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== Africa ==
to do:
* 1898: hong kong leased
* oct 30 1906: labuan joined straits settlements
* aug 31 1963: singapore declared independence
* sicily
* menorca
* "City and Garrison of Gibraltar (Gibraltar Constitution Order 1950)."
* "malta and dependencies"
* ]
* were cameroons part of nigeria?
* anglo-egyptian sudan lost some to libya in 1934
* SPLIT SIERRA LEONE
* split gambia into colony and protectorate [https://books.google.com/books?id=wk6o1XniPsQC&pg=PA1&dq=gambia+%22anglo-french+boundary+commission%22&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q=gambia%20%22anglo-french%20boundary%20commission%22&f=false
* name of st vincent before independence
* canada act 1982?
* new zealand act 1986?
* australia act ?
* union of south africa?
* should associated states be brown or beige?
* did barbuda secede in 1980?
* ]
* did the bwpt really matter
* malayan union to federation
* libya
* was antigua and barbuda "antigua" or "antigua and barbuda"
* bir tawil/halaib triangle
* 1950 british honduras alteration of boundaries?
* trucial states boundaries
* did bahrain and qatar declare independence early: https://www.nytimes.com/1971/09/02/archives/sheikdom-of-qatar-declares-independence-from-britain.html
* duplicate things for me/africa, indian/africa, south europe/me, south europe/africa...
* yemen is a mess
* http://www.worldstatesmen.org/COLONIES.html
* un trust territories/league mandates
* mombasa
* ]
* cayman and turks split from jamaica:
* saudi/kuwaiti neutral zone
* 3 june 1959: state of singapore
* zanzibar claims to kenya
* suvadives
* naming!
*
* leeward and windward being ignored for now, dominica switched 1 jan 1940

DISPUTES:
* Falklands claimed by Argentina
* South Georgia etc claimed by Argentina
* BIOT claimed by Mauritius and seychelles
* antarctic claimed by argentina and chile
* gib claimed by spain?
* guyana on both sides
* ww2
* belize vs guatemala?
* republic of anguilla
* 1979-12-12 Zimbabwe-Rhodesia ends independence claim
* 1979-06-01: rhodesia renamed zimbabwe-rhodesia
* us claims to pacific
* 1970 rhodesia udi
* ilemi triangle

== old Africa ==
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|] was ] to ] per the terms of a treaty signed 1 July 1890.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1890 | chapter=32 | act=Anglo-German Agreement Act 1890}}</ref> |] was ] to ] per the terms of a treaty signed 1 July 1890.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1890 | chapter=32 | act=Anglo-German Agreement Act 1890}}</ref>
|!!!!!eu |!!!!!eu
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!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 January 1900
|] is created, and ] from the ] and lands of the ].
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|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|29 January 1900
|The protectorate of North-Eastern Rhodesia was established.
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|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 September 1900
|The ] was annexed as ].
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|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|6 October 1900
|The ] was annexed as the ].
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 January 1902
|Ashanti and Northern Territories of Gold Coast acquired
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 April 1902
|Eastern Province transferred from Uganda to East Africa Protectorate
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|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|15 May 1902
|Sudan-Ethiopia border treaty
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|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|7 August 1903
|Swaziland protectorate split from Transvaal Colony
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|28 February 1906
|Lagos Colony and Protectorate merged into Southern Nigeria
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|6 July 1907
|The ] was renamed ].
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|31 May 1910
|Cape Colony, Natal, Orange River Colony, and Transvaal Colony become independent as the Union of South Africa.
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|21 January 1911
|Tati Concessions transferred from BSAC? to Bechuanaland Protectorate
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|17 August 1911
|] and ] merged into BSAC lands
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 January 1914
|Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria combined as Nigeria
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|21 April 1914
|Uganda and Sudan exchanged[https://www.jstor.org/stable/44947531?seq=6#metadata_info_tab_contents
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|18 December 1914
|Egypt becomes protectorate
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|23 July 1920
|Most of the East Africa Protectorate was annexed, becoming the Colony of Kenya.
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|29 November 1920
|The East Africa Protectorate became the Kenya Protectorate. "Kenya (Annexation) Order in Council, 1920, S.R.O. 1902 No. 661, S.R.O. & S.I. Rev. 246."
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|15 March 1922
|Egypt became independent
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|20 July 1922
|Togoland, Tanganyika, and Cameroons were mandated
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 November 1922
|] was made a dependency of ].
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|12 September 1923
|Part of the BSAC is made the colony of Southern Rhodesia
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 April 1924
|The remaining territory of the ] is made the protectorate of ].
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|15 July 1924
|] was ceded to Italian Somalia.
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 February 1926
|Rudolf Province was transferred from Uganda to Kenya Colony
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1932
|Ethiopia-Somaliland border demarcated
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|20 July 1934
|The ] was ceded from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to Italy.
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|13 December 1946
|] was annexed; it and ] were made dependencies of ], changing the name of that colony to ].
|af
|- |-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|13 December 1946 !scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|13 December 1946
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|], ], and ] were merged into the ], |], ], and ] were merged into the ],
|af |af
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 October 1954
|Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria becomes Federation of Nigeria
|
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!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 January 1956 !scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 January 1956
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!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|6 March 1957 !scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|6 March 1957
|The ] became independent as ]. |], the ], the ], and the ] became independent as ].
|af |af
|- |-
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|] became independent as the ].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=42074 |date=24 June 1960 |page=4429 | supp=y}} </ref> |] became independent as the ].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=42074 |date=24 June 1960 |page=4429 | supp=y}} </ref>
|af |af
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 June 1960
|kenya self rule
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|24 June 1960
|zanzibar self rule
|
|- |-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 October 1960 !scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 October 1960
|] became independent as the ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1960 | chapter=55 | act=Nigeria Independence Act 1960}}</ref> |] became independent as the ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1960 | chapter=55 | act=Nigeria Independence Act 1960}}</ref>
|af |af
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|14 March 1961
|gambia semi-responsible
|
|- |-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|27 April 1961 !scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|27 April 1961
|The ] became independent as ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1961 | chapter=16 | act=Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961}}</ref> |The ] became independent as ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1961 | chapter=16 | act=Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961}}</ref>
|af |af
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 May 1961
|tanganyika self rule
|
|- |-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|31 May 1961 !scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|31 May 1961
|The ] ] of independent ],<ref>{{UN doc |docid=A/RES/1608(XV) |title=The future of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under United Kingdom administration |date=21 April 1961 |accessdate=23 June 2019}}</ref>, dissolving that portion of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under British administration.<ref name="untrust"> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912235101/http://www.un.org/en/decolonization/pdf/decolonization/decon_num_39-2.pdf |date=12 September 2016 }}, ], retrieved 20 May 2019</ref> |The ] ] of independent ],<ref>{{UN doc |docid=A/RES/1608(XV) |title=The future of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under United Kingdom administration |date=21 April 1961 |accessdate=23 June 2019}}</ref>, dissolving that portion of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under British administration.<ref name="untrust"> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912235101/http://www.un.org/en/decolonization/pdf/decolonization/decon_num_39-2.pdf |date=12 September 2016 }}, ], retrieved 20 May 2019</ref>

South Africa ceased being a dominion
|af |af
|- |-
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|The ] became independent as ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1961 | chapter=1 | act=Tanganyika Independence Act 1961}}</ref> |The ] became independent as ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1961 | chapter=1 | act=Tanganyika Independence Act 1961}}</ref>
|af |af
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 March 1962
|Uganda self governing
|s
|- |-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|9 October 1962 !scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|9 October 1962
|] became independent as ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1962 | chapter=57 | act=Uganda Independence Act 1962}}</ref> |] became independent as ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1962 | chapter=57 | act=Uganda Independence Act 1962}}</ref>
|af |af
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|9 May 1963
|Nyasaland self governing?
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|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|4 October 1963
|Gambia self governing
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!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|10 December 1963 !scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|10 December 1963
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!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|24 October 1964 !scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|24 October 1964
|] became independent as the ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1964 | chapter=65 | act=Zambia Independence Act 1964}}</ref> |] became independent as the ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1964 | chapter=65 | act=Zambia Independence Act 1964}}</ref> ] begins using the name ] at this point, with full usage starting on 9 December 1964. (write this better)
|af |af
|- |-
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|The ] became independent as ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1964 | chapter=93 | act=Gambia Independence Act 1964}}</ref><ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=si | year=1965 | number=135 | si=The Gambia Independence Order 1965}}</ref> |The ] became independent as ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1964 | chapter=93 | act=Gambia Independence Act 1964}}</ref><ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=si | year=1965 | number=135 | si=The Gambia Independence Order 1965}}</ref>
|af |af
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|3 March 1965
|Bechuanaland Protectorate self-rule (or March 1?)
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|30 April 1965
|Basutoland became self-governing
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|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|11 November 1965
|] ].
|af-d
|- |-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|30 September 1966 !scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|30 September 1966
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|] became independent as the ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1966 | chapter=24 | act=Lesotho Independence Act 1966}}</ref> |] became independent as the ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1966 | chapter=24 | act=Lesotho Independence Act 1966}}</ref>
|af |af
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 March 1967
|Swaziland is renamed Kingdom of Swaziland
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|5 September 1967
|Swaziland gains autonomy as protected state of swaziland??
|
|- |-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|6 September 1968 !scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|6 September 1968
|] became independent as the ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1968 | chapter=56 | act=Swaziland Independence Act 1968}}</ref> |] became independent as the ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1968 | chapter=56 | act=Swaziland Independence Act 1968}}</ref>
|af |af
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 June 1979
|] was renamed ].
|af-d
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|11 December 1979
|] ended its claim of independence and returned to British control.
|af-d
|- |-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|18 April 1980 !scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|18 April 1980
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|af |af
|} |}

== other==

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|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|9 October 1942
|] westminstered
|x aus
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 April 1946
|] transferred from ] to ]
|aus
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|25 May 1946
|] independent
|x me
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|15 August 1947
|] independent
|x sub
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 November 1947
|The ] was reconstituted as the United Nations ].<ref name="untrust"> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912235101/http://www.un.org/en/decolonization/pdf/decolonization/decon_num_39-2.pdf |date=12 September 2016 }}, ], retrieved 20 May 2019</ref>
|x pac
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|25 November 1947
|] westminstered
|x aus
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|26 December 1947
|The ] were transferred to ].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gordon-Walker |first1=P.C. |year=1951 |title=Administration of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/polar-record/article/administration-of-heard-island-and-the-mcdonald-islands/E47CFD8FE7CEE38CBB7E38EB73C5A06F |journal=Polar Record |volume=6 |issue=42 |pages=275–276 |doi=10.1017/S0032247400040808 |access-date=20 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312074207/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/polar-record/article/administration-of-heard-island-and-the-mcdonald-islands/E47CFD8FE7CEE38CBB7E38EB73C5A06F |archive-date=12 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|x in
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|4 January 1948
|] independent
|x sub
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|4 February 1948
|] independent as ]
|x sub
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|14 May 1948
|] became independent as ].
|x me
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 January 1949
|] transferred to ].
|x pa
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|31 March 1949
|] ] ].<ref>
{{cite wikisource
|title=Newfoundland Act
|date=March 23, 1949}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite web
| last = Webb
| first = Jeff A.
| title = The Commission of Government, 1934-1949
| website = Heritage: Newfoundland & Labrador
| publisher = Memorial University of Newfoundland and the C.R.B. Foundation.
| date = March 2008
| url = http://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/politics/commission-government.php
| accessdate = October 17, 2015 }}
</ref><ref>
{{cite web
| title = Territorial Evolution, 1949
| work = GeoGratis
| publisher = Natural Resources Canada
| date = January 8, 2015
| url = http://geogratis.gc.ca/api/en/nrcan-rncan/ess-sst/cc6e5df0-8893-11e0-9779-6cf049291510
| accessdate = October 17, 2015}}
</ref>
|x na
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|23 November 1955
|The ] were transferred from the ] to ].<ref>'' {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107060813/https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2016C01088 |date=7 November 2017 }}'' (Cth), Government of Australia, retrieved 20 May 2019</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232902258 |title=PROCLAMATION |newspaper=] |issue=58 |location=Australia, Australia |date=10 November 1955 |accessdate=21 May 2019 |page=3665 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|in
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|3 January 1958
|The ] was formed, federating the colonies of: ]; ]; ]; ]; ]; ]; ]; ]; ]; and ].
|ca
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|19 June 1961
|] became independent as the ].<ref>'''', Kuwait, 19 June 1961, ], vol. 399, No. 5743, p. 239, accessed 24 June 2019</ref>
|me
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|3 March 1962
|The ] was split from the ], taking with it ], ], ], the ], and the ].<ref>
{{cite journal
| last = Agnew
| first = W.
| year = 1962
| title = British Antarctic Territory Order in Council 1962
| url = https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/polar-record/article/british-antarctic-territory-order-in-council-1962/E1E951EB9AD36EF345ED7BE155CCAF0A
| journal = Polar Record
| volume = 11
| issue = 72
| pages = 306–310
| doi = 10.1017/S0032247400053420
| access-date = 20 June 2019
}}</ref>
|ant
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|26 July 1965
|The ] became independent as the ].<ref>'''', Colombo, 26 July 1965, ], vol. 548, No. 7980, p. 223, accessed 20 June 2019</ref>
|in
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|8 November 1965
|The ] was formed from ].<ref>]. as made, provided by the government of the British Indian Ocean Territory, retrieved 20 June 2019.</ref>
|in
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|12 March 1968
|] became independent as ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1968 | chapter=8 | act=Mauritius Independence Act 1968}}</ref>
|in
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|15 August 1971
|] became independent as the Kingdom of Bahrain.<ref>'''', Bahrain, 15 August 1971, ], vol. 814, No. 11586, p. 29, accessed 18 June 2019</ref>
|me
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|3 September 1971
|] became independent as the State of Qatar.<ref>'''', Geneva, 3 September 1971, ], vol. 824, No. 11811, p. 101, accessed 18 June 2019</ref>
|me
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 December 1971
|The ] became seven independent emirates: ],<ref>'''', Bahrain and Abu Dhabi, 1 December 1971, ], vol. 834, No. 11933, p. 219, accessed 18 June 2019</ref> ],<ref>'''', Bahrain and Ajman, 1 December 1971, ], vol. 834, No. 11934, p. 227, accessed 18 June 2019</ref> ],<ref>'''', Bahrain and Dubai, 1 December 1971, ], vol. 834, No. 11935, p. 235, accessed 18 June 2019</ref> ],<ref>'''', Bahrain and Fujairah, 1 December 1971, ], vol. 834, No. 11936, p. 243, accessed 18 June 2019</ref> ],<ref>'''', Bahrain and Ras Al Khaimah, 1 December 1971, ], vol. 834, No. 11937, p. 251, accessed 18 June 2019</ref> ],<ref>'''', Bahrain and Sharjah, 1 December 1971, ], vol. 834, No. 11938, p. 257, accessed 18 June 2019</ref> and ].<ref>'''', Bahrain and Umm Al Qaiwain, 1 December 1971, ], vol. 834, No. 11939, p. 265, accessed 18 June 2019</ref> The six excluding Ras Al Khaimah formed the ] the next day.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://gulfnews.com/lifestyle/community/how-the-uae-was-born-1.1610731 | title=How the UAE was born | author=Fullard, Martin | date=25 November 2015 | work=] | accessdate=18 June 2019}}</ref>
|me
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|29 June 1976
|The ], along with the ], ], and ] of the ], became independent as the Republic of Seychelles.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=si | year=1976 | number=894 | si=The Seychelles Independence Order 1976}}</ref><ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1976 | chapter=19 | act=Seychelles Act 1976}}</ref><ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=si | year=1976 | number=893 | si=The British Indian Ocean Territory Order 1976}}</ref>
|in
|}

== Main ==

=== Other ===
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!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|12 April 1927
|The ] was renamed the ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1927 | chapter=4 | act=Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927}}</ref>
|n/a
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 January 1983
|The six ] were ] British Dependent Territories.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK|type=act|year=1981|chapter=61|act=British Nationality Act 1981}}</ref>{{efn|The six crown colonies were: ]; the ]; the ]; ]; ]; ]; and ].}}
|n/a
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|21 May 2002
|The fourteen British Dependent Territories were ] ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK|type=act|year=2002|chapter=8|act=British Overseas Territories Act 2002}}</ref>{{efn|The fourteen dependent territories were: ]; ]; the ]; the ]; the ]; the ]; ]; ]; the ]; ]; ]; the ]; the ]; and the ].}}
|n/a
|}


=== Europe (Done) ===

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!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 January 1801
|The ] and the ] ], forming the ].<ref>{{cite act | title = Union with Ireland Act 1800 | type=
| number = (39 & 40 Geo. 3 c. 67) | language = English | date = 2 July 1800 | url = http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apgb/Geo3/39-40/67 | access-date = 11 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite act | title = Act of Union (Ireland) 1800 | type=
| number = (40 Geo. 3 c. 38) | language = English | date = 1 August 1800 | url = http://www.legislation.gov.uk/aip/Geo3/40/38/contents | access-date = 11 October 2020}}</ref>
|eu
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|5 October 1813
|The ] was annexed from the ] as a ].{{efn|The date given, 5 October, is when ], having arrived in Malta a couple of days earlier, proclaimed that he had been made governor.<ref>{{cite book | author=Hardman, William | title=A History of Malta During the Period of the French and British Occupations, 1798-1815 | publisher=] | year=1909 | accessdate=12 October 2020 | url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_History_of_Malta_During_the_Period_of/3nHOAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 | page=530}}</ref>}}
|eu
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|14 January 1814
|] was ] by ].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1815/mar/16/treaty-of-peace-with-denmark | title=HC Deb 16 March 1815 vol 30 cc218-24 | accessdate=13 October 2020}}</ref>
|eu
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|5 November 1815
|The ] was established as a protectorate.{{efn|The ] established the United States of the Ionian Islands and placed them under the protection of the United Kingdom;<ref>{{Cite wikisource|Treaty between Great Britain and Russia, respecting the Ionian Islands}}</ref> some sources say the date of the establishment of the protectorate was 9 November.}}
|eu
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|15 April 1825
|] was subordinated to ].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Annals_of_some_of_the_British_Norman_isl/R0AIAAAAQAAJ | author=Jacob, John | title=Annals of some of the British Norman isles constituting the bailiwick of Guernsey | year=1830 | page=34}}</ref>
|eu
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|21 June 1830
|The ] was made a Crown Colony.<ref>Judiciary and Law – Police, Gibraltar Government Website {{cite web|url=https://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/judiciary-a-law?start%3D2 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=13 October 2020 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009202056/https://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/judiciary-a-law?start=2 |archivedate=9 October 2013}}</ref>
|eu
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|28 May 1864
|The ] was ] to ].<ref>{{cite journal | title=Treaty Between Great Britain, France, Russia, and Greece, Respecting the Union of the Ionian Islands to the Kingdom of Greece | journal=The American Journal of International Law | volume=12 | number=2 | year=1918 | pages=79–85 | doi=10.2307/2213275 | jstor=2213275 | s2cid=246014041 | url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2213275 | accessdate=14 October 2020}}</ref>
|eu
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|12 July 1878
|The ] was ] over the island of Cyprus of the ].{{cn}}
|eu
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|4 August 1890
|] was ] to ] per the terms of a treaty signed 1 July 1890.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1890 | chapter=32 | act=Anglo-German Agreement Act 1890}}</ref>
|!!!!!eu, af
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|5 November 1914
|The ] was annexed from the ] as a Crown Colony.<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 28963
| date = 5 November 1914
| page = 8998
| supp = y
| title = Cyprus (Annexation) Order in Council, 1914
}}</ref>
|eu
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|3 May 1921
|] was split into ] and ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1920 | chapter=67 | act=Government of Ireland Act 1920}}</ref>
|eu
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|6 December 1922
|] became independent as the ] following the ratification of the ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1922 | chapter=1 | act=Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922 (Session 2)}}</ref> ] exercised the option to opt out of the Irish Free State within one month, doing so on 7 December.<ref>{{London Gazette
| city = b
| issue = 76
| date = 15 December 1922
| page = 711
}}</ref>
|eu
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|18 September 1955
|], a small ] in the ], was annexed.<ref>{{cite web |title=On This Day: 1955 - Britain claims Rockall |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/21/newsid_4582000/4582327.stm |website=news.bbc.co.uk |accessdate=25 June 2019}}</ref>
|eu
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|16 August 1960
|Most of ] became independent as the ], with ] remaining a British territory as ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1960 | chapter=52 | act=Cyprus Act 1960}}</ref>
|eu
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|3 March 1962
|The ] was redesignated the ].<ref>Malta (Constitution) Order in Council, 1961</ref>
|eu
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|21 September 1964
|] became independent as the ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1964 | chapter=86 | act=Malta Independence Act}}</ref>
|eu
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|10 February 1972
|] was ] into ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1972 | chapter=2 | act=Island of Rockall Act 1972}}</ref>
|eu
|}

=== Southeast Asia (working back to 1946) ===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Event
!scope="col"|Map
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|17 September 1888
|The Protectorate of ] was established.<ref>{{cite book | title=British and Foreign State Papers | publisher=] | year=1888 | pages=240–241 | url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/British_and_Foreign_State_Papers/_9kMAQAAIAAJ | accessdate=15 October 2020}}</ref>
|sea
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|12 September 1945
|Following the surrender of ], the formerly occupied regions of ] and ] were placed under the ] of ], and ] was placed under the ] of ].{{cn}}
|
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 April 1946
|The ] of ] ended. In its stead, the ] was formed from the ], the ] of ], ], and the ],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/history/events/e8db672a-3571-4fa3-9df0-220e83ee2a88 | title=Malayan Union is Inaugurated | publisher=Government of Singapore | accessdate=17 October 2020}}</ref> and the Straits Settlements of ] and ] became the ].<ref>{{cite journal | author=Nadaraja, T., A. De Mello, Francis Herchenroder, and J. M. Homer-Vanniasinkam | title=Eastern Countries | journal=Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law | volume=30 | number=1/2 | year=1948 | page=137 | jstor=754891 | accessdate=20 October 2020 | url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/754891}}</ref> As part of this, the Straits Settlements was disbanded.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK
| type = act
| year = 1946
| chapter = 37
| act = Straits Settlements (Repeal) Act 1946
}}</ref>
|sea
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|15 April 1946
|The ] of ] resumed administration of the ] following the ] of ].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1956/nov/15/sarawak | title=HL Deb 15 November 1956 vol 200 col 329 | quote=Thereafter, for seven months, Sarawak was administered by a British military administration until, on April 15, 1946, the Rajah resumed the administration of the State. | accessdate=19 October 2020}}</ref>
|sea
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 July 1946
|The ] was ceded to the crown, becoming the ].<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 37637
| date = 2 July 1946
| page = 3394
| title = Sarawak Cession Order in Council, 1946
}}</ref>
|sea
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|15 July 1946
|The ] of ] ended. In its stead, the ] was formed from ] and, transferred from ], ];<ref>{{London Gazette
| issue = 37654
| date = 16 July 1946
| page = 3677
| supp =y
| title=Labuan Order in Council, 1946
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1946/07/10/philippine-claim-to-north-borneo-vol-i-the-north-borneo-cession-order-in-council-1946/ | title=The North Borneo Cession Order in Council 1946 | publisher=] | accessdate=18 October 2020}}</ref> and ] resumed its separate status.
|sea
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 February 1948
|The ] was reorganized as the ].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/history/events/72e9ebe6-7a0f-4512-aa48-3da99d598525 | title=Federation of Malaya is Inaugurated | publisher=Government of Singapore | accessdate=16 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite wikisource|Federation_of_Malaya_Agreement}}</ref>
|sea
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|31 August 1957
|The ] ],<ref>{{cite news |title=1957: Malaya celebrates independence |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/31/newsid_3534000/3534340.stm |publisher=] |accessdate=14 October 2020 |date=31 August 1957}}</ref> after the ] provided for such.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1957 | chapter=60 | act=Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957}}</ref>
|sea
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 January 1958
|] was split from the ] and made its own colony.<ref name="aus-christmas" />
|sea
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 October 1958
|The Colony of ] was transferred to ].<ref name="aus-christmas">{{Cite Legislation AU|Cth|act|cia1958175|Christmas Island Act 1958}}, ], retrieved 20 May 2019</ref>
|sea
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|16 September 1963
|], ], and ] ] of the independent ], creating ].<ref>'''', Singapore, 28 August 1963, ], vol. 750, No. 10760, p. 2, accessed 20 June 2019</ref>
|sea
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 January 1984
|Brunei became independent as the ].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/12/31/Wealthy-Brunei-declares-independence/7982441694800/ | agency=UPI | date=31 December 1983 | title=Wealthy Brunei declares independence | accessdate=13 June 2019}}</ref>
|sea
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 July 1997
|] was ] to ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK
| type = act
| year = 1985
| chapter = 15
| act = Hong Kong Act 1985
}}</ref>
|sea
|}

=== South America (back to 1908) ===

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Event
!scope="col"|Map
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|21 July 1908
|], the ], the ], and the ], are added to the ].<ref name="fid">{{cite journal | title=International Law Studies | publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office | year=1948 | volume=46 | page=231&ndash;234 | url=https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2100&context=ils | accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref>
|!!!sa, ant
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|28 March 1917
|The extent of the ] was clarified, claiming all islands in a region between ] and ] and south of ], and a region between 50° west and ] and south of ].<ref name="fid" />
|n/a
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|26 May 1966
|] became independent as ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1966 | chapter=14 | act=Guyana Independence Act 1966 | accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref>
|sa
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|3 October 1985
|The ] were split from the ], becoming the ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK
| type = si
| year = 1985
| number = 449
| si = The South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Order 1985
| accessdate=22 October 2020
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fig.gov.fk/archives/online-collections/dependencies | title=Dependencies | publisher=Falkland Islands Government | accessdate=13 June 2019}}</ref>
|sa
|}

=== Caribbean (working back to 1962) ===

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Event
!scope="col"|Map
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|31 May 1962
|The ] was dissolved into the colonies of: ]; ]; the ]; ]; ]; ]; ]; ]; ]; ]; ]; and the ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1962 | chapter=19 | act=West Indies Act 1962}}</ref><ref>
{{cite journal
| last = Wallace
| first = Elisabeth
| year = 1962
| title = The West Indies Federation: Decline and Fall
| jstor = 40198636
| url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/40198636
| journal = International Journal
| volume = 17
| issue = 3
| pages = 269–288
| doi = 10.2307/40198636
| access-date = 20 June 2019
}}</ref>
|ca
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|6 August 1962
|] became independent as ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1962 | chapter=40 | act=Jamaica Independence Act 1962}}</ref>
|ca
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|31 August 1962
|] became independent as ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1962 | chapter=54 | act=Trinidad and Tobago Independence Act 1962}}</ref>
|ca
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|30 November 1966
|] became independent.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1966 | chapter=37 | act=Barbados Independence Act 1966}}</ref>
|ca
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 June 1973
|] was renamed Belize.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XiOPAgAAQBAJ | page=21 | title=A Political Chronology of the Americas | publisher=Europa Publications | year=2003 | isbn=9781135356538 | accessdate=17 June 2019}}</ref>
|ca
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|10 July 1973
|] became independent as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1973 | chapter=27 | act=Bahamas Independence Act 1973}}</ref><ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=si | year=1973 | number=1080 | si=The Bahamas Independence Order 1973}}</ref>
|ca
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|7 February 1974
|] became independent.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=si | year=1973 | number=2155 | si=The Grenada Constitution Order 1975}}</ref><ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=si | year=1973 | number=2157 | si=The Grenada Termination of Association Order 1973}}</ref>
|ca
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|3 November 1978
|] became independent as the Commonwealth of Dominica.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=si | year=1989 | number=1027 | si=The Commonwealth of Dominica Constitution Order 1978}}</ref><ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=si | year=1978 | number=1031 | si=The Dominica Termination of Association Order 1978}}</ref>
|ca
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|22 February 1979
|] became independent.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=si | year=1978 | number=1901 | si=The Saint Lucia Constitution Order 1978}}</ref><ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=si | year=1978 | number=1900 | si=The Saint Lucia Termination of Association Order 1978}}</ref>
|ca
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|27 October 1979
|] became independent as ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=si | year=1979 | number=916 | si=The Saint Vincent Constitution Order 1979}}</ref><ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=si | year=1979 | number=918 | si=The Saint Vincent Termination of Association Order 1979}}</ref>
|ca
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|19 December 1980
|] was split from ], and made a crown colony, and Saint Christopher, Nevis, and Anguilla was renamed Saint Christopher and Nevis.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1980 | chapter=67 | act=Anguilla Act 1980}}</ref><ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=si | year=1980 | number=1953 | si=The Anguilla (Appointed Day) Order 1980}}</ref>
|ca
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|21 September 1981
|] became independent.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK|type=si|year=1981|number=1107|si=The Belize Independence Order 1981}}</ref>
|ca
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 November 1981
|] became independent as ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK|type=si|year=1981|number=1106|si=The Antigua and Barbuda Constitution Order 1981}}</ref>
|ca
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|19 September 1983
|] became independent as the ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK
| type = si
| year = 1983
| number = 881
| si = The Saint Christopher and Nevis Constitution Order 1983
}}</ref>
|ca
|}

=== Pacific (working back to 1968) ===

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Event
!scope="col"|Map
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|31 January 1968
|The ] became independent as the ].<ref>{{Cite Legislation AU|Cth|num_act|nia19671031967204|Nauru Independence Act 1967}}, ], retrieved 20 May 2019</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.naurugov.nr/parliament-of-nauru/constitution-of-nauru.aspx | title=Constitution of Nauru | publisher=Government of Nauru | accessdate=3 August 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806205835/http://naurugov.nr/parliament-of-nauru/constitution-of-nauru.aspx | archive-date=6 August 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref>
|pa
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|4 June 1970
|] became independent as the Kingdom of Tonga.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1970 | chapter=22 | act=Tonga Act 1970}}</ref>
|pa
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|10 October 1970
|] became independent as the ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1970 | chapter=50 | act=Fiji Independence Act 1970}}</ref>
|pa
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|22 June 1975
|The ] was renamed the Solomon Islands.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=si | year=1975 | number=808 | si=The British Solomon Islands (Name of Territory) Order 1975}}</ref>
|pa
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 January 1976
|The ] were split into the ] and ].<ref>{{cite journal
| last = McIntyre
| first = W. David
| year = 2012
| title = The Partition of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands
| url = https://www.islandstudies.ca/sites/islandstudies.ca/files/ISJ-7-1-2012-McIntyre.pdf
| journal = Island Studies Journal
| volume = 7
| issue = 1
| pages = 135&ndash;146
| doi = 10.24043/isj.266
| s2cid = 130336446
| access-date = 16 June 2019
}}</ref>
|pa
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|7 July 1978
|The ] became independent.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1978 | chapter=15 | act=Solomon Islands Act 1978}}</ref><ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=si | year=1978 | number=783 | si=The Solomon Islands Independence Order 1978}}</ref>
|pa
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|1 October 1978
|] became independent.<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1978 | chapter=20 | act=Tuvalu Act 1978}}</ref>
|pa
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|12 July 1979
|The ] became independent as the ]. They included the ], dissolving the condominium with the ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1979 | chapter=27 | act=Kiribati Act 1979}}</ref><ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=si | year=1979 | number=719 | si=The Kiribati Independence Order 1979}}</ref>
|pa
|-
!scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;"|30 July 1980
|The ] became independent as the ].<ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=act | year=1980 | chapter=16 | act=New Hebrides Act 1980}}</ref><ref>{{Cite legislation UK | type=si | year=1980 | number=1079 | si=The New Hebrides Order 1980}}</ref>
|pa
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
{{reflist}}

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old version lol

Africa

Date Event Map
4 August 1890 Heligoland was ceded to Germany per the terms of a treaty signed 1 July 1890. !!!!!eu
1 January 1900 Northern Nigeria Protectorate is created, and Southern Nigeria Protectorate from the Niger Coast Protectorate and lands of the Royal Niger Company.
29 January 1900 The protectorate of North-Eastern Rhodesia was established.
1 September 1900 The South African Republic was annexed as Transvaal Colony.
6 October 1900 The Orange Free State was annexed as the Orange River Colony.
1 January 1902 Ashanti and Northern Territories of Gold Coast acquired
1 April 1902 Eastern Province transferred from Uganda to East Africa Protectorate
15 May 1902 Sudan-Ethiopia border treaty
7 August 1903 Swaziland protectorate split from Transvaal Colony
28 February 1906 Lagos Colony and Protectorate merged into Southern Nigeria
6 July 1907 The British Central Africa Protectorate was renamed Nyasaland.
31 May 1910 Cape Colony, Natal, Orange River Colony, and Transvaal Colony become independent as the Union of South Africa.
21 January 1911 Tati Concessions transferred from BSAC? to Bechuanaland Protectorate
17 August 1911 Barotziland–North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia merged into BSAC lands
1 January 1914 Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria combined as Nigeria
21 April 1914 Uganda and Sudan exchanged[https://www.jstor.org/stable/44947531?seq=6#metadata_info_tab_contents
18 December 1914 Egypt becomes protectorate
23 July 1920 Most of the East Africa Protectorate was annexed, becoming the Colony of Kenya.
29 November 1920 The East Africa Protectorate became the Kenya Protectorate. "Kenya (Annexation) Order in Council, 1920, S.R.O. 1902 No. 661, S.R.O. & S.I. Rev. 246."
15 March 1922 Egypt became independent
20 July 1922 Togoland, Tanganyika, and Cameroons were mandated
1 November 1922 Ascension Island was made a dependency of Saint Helena.
12 September 1923 Part of the BSAC is made the colony of Southern Rhodesia
1 April 1924 The remaining territory of the British South African Company is made the protectorate of Northern Rhodesia.
15 July 1924 Jubaland was ceded to Italian Somalia.
1 February 1926 Rudolf Province was transferred from Uganda to Kenya Colony
1932 Ethiopia-Somaliland border demarcated
20 July 1934 The Sarra Triangle was ceded from Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to Italy.
13 December 1946 Gough Island was annexed; it and Tristan da Cunha were made dependencies of Saint Helena, changing the name of that colony to Saint Helena and Dependencies. af
13 December 1946 Tanganyika and Cameroons reconfigured as trusts x af
1 August 1953 Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, and Southern Rhodesia were merged into the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, af
1 October 1954 Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria becomes Federation of Nigeria
1 January 1956 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan became independent as Sudan. af
6 March 1957 Ashanti, the Gold Coast, the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, and the Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration became independent as Ghana. af
26 June 1960 Somaliland became independent as the State of Somaliland. af
1 June 1960 kenya self rule
24 June 1960 zanzibar self rule
1 October 1960 Nigeria became independent as the Federation of Nigeria. af
14 March 1961 gambia semi-responsible
27 April 1961 The Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate became independent as Sierra Leone. af
1 May 1961 tanganyika self rule
31 May 1961 The Northern Cameroons become part of independent Nigeria,, dissolving that portion of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under British administration.

South Africa ceased being a dominion

af
1 October 1961 The Southern Cameroons become part of the independent Federal Republic of Cameroon., dissolving the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under British administration. af
9 December 1961 The Trust Territory of Tanganyika became independent as Tanganyika. af
1 March 1962 Uganda self governing s
9 October 1962 Uganda became independent as Uganda. af
9 May 1963 Nyasaland self governing?
4 October 1963 Gambia self governing
10 December 1963 Zanzibar became independent. af
12 December 1963 Kenya became independent as Kenya. af
31 December 1963 The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was dissolved into Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, and Southern Rhodesia. af
6 July 1964 Nyasaland became independent as Malawi. af
24 October 1964 Northern Rhodesia became independent as the Republic of Zambia. Southern Rhodesia begins using the name Rhodesia at this point, with full usage starting on 9 December 1964. (write this better) af
18 February 1965 The Gambia Colony and Protectorate became independent as The Gambia. af
3 March 1965 Bechuanaland Protectorate self-rule (or March 1?)
30 April 1965 Basutoland became self-governing
11 November 1965 Rhodesia declared independence. af-d
30 September 1966 Bechuanaland became independent as the Republic of Botswana. af
4 October 1966 Basutoland became independent as the Kingdom of Lesotho. af
1 March 1967 Swaziland is renamed Kingdom of Swaziland
5 September 1967 Swaziland gains autonomy as protected state of swaziland??
6 September 1968 Swaziland became independent as the Kingdom of Swaziland. af
1 June 1979 Rhodesia was renamed Zimbabwe Rhodesia. af-d
11 December 1979 Zimbabwe Rhodesia ended its claim of independence and returned to British control. af-d
18 April 1980 Southern Rhodesia became independent as the Republic of Zimbabwe. af
1 September 2009 Saint Helena and Dependencies was renamed Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. af
  1. "Anglo-German Agreement Act 1890", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1890 c. 32
  2. "No. 42074". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 June 1960. p. 4429.
  3. "Nigeria Independence Act 1960", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1960 c. 55
  4. "Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1961 c. 16
  5. The future of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under United Kingdom administration A/RES/1608(XV) 21 April 1961. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  6. ^ Decolonization No 30 Part 2 Archived 12 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine, United Nations, retrieved 20 May 2019
  7. The future of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under United Kingdom administration A/RES/1608(XV) 21 April 1961. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  8. "Tanganyika Independence Act 1961", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1961 c. 1
  9. "Uganda Independence Act 1962", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1962 c. 57
  10. "Zanzibar Act 1963", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1963 c. 55
  11. "Kenya Independence Act 1963", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1963 c. 54
  12. "Rhodesia and Nyasaland Act 1963", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1963 c. 34
  13. "The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) Order in Council 1963", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1963/2085
  14. "Malawi Independence Act 1964", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1964 c. 46
  15. "Zambia Independence Act 1964", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1964 c. 65
  16. "Gambia Independence Act 1964", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1964 c. 93
  17. "The Gambia Independence Order 1965", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1965/135
  18. "Botswana Independence Act 1966", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1966 c. 23
  19. "Lesotho Independence Act 1966", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1966 c. 24
  20. "Swaziland Independence Act 1968", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1968 c. 56
  21. "Zimbabwe Act 1979", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1979 c. 60
  22. "The Zimbabwe Independence Order 1980", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1980/394
  23. "The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 2009", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2009/1751
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