

• Upper and Lower Egypt are united under Menes/Narmer

See also

• Blank maps of the world for historical use
• List of administrative division name changes
• List of city name changes
• List of national border changes since World War I
• Timeline of country and capital changes

References