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1640 Portugal
regains its independence from Spain
and João IV of Portugal becomes king. Spain
does not recognize the Independence until 1668.
1640 Portugal
regains its independence from Spain
and João IV of Portugal becomes king. Spain
does not recognize the Independence until 1668.
1809 Ecuador
declares independence from Spain
1912 Greek
island of Icana declares independence (Greece annexes it in November)
1913 In China
, province of Chungking declares independence. Chinese Republican forces crush the rebellion in a couple of weeks
1917 Don Republic declares independence from Bolshevist Russia
1918 September 28 — Don Voisko adopts a constitution including declaration of independence. Collapse of Imperial Germany makes it void
1918 November 1 — Ruthenia in eastern Czechoslovakia
declares brief independence
1922 The United Kingdom
accepts the independence of Egypt
.
1929 All India Congress in Lahore
demands India
n independence
1947 The Khan of Baluchistan declares independence (acceeds to Pakistan
in 1948)
1956 Tunisia
gains independence from France
.
1959 Island of Addu in the Maldives
declares independence.
1959 Cyprus
gains independence.
1960 February 10 — In Brussels
, a conference about Congo
independence begins.
1960 June 20 — The Mali Federation between Senegal
and Sudanese Republic (now Mali
) gains independence from France
.
1960 June 26 — British Somaliland gains independence from UK
— 5 days later it unites with the former Italian Somaliland to create the modern Somali Republic.
1960 June 30 — Belgian Congo
gains independence from Belgium
— civil war follows.
1960 August 5 — Burkina Faso
(Upper Volta) declares independence from France
.
1965 In Rhodesia
(modern-day Zimbabwe
), the white minority regime of Ian Smith
unilaterally declares independence.
1966 Harold Wilson
withdraws all his previous offers to the Rhodesia
n government, and announces that he will agree to independence only after the founding of a Black majority government
1971 Qatar
gains independence from the United Kingdom
. Unlike most nearby emirates, Qatar declines to become part of either the United Arab Emirates
or Saudi Arabia
.
1972 The Libertarian enclave Minerva on a platform in the South Pacific
, sponsored by the Phoenix Foundation, declares independence. Soon neighboring Tonga
annexes the area and dismantles the platform.
1975 Mozambique gains independence from Portugal
.
1981 Antigua and Barbuda gain independence from the United Kingdom
1983 Violence erupts in New Caledonia between native Kanaks and French expatriates. The French government withdraws the promise of independence.
1983 The Turkish part of Cyprus
declares independence.
1983 Brunei
gains independence from the United Kingdom
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