| Contents |
| Before 1200 |
| 1200-1799 |
| 1800-1899 |
| 1900-1939 |
| 1940-1949 |
| 1950-1959 |
| 1960-1969 |
| 1970-1979 |
| 1980-1989 |
| 1990-1999 |
| Since 2000 |
| See also |
| 'Date' | 'Nation' | 'Event' |
|---|---|---|
| 221 BC | 'China' | Reunited by the Qin Dynasty. Although the independence is dated circa 2697 BC Huangdi (however presumed legendary) |
| c. AD 270 | 'Japan' | Rule of Emperor Ojin, the first historical emperor, though the date of his reign is uncertain. Although the independence is dated circa 660BC Emperor Jimmu (however presumed legendary) |
| c. 1st century BC-3rd century AD | 'Ethiopia' | The Axumite Kingdom emerges as an important trading nation in the area of today's Eritrea and northern Ethiopia. Unique amongst African countries, it remains independent during the Scramble for Africa, except for a brief 5-year period |
| 3 September, 301 | 'San Marino' | claims to be world's oldest republic |
| 330 AD | 'Byzantine Empire' | Founding of the Eastern Roman Empire under the Emperor Constantine the Great |
| 681 | 'Bulgaria' | First Bulgarian Empire founded by Khan Asparukh |
| 843 | 'Germany' | After the Treaty of Verdun, East Francia was the land under the control of Ludwig the German(Louis the German). It is the precursor of modern Germany, and the kernel of the soon to be created 'Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation'. |
| 843 | 'Scotland' | Unified by Kenneth I of Scotland'. |
| 843 | 'France' | After the Treaty of Verdun, West Francia was the land under the control of Charles the Bald, soon becoming the 'Frankish Kingdom'. It is named after the Germanic tribe, the Franks, and is the precursor of present-day France. |
| 872 | 'Norway' | Unified by Harald I of Norway after the Battle of Hafrsfjord |
| 927 | 'England' | Complete unification of the Heptarchy under Athelstan |
| 966 | 'Poland' | Christianization and unification under Mieszko I |
| 10th century | 'Denmark' | organized as a unified state by Harold Bluetooth around 980 |
| 1001 | 'Hungary' | unification by King Stephen I |
| 1035 | 'Castile' | Ferdinand I of Castille, the first King of Castille. From Kingdom of Leon. |
| 23 June 1128 | 'Portugal' | Afonso Henriques, later King Afonso I of Portugal, defeats the forces of Teresa of Leon at the Battle of São Mamede, thus becoming the sole ruler of the country. He was styled Dux of Portugal in 1128, Prince of Portugal in 1129, and King of Portugal in 1139. Independence was recognized by the King of Leon in 1143 and by the Pope in 1179. |
| 1156 | 'Austria' | raised from a Bavarian margravate to an independent duchy under the Babenbergs in the Privilegium Minus |
| 1185 | 'Bulgaria' | Second Bulgarian Empire won independence from the Byzantine Empire |
| 'Date' | 'Nation' | 'Event' |
|---|---|---|
| 1238 | 'Thailand' | Establishment of the Sukhothai kingdom, traditionally considered the first Thai kingdom |
| 1253 | 'Lithuania' | Mindaugas Christianised Lithuania and was crowned King of Lithuania |
| 1278 | 'Andorra' | formed under the joint suzerainty of the French count of Foix and the Spanish bishop of Urgell |
| 1291 | 'Switzerland' | date of the Federal Charter |
| 1299 | 'Ottoman Empire' | after the dissolution of the Sultanate of Rûm |
| 1400 | 'Sultanate of Malacca' | established under a dynasty founded by Parameswara, a prince from Palembang with bloodline related to the royal home of Srivijaya |
| 1419 | 'Monaco' | beginning of the rule by the House of Grimaldi |
| 1480 | 'Russia' | End of the Mongol yoke. Beginning of Post-Mongol Russian self-rule. |
| 1579 | 'Netherlands' | declared independence from the spanish empire during the Eighty Years' War |
| 1650 | 'Oman' | expulsion of the Portuguese |
| 26 March 1707 | 'Kingdom of Great Britain' | union of England and Scotland |
| 1714 | 'Spain' | With the abolition of Crown of Aragon power, after War of the Spanish Succession. All former Iberian kingdoms, apart from Portugal, are merged in Crown of Castille, latter referred as Spain. |
| 23 January, 1719 | 'Imperial Principality of Liechtenstein' | |
| 1768 | 'Nepal' | unified by Prithvi Narayan Shah |
| 4 July, 1776 | 'United States' | declared independence from Great Britain |
| 'Date' | 'Nation' | 'Event' |
|---|---|---|
| 20 May, 1902 | 'Cuba' | from Spain |
| 3 November, 1903 | 'Panama' | from Colombia |
| June 7, 1905 | 'Norway' | union with Sweden dissolved |
| 22 September, 1908 | 'Tsardom of Bulgaria' | from the Ottoman Empire |
| January 1 (February 12, O.S.), 1912 | 'Republic of China' | Dissolution of Qing Dynasty, Republic of China is the successor state. |
| November 28, 1912 | 'Albania' | from Ottoman Empire |
| December 6, 1917 | 'Finland' | from Russia |
| February 16, 1918 | 'Lithuania' | from Russia and Germany |
| February 24, 1918 | 'Estonia' | from Russia and Germany |
| October 28, 1918 | 'Czechoslovakia' | from the Austria-Hungary |
| November 1, 1918 | 'North Yemen' | from the Ottoman Empire |
| November 11, 1918 | 'Poland' | regained independence from territories of Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary |
| November 18, 1918 | 'Latvia' | from Russia and Germany |
| December 1, 1918 | 'Iceland' | became a sovereign state in union with Denmark |
| December 1, 1918 | 'Kingdom of Yugoslavia' | union of Serbia, Montenegro and parts of former Austria-Hungary |
| August 19, 1919 | 'Afghanistan' | from UK control over Afghan foreign affairs |
| July 11, 1921 | 'Mongolia' | from China |
| December 6, 1921 | 'Ireland' | from UK by treaty, most of the island of Ireland became an independent nation known as the Irish Free State, later the Republic of Ireland; part of the island - in the north (Northern Ireland) - remains part of the United Kingdom. |
| February 28, 1922 | 'Egypt' | from the United Kingdom |
| December 30, 1922 | 'Soviet Union' | union of Russia and other Soviet Republics |
| October 29, 1923 | 'Turkey' | after the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire |
| February 11, 1929 | 'Vatican City' | from Italy |
| December 11, 1931 | 'Canada' | adopted Statute of Westminster from the UK |
| December 11, 1931 | 'South Africa' | adopted Statute of Westminster from the UK |
| October 3, 1932 | 'Iraq' | from League of Nations mandate under British administration |
| 'Date' | 'Nation' | 'Event' |
|---|---|---|
| January 31, 1941 | Ethiopia | from Italy |
| April 10, 1941 | Independent State of Croatia | from the Kingdom of Yugoslavia dismantled by the Axis forces |
| 9 October, 1942 | 'Australia' | Adopted Statute of Westminster, backdated to 3 September, 1939 |
| November 22, 1943 | 'Lebanon' | from League of Nations mandate under French administration |
| October 14, 1943 | 'Philippines' | from Japan |
| August 15, 1945 | 'Korea' | from Japan |
| August 17, 1945 | 'Indonesia' | from the Netherlands |
| September 2, 1945 | 'Vietnam' | from France |
| April 17, 1946 | 'Syria' | from League of Nations mandate under French administration |
| May 25, 1946 | 'Jordan' | from League of Nations mandate under British administration |
| July 4, 1946 | 'Philippines' | from USA |
| August 14, 1947 | 'Pakistan' | from UK |
| August 15, 1947 | 'India' | from UK |
| November 25, 1947 | 'New Zealand' | adopted Statue of Westminster from UK |
| January 4, 1948 | 'Burma' | from UK |
| February 4, 1948 | 'Sri Lanka' | from UK |
| May 14, 1948 | 'Israel' | from League of Nations mandate under British administration |
| August 15, 1948 | 'Republic of Korea' | founding of the Republic of Korea |
| September 9, 1948 | 'Democratic People's Republic of Korea' | founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
| May 23, 1949 | 'Federal Republic of Germany' | from the western part of occupied Germany |
| July 19, 1949 | 'Laos' | from France |
| August 8, 1949 | 'Bhutan' | from India |
| October 1, 1949 | 'People's Republic of China' | Communist revolution |
| October 7, 1949 | 'German Democratic Republic' | from the eastern part of occupied Germany |
| 'Date' | 'Nation' | 'Event' |
|---|---|---|
| December 24, 1951 | 'Libya' | from Italy |
| November 9, 1953 | 'Cambodia' | from France |
| January 1, 1956 | 'Sudan' | from Egypt and UK |
| March 2, 1956 | 'Morocco' | from France and Spain |
| March 20, 1956 | 'Tunisia' | from France |
| March 6, 1957 | 'Ghana' | from UK |
| August 31, 1957 | 'Malaysia' | from UK |
| October 2, 1958 | 'Guinea' | from France |
| 'Date' | 'Nation' | 'Event' |
|---|---|---|
| January 1, 1960 | 'Cameroon' | from French-administered UN trusteeship |
| April 4, 1960 | 'Senegal' | from France |
| April 27, 1960 | 'Togo' | from French-administered UN trusteeship |
| June 26, 1960 | 'Madagascar' | from France |
| June 26, 1960 | 'Somaliland' | from UK |
| June 30, 1960 | 'Democratic Republic of the Congo' | from Belgium |
| July 1, 1960 | 'Somalia' | from the Italian-administered UN trusteeship |
| August 1, 1960 | 'Benin' | from France |
| August 3, 1960 | 'Niger' | from France |
| August 5, 1960 | 'Burkina Faso' | from France |
| August 7, 1960 | 'Côte d'Ivoire' | from France |
| August 11, 1960 | 'Chad' | from France |
| August 13, 1960 | 'Central African Republic' | from France |
| August 15, 1960 | 'Republic of the Congo' | from France |
| August 16, 1960 | 'Cyprus' | from UK |
| August 17, 1960 | 'Gabon' | from France |
| September 22, 1960 | 'Mali' | from France |
| October 1, 1960 | 'Nigeria' | from UK |
| November 28, 1960 | 'Mauritania' | from France |
| April 27, 1961 | 'Sierra Leone' | from UK |
| May 31, 1961 | 'South Africa' | from UK |
| June 19, 1961 | 'Kuwait' | from UK |
| December 9, 1961 | 'Tanzania' | from UK-administered UN trusteeship |
| January 1, 1962 | 'Samoa' | from New Zealand-administered UN trusteeship |
| July 1, 1962 | 'Burundi' | from UN trusteeship under Belgian administration |
| July 1, 1962 | 'Rwanda' | from Belgium-administered UN trusteeship |
| July 5, 1962 | 'Algeria' | from France |
| August 6, 1962 | 'Jamaica' | from UK |
| August 31, 1962 | 'Trinidad and Tobago' | from UK |
| October 9, 1962 | 'Uganda' | from UK |
| September 16, 1963 | 'Federation of Malaysia' | federation of Malaya, Singapore(from UK), Sabah(from UK) and Sarawak(from UK) |
| December 12, 1963 | 'Kenya' | from UK |
| July 6, 1964 | 'Malawi' | from UK |
| September 21, 1964 | 'Malta' | from UK |
| October 24, 1964 | 'Zambia' | from UK |
| February 18, 1965 | 'The Gambia' | from UK |
| July 26, 1965 | 'Maldives' | from UK |
| August 4, 1965 | 'Cook Islands' | became a self-governing parliamentary government in free association with New Zealand |
| August 9, 1965 | 'Singapore' | from the Federation of Malaysia |
| May 26, 1966 | 'Guyana' | from UK |
| September 30, 1966 | 'Botswana' | from UK |
| October 4, 1966 | 'Lesotho' | from UK |
| November 30, 1966 | 'Barbados' | from UK |
| November 30, 1967 | 'South Yemen' | from UK |
| January 31, 1968 | 'Nauru' | from the Australia-, NZ-, and UK-administered UN trusteeship |
| March 12, 1968 | 'Mauritius' | from UK |
| September 6, 1968 | 'Swaziland' | from UK |
| October 12, 1968 | 'Equatorial Guinea' | from Spain |
| 'Date' | 'Nation' | 'Event' |
|---|---|---|
| April 18, 1980 | 'Zimbabwe' | from UK |
| July 30, 1980 | 'Vanuatu' | from France and UK |
| September 21, 1981 | 'Belize' | from UK |
| November 1, 1981 | 'Antigua and Barbuda' | from UK |
| September 19, 1983 | 'Saint Kitts and Nevis' | from UK |
| January 1, 1984 | 'Brunei' | from UK |
| January 1, 1986 | 'Aruba' | from Netherlands Antilles |
| October 21, 1986 | 'Marshall Islands' | from the US-administered UN trusteeship as Compact of Free Association takes effect |
| November 3, 1986 | 'Federated States of Micronesia' | from the US-administered UN Trusteeship as Compact of Free Association takes effect |
| 'Date' | 'Nation' | 'Event' |
|---|---|---|
| March 11, 1990 | 'Lithuania' | from the Soviet Union |
| March 21, 1990 | 'Namibia' | from South African mandate |
| May 22, 1990 | 'Yemen' | merger North Yemen and South Yemen |
| October 3, 1990 | 'Germany' | unification of West Germany and East Germany |
| April 9, 1991 | 'Georgia' | from the Soviet Union |
| June 25, 1991 | 'Croatia' | from Yugoslavia |
| June 25, 1991 | 'Slovenia' | from Yugoslavia |
| August 20, 1991 | 'Estonia' | from the Soviet Union |
| August 21, 1991 | 'Latvia' | from the Soviet Union |
| August 24, 1991 | 'Russia' | from the Soviet Union, Russia is the successor state. |
| August 24, 1991 | 'Ukraine' | from the Soviet Union |
| August 25, 1991 | 'Belarus' | from the Soviet Union |
| August 27, 1991 | 'Moldova' | from the Soviet Union |
| August 30, 1991 | 'Azerbaijan' | from the Soviet Union |
| August 31, 1991 | 'Kyrgyzstan' | from the Soviet Union |
| September 1, 1991 | 'Uzbekistan' | from the Soviet Union |
| September 8, 1991 | 'Republic of Macedonia' | from Yugoslavia |
| September 9, 1991 | 'Tajikistan' | from the Soviet Union |
| September 21, 1991 | 'Armenia' | from the Soviet Union |
| October 27, 1991 | 'Turkmenistan' | from the Soviet Union |
| December 16, 1991 | 'Kazakhstan' | from the Soviet Union |
| March 1, 1992 | 'Bosnia and Herzegovina' | from Yugoslavia |
| April 27, 1992 | 'Federal Republic of Yugoslavia' | formed as self-proclaimed successor to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
| January 1, 1993 | 'Czech Republic' | Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia |
| January 1, 1993 | 'Slovakia' | Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia |
| May 24, 1993 | 'Eritrea' | from Ethiopia |
| April 27, 1994 | 'South Africa' | Homelands reincorporated into South Africa and all races officially recognised as citizens |
| October 1, 1994 | 'Palau' | from the US-administered UN Trusteeship as Compact of Free Association takes effect |
| 'Date' | 'Nation' | 'Event' |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2002 | 'East Timor' | From Portugal. East Timor was occupied by Indonesia between 1975-1999. |
| June 3, 2006 | 'Montenegro' | Dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro after a referendum supporting such a move in Montenegro |
| June 5, 2006 | 'Serbia' | Dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro - Serbia is the successor state |
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