List of dominant sovereign states and their servient territories

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This list, though not quite complete, contains a widely varied spectrum of colonies, protectorates, mandates, trust territories, occupied or annexed states, dependent territories and other political entities that were (or in some cases are) subjected to another sovereign power, or in (de facto unequal) personal union, arranged by these dominant nations or empires.

Contents 1 Non-European powers 1.1 United States 1.1.1 Insular areas 1.1.2 Sui generis 1.1.3 Internationally mandated 1.2 Argentina 1.3 Australia 1.3.1 International mandates 1.3.2 Claim 1.4 Brazil 1.5 Chile 1.6 China 1.6.1 Integral parts 1.6.2 Claim 1.6.3 Other 1.7 Indonesia 1.8 Japan 1.8.1 World War II imperial control 1.8.2 Colonization 1.8.3 International Mandate 1.8.4 Other 1.8.5 Puppet States 1.8.6 Protectorates 1.9 Ottoman Egypt 1.9.1 Condominium 1.10 New Zealand 1.11 South Africa 2 European dominant powers 2.1 Austria Hungary 2.1.1 Other European 2.1.2 Crown lands 2.1.3 Colonial 2.2 Belgium 2.2.1 Colonial 2.3 British Empire 2.3.1 Claim 2.3.2 Condominium 2.4 Denmark 2.4.1 Colonial 2.5 Finland 2.6 France 2.6.1 Amical protectorate 2.6.2 Claim 2.6.3 Napoleonic empire & European satellites 2.6.4 Colonial 2.6.5 Condominium 2.6.6 International mandate 2.7 Germany / Prussia / Third Reich 2.7.1 World Wars I and/or II control 2.7.2 Colonial 2.7.3 Claim 2.8 Greece 2.9 Iceland 2.10 Italy including Genoa and Venice 2.10.1 World War II control 2.11 Knights of St. John / Malta 2.11.1 Colonial 2.12 Monaco 2.13 Netherlands, the 2.13.1 Colonial 2.14 Norway 2.15 Ottoman Empire / Turkey 2.16 Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 2.16.1 Colonial 2.17 Portugal 2.18 Russian empire / Soviet Union / Russian Federation 2.18.1 Territories in personal union with Russian Empire 2.18.2 Territories under military control 2.18.3 Colonial possessions 2.18.4 Concession territories 2.18.5 Internationally mandated & unilateral/allied occupation after WW II 2.19 Spain 2.19.1 Colonial 2.20 Sweden 2.20.1 Colonial 3 Source

[edit] Non-European powers

[edit] United States

[edit] Insular areas

• Alaska (1867-1959)
• American Samoa (1900- )
• Bajo Nuevo Bank (1856- )
• Bahamas (1776-1776)
• Baker Island (1856- )
• Corn Islands (1914-1971)
• Dominican Republic (1916-1922)
• Guam (1898- )
• Hawaii (1898-1959)
• Howland Island (1856- )
• Jarvis Island (1856- )
• Johnston Atoll (1858- )
• Kingman Reef (1856- )
• Midway Island (1867- )
• Navassa Island (1858- )
• Palmayra Atoll (1898- )
• Philippines (1898-1946)
• Puerto Rico (1898- )
• Quita Sueño Bank, Roncador Cay and Serrana Bank (1903 - 1972)
• Serranilla Bank (1856- )
• Swains Island (1925- )
• U.S. Virgin Islands (1917- )
• Wake Island (1898- )

[edit] Sui generis

• Guantanamo Bay Concession on Cuba (1898- )
• Panama Canal Zone (1903-1999)

[edit] Internationally mandated

• Austria U.S. Zone (1945-1955)
• Berlin U.S. Zone (1945-1990)
• Germany U.S. Zone (1945-1955)
• Iraq (2003-2004)
• Japan (1945-1950)
• Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands (1945-1972)
• South Korea (1945-1948)
• Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1947-1990)
  • Marshall Islands (1947-1990)
  • Micronesia (1947-1990)
  • Northern Mariana Islands (1947- )
  • Palau (1947-1994)
• Vienna U.S. Zone (1945-1955)

[edit] Argentina

• Argentine Antarctica (1943- )

[edit] Australia

• Ashmore and Cartier Islands (1931- )
• Christmas Island (1958-)
• Cocos Islands (Keeling Islands) (1955- )
• Coral Sea Islands (1969- )
• Jervis Bay Territory (1915- )
• Lord Howe Island (1900- )
• Nauru (1914-1968)
• Norfolk Island (1914- )
• Territory of New Guinea (1914-1975)
• Northern Territory (1911- )
• Territory of Papua (1901-1975)
• Torres Strait Islands (1879- )

[edit] International mandates

• Dutch East Indies (1945-1946)

[edit] Claim

• Australian Antarctic Territory (1933- )

[edit] Brazil

• Acre (1903- )
• Trindade and Martim Vaz (1895- )

[edit] Chile

• Antártica Chilena Province (1940- )
• Easter Island (1888- )

[edit] China

[edit] Integral parts

• Aksai Chin (1962- )
• Tibet (1720- )
• Singkiang/East Turkestan/Xinjiang (1759-1864,1877- )

[edit] Claim

• Outer Mongolia (1688-1911, 1920-1921) (At present, claimed by the Republic of China)
• Tannu Tuva/Uriankhai (1688-1911) (At present, claimed by the Republic of China)

[edit] Other

• Amur (1689-1858)
• North Korea (1951-1958)
• North Vietnam (1945-1946)
• Ussari/Vladivostok (1644-1860)

[edit] Indonesia

• East Timor (1975-1999)

[edit] Japan

• Bonin Islands (1876-1945, 1968- )
• Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands (1879-1945, 1972- )
• Volcano Islands (1891-1945, 1968- )
• Kurile Islands (1875-1945)

[edit] World War II imperial control

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1942-1945)
• Attu and Kiska(1942-1943)
• British North Borneo (1942-1945)
• Brunei (1942-1945)
• Burma (1942-1945)
• Christmas Island (1942-1945)
• Gilbert Islands (1941-1943)
• Guam (1941-1944)
• Hong Kong (1941-1945)
• Malaya (1942-1945)
• Nauru (1942-1945)
• Netherlands East Indies (1942-1945)
• North East New Guinea (1942-1944)
• Philippines (1942-1945)
• Portuguese East Timor (1942-1945)
• Sarawak (1942-1945)
• Singapore (1942-1945)
• Wake Island (1941-1945)

[edit] Colonization

• Chinese Eastern Railway Zone (1905-1935)
• Karafuto (1905-1945)
• Kiaochow concession in China (1914-1920)
• Kwantung concession territory in China (1894-1895, 1905-1945)
• Taiwan (Formosa) (1895-1945)
• Korea (Chosen) (1910-1945)

[edit] International Mandate

• South Pacific Mandate (Caroline Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Palau) (1919-1947)

[edit] Other

• Liu Kung Island (occupation 1895-1898)

[edit] Puppet States

• Thailand (1941-1945)

[edit] Protectorates

• Korea (Chosen) (1905-1910)
• Manchuria(Manchukou) (1931-1945)

v • d • e Former exterior territories of Japan Karafuto Karafuto Minseisho → Karafuto Prefecture (incorporated into mainland jurisdiction) Chōsen Governor-General of Korea · Keikidō · Kōgendō · Chūsei-hokudō · Chūsei-nandō · Zenra-hokudō · Zenra-nandō · Keishō-hokudō · Keishō-nandō · Heian-nandō · Heian-hokudō · Kōkaidō · Kankyō-nandō · Kankyō-hokudo Taiwan Governor-General of Taiwan · Taihoku Prefecture · Shinchiku Prefecture · Taichū Prefecture · Tainan Prefecture · Takao Prefecture · Karenkō Prefecture · Taitō Prefecture · Hōko Prefecture Nan'yō Rinji Nan'yō Guntō Bōbitai Minseisho → Nan'yō-chō Kwantung Kantō Totokufu → Kantō-chō → Kantō-kyoku: Kantō-shūchō

[edit] Ottoman Egypt

• Basra in Iraq (1832-1842)
• Crete (1824-1840)
• Darfur in Sudan (1874-1883)
• Diriyah/Riyadh (1838-1843)
• Equatoria (1871-1889)
• Gaza Strip (1832-1917, [1948-1956, 1957-1967])
• Harar (1875-1884)
• Al-Hasa (1813-1830, 1838-1843)
• Hejaz (1819-1840)
• Kismayo/Kismayu (See : Somalia )(1875-1876)
• Lebanon (1832-1840)
• Mangbetu (1881-1883)
• Masawa/Eritrea (1813-1826,1865-1882)
• Palestine (1291-1516, 1832-1840)
• Syria (1291-1516, 1832-1840)
• Zelia/Egyptian Somaliland (1877-1884)

[edit] Condominium

• The Sudan/Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1821-1881, [1899-1956])

v • d • e History of Administrative divisions under the Ottoman Empire Africa Algeria · Chad - Egypt (included as sub-admin: Sudan)  · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Asia Arabia · Cyprus · Iraq · Syria (included as sub-admin: Lebanon · Palestine) · Turkey Europe Albania · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Kosovo · Greece · Hungary · Macedonia · Serbia · Turkish Thrace · Ukraine

[edit] New Zealand

• Cook Islands (1900- )
• Nauru (1947-1968)
• Niue (1901- )
• Ross Dependency (1923- )
• Tokelau (1926- )
• Western Samoa (1914-1962)

v • d • e Realm of New Zealand Cook Islands · New Zealand · Niue · Ross Dependency · Tokelau

[edit] South Africa

• Namibia (1920-1990)
• Walvis Bay (1910-1994)

[edit] European dominant powers

[edit] Austria Hungary

In Europe:

[edit] Other European

• Albania (1916-1918)
• Austrian Netherlands (Belgium) (1714-1793/95)

[edit] Crown lands

• Banat (1718-1918)
• Böhmen Bohemia (1526-1619, 1620-1918)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (1878-1918)
• Bukovina (1775-1918)
• Carniola (Krain/Slovenia) (1270-1918)
• Krakau Cracow (1795-1809, 1847-1918)
• Croatia (1527-1809, 1813-1918)
• Dalmatia (Illyria) (1797-1805, 1815-1918)
• Fiume (1471-1809, 1813-1918)
• Fricktal (1230-1797)
• Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (1772-1918)
• Görz (Gorizia) and Gradisca (Go: 1500-1809, 1813-; Gr: 1511-1647, 1717- )
• Holstein (1865-1866)
• Ungarn Hungary (1526-1849, 1849-1918)
• Istria (1797-1805, 1814-1918)
• Kärnten (Carinthia) (1553 - 1809, 1813- )
• Lesser Walachia (1718-1739)
• Lombardy (Milan) (1714-1796, 1814-1859)
• Lausitz Lusatia (1526-1635)
• Luxembourg (1713-1793/95)
• Mantua (1714-1796)
• Moldavia (1854-1856)
• Montenegro (1916-1918)
• Mähren Moravia (1526-1918)
• Münster (1784-1800)
• Naples (1714-1735)
• Niederösterreich (Lower Austria) (1156- )
• Novi Pazar (1878-1909)
• Oberösterreich (Upper Austria) (1156- )
• Parma (1735-1748)
• Passes of the Carpathian Mountains (1918)
• Poland (1916-1918)
• Romania (1916-1918)
• Ruthenia (1775-1918)
• Salzburg (1805-1810, 1816- )
• Sardinia (1714-1720)
• Serbia (Belgrade) (1718-1739, 1915-1918)
• Sicily (1720-1735)
• Schlesien Silesia (Breslau) (1526-1742)
• Österreichisch Schlesien Silesia (Troppau) (1526/1742-1918)
• Slovakia (1526-1918)
• Steiermark Styria (1282 - )
• Siebenbürgen Transylvania (1551-1849, 1849-1918)
• Trento (1801-1805, 1813-1918)
• Trieste (1382-1809, 1813-1918)
• Toskana Tuscany (1737-1796)
• Tirol Tyrol (1363-1805, 1814 - )
• Ukraine (1918)
• Venetia (1797-1805, 1814-1866)
• Vorderösterrreich (Further Austria) (1368-1805)

(Sundgau [to 1648], Breisgau, Burgau, Fricktal)

• Vojvodina (1688-1918)
• Vorarlberg (1363/1451/1765/1814 - )
• Walachia (1790-1791)
• New Galicia (1795-1809)

[edit] Colonial

• Banquibazar & Cabelon[1](India) (1719/23-1744/50)
• Nicobar islands (1778-1783)

v • d • e Former Austrian colonies Asia Unrecognised Nicobar Islands · Sabah · Tianjin concession Franz Josef Land

[edit] Belgium

Two territories were assimilated after World War I:

• Eupen-Malmedy (1919-1940, 1944- )
• Neutral Moresnet (1920-1940, 1944- )

[edit] Colonial

• Belgian Congo (1908-1960)
• Katanga (1900-1960)
• Lado Enclave (1894-1910)
• Ruanda-Urundi (1916-1962)
  • Burundi (1916-1962)
  • Rwanda (1916-1962)

[edit] British Empire

Including colonies of earlier constituent countries, England and Kingdom of Scotland.

• Aden Settlement/Aden Colony (1839-1967)
• Aden Protectorate (1890s-1963)
• Andaman & Nicobar Islands (A: 1789-1947, N: 1868-1947) (India)
• Afghanistan (1839-1842, 1879-1880)
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1789-1796, 1858-1947)
• Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (The Sudan) (1898-1956)
• Anguilla (1650-1967, 1969- )
• Antigua (1632-1981)
• Aruba (1799-1815)
• Ascension Island (1815- )
• Ashmore and Cartier Islands (1878-1934)
• Australia (1900-1931)
• The Bahamas (1648-1657, 1670-1973)
• Bahrain (1880-1971)
• Baker Island (1889-1935)
• Baluchistan (1877-1947)
• Bantam, on Java (1603-1621 and 1628-1682)
• Barbados (1624-1966)
• Barbuda (1628-1981)
• Basutoland (present Lesotho) (1843-1966)
• (British) Bechuanaland (present Botswana) (1885-1966)
• Bencoolen (1685-1824)
• Bengal (1681-1947)
• Berbice (1781-1782, 1796-1802, 1803-1970)
• Bermuda (1609- )
• Bombay (1662-1947)
• Bonaire (1807-1814)
• Bonin Islands (1827-1875)
• British Cameroons (1914-1954)
• British Columbia (1858-1871)
• British Guiana (Guyana) (1831-1970)
• British Honduras (Belize) (1749-1981)
• British Indian Ocean Territory (1810- )
• British Kaffraria (1835-1878)
• British Lower Burma (1824-1948)
• British North Borneo (Sabah) (1762-1775,1877-1963)
• British Persian Gulf Residency (1763-1971)
• British Solomon Islands (1893-1978)
• British Somaliland (1884-1960)
• British Togoland (1914-1956)
• British Virgin Islands (1666- )
• British West Africa (1821-1850, 1866-1888)
• British Western Pacific Territories (1877-1976)
• Brunei (1888-1983)
• Burma (1885-1948)
• Canada (1867-1931)
• Canada East (1759-1867)
• Canada West (1791-1867)
• Cape Breton Island (1629, 1745-1749, 1758-1867)
• Cape colony (1795-1803, 1806-1910)
• Carolina (1585-1586, 1629-1776)
• Cayman Islands (1670- )
• Ceuta (1810-1814)
• Ceylon (1796-1948)
• Christmas Island (1899-1958)
• Cocos Islands (Keeling Islands) (1857-1955)
• Connecticut (1639-1776)
• Cook Islands (1888-1900)
• Coorg (1834-1947)
• Corsica (1794-1796, 1814)
• Cuba (1762-1763)
• Curaçao (1800-1806, 1807-1816)
• Cyprus (1878-1960)
• Cyrenaica (1942-1951)
• Danish India (Tranquebar) (1808-1815)
• Darién (1698-1699)
• Delaware (1664-1776)
• Demerara-Essequibo (1781-1782, 1796-1802, 1803-1970)
• Dominica (1761-1778, 1784-1978)
• Dutch East Indies (1811-1816, 1945-1946)
• Dutch India (1780-1784, 1795-1818)
• Egypt (1801-1803, 1882-1922)
• Elba (1801-1802)
• Eritrea (1941-1952)
• Falkland Islands (1690- )
• Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1953-1963)
• Fernando Poo (Port Clarence) (1827-1855)
• Fiji (1871-1970)
• Florida (1763-1783)
• French India (1760-1765, 1778-1783, 1793-1816)
• French Somaliland (Djibouti) (1942-1946)
• Gambia (1661-1695, 1713-1779, 1816-1970)
• Georgia (1732-1777)
• Gibraltar (1704- )
• Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Kiribati) (1892-1979)
• Goa (1797-1802, 1803-1813)
• Gold Coast (1621-1960)
• Gorée (1758-1763, 1809-1817)
• Grenada (1609, 1762-1779, 1783-1974)
• Guadeloupe (1759-1763, 1794, 1810-1816)
• Guyenne / (Gascongy) (1152-1449)
• Hanover (1714-1806, 1813-1837)
• Hawaii (1843)
• Heligoland (1807-1890, 1945-1952)
• Hong Kong (1841-1997)
• Howland Island (1889-1935)
• India (1774-1947)
• Ionian Islands (1809-1864)
• Iraq (1916-1935)
• Ireland (1171-1921)
• Italian Somaliland (1941-1950)
• Jamaica (1765-1962)
• Jarvis (1889-1935)
• Kamaran Island (1915-1967)
• Kenya (1888-1963)
• Kuria Muria Islands (1854-1967)
• Kuwait (1899-1961)
• Labuan (1846-1963)
• Lagos (1861-1960)
• Lebanon (1941-1946)
• Leeward Islands (1671-1960)
• Lord Howe Island(1788-1900)
• Lower Canada (1759-1867)
• Madagascar (1942-1946)
• Madeira (1801-1802, 1807-1814)
• Madras (1640-1947)
• Maine (1622-1775)
• Malacca (1795-1802, 1807-1818, 1824-1957)
• Malaya (1874-1957)
• Maldives (1796-1965)
• Malta (1800-1964)
• Maryland (1632-1776)
• Martinique (1762-1763, 1793-1801, 1809-1814)
• Massachusetts (1620-1775)
• Mauritius (1810-1968)
• Minorca (1708-1756, 1763-1782, 1798-1802)
• Mombassa (1823-1826)
• Montserrat (1632-1667, 1668-1782, 1784- )
• Mosquito Coast (1658-1894)
• Moluccas (1796-1802,1810-1817)
• Muscat and Oman (1861-1971)
• Natal (1829-1839, 1843-1910)
• Nauru (1947-1968)
• Nevis (1628-1983)
• New Brunswick (1784-1867)
• New Caledonia (1698-1700)
• New England (1686-1689)
• New France (1759-1764)
• New Hampshire (1623-1776)
• New Jersey (1665-1776)
• New South Wales (1770-1900)
• New York (1664-1775)
• New Zealand (1769-1931)
• Newfoundland (1497-1931)
• Nigeria (1914-1960)
• Niue (1900-1901)
• Norfolk Island (1788-1914)
• North Carolina (1629-1776)
• North-West Frontier Province (1901-1947)
• North West Territories/Hudson's Bay (1670-1870)
• Northern Ireland (1921- )
• Northern Nigeria (1885-1914)
• Northern Rhodesia (1900-1964)
• Northern Territory (1824-1829, 1838-1849, 1864-1900)
• Nova Scotia (1621-1632, 1654-1670, 1690-1691, 1710-1867)
• Nyasaland (Malawi) (1889-1964)
• Oil Rivers Protectorate (1827-1914)
• Orange Free State (1845-1854, 1900-1910)
• Oyapoc (1620)
• Palestine (1918-1948)
• Palmayra Atoll (1889-1898)
• Papua (1883-1901)
• Penang (Prince of Wales Island) (1786-1957)
• Pennsylvania (1681-1776)
• Philippines (1762-1764)
• Pitcairn (1838- )
• Prince Edward Island (1758-1870)
• Punjab (1849-1947)
• Pulo Condor Island (1702-1705)
• Qatar (1868-1971)
• Quebec (1629-1632, 1759-1867)
• Queensland (1824-1900)
• Redonda (1872-1981)
• Réunion (1810-1815, 1942-1946)
• Rhode Island (1636-1776)
• Rhodes and Dodecanese Islands (1945-1947)
• Rhodesia (1888-1900)
• Rockall (1955- )
• Rodrigues (1809-1968)
• Rupert's Land (1670-1870)
• Saba (1781,1801-1803, 1810-1816)
• Saint Christopher (Saint Kitts) (1623-1666, 1671-1983)
• Saint Domingue (Haiti) (1793-1798)
• Saint Eustatius (1665-1668, 1672-1682, 1801-1816)
• Saint Helena (1651- )
• Saint Lucia (1664-1667, 1762-1763, 1781-1783, 1794-1795, 1796-1802, 1803-1797)
• Saint Martin (1781,1801-1802, 1810-1816)
• Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (1702-1763, 1778-1783, 1793-1802, 1803-1814)
• Saint Thomas and Saint John (1801-1802, 1807-1815)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1627-1636, 1672-1673, 1762-1779,1783-1979)
• Sarawak (1888-1963)
• Senegal (1693, 1758-1779, 1809-1817)
• Seychelles (1794-1976)
• Sierra Leone (1787-1961)
• Sikkim (1817-1947)
• Sind (1843-1947)
• Singapore (1819-1959)
• Somalia (1941-1950)
• South Arabia (1963-1967)
• South Africa (1910-1931)
• South Caribbean Islands (1762-1779, 1783-1802)
• South Carolina (1665-1776)
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1775-)
• Southern Nigeria (1849-1914)
• Southern Rhodesia (1900-1965, 1979-1980)
• Straits Settlements (1826-1957)
• Suez Canal Zone (1922/36 - 1956)
• Surat (1612-1703)
• Swaziland (1893-1968)
• Syria (1914-1919, 1941-1946)
• Tanganyika (1916-1961)
• Tangier (1662-1684)
• Tasmania (1803-1900)
• Tati Concessions Land (1872-1966)
• Tobago (1762-1781, 1793-1802, 1803-1962)
• Tokelau (1877-1926)
• Tonga (Friendly Islands) (1900-1970)
• Tortuga (Haiti) (1631-1641)
• Transjordan (Jordan) (1921-1946)
• Transvaal (1877-1880, 1900-1910)
• Trinidad (1797-1962)
• Tripolitania (1942-1951)
• Tristan da Cunha (1816- )
• Trucial States (1892-1971)
• Turks and Caicos (1679- )
• Tuvalu (Ellice Islands) (1892-1979)
• Uganda (1890-1962)
• Upper Canada (1760-1867)
• Vancouver Island (1849-1871)
• Victoria (1839-1900)
• Virginia (1607-1776)
• Wales (1282- )
• Walvis Bay (1878-1885)
• Weihaiwei (1898-1930)
• West Florida (1763-1781)
• West Indies Federation (1958-1962)
• Western Australia (1825-1900)
• Willoughby (1652-1668)
• Windward Islands (1885-1960)
• Zanzibar (1890-1963)
• Zimbabwe-Rhodesia (1979-1980)
• Zululand (1879-1910)

[edit] Claim

• British Antarctic Territory (1819-)

[edit] Condominium

• New Hebrides (present Vanuatu) (1887-1980)

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[edit] Denmark

• England (1016-1042)
• Estonia (1219-1346)
• Faroe Islands (1380- ) De jure a Norwegian dependancy until 1708.
• Iceland (1380-1944) De jure a Norwegian dependancy until 1814.
• Norway (1380-1814) (personal union)
• Oldenburg (1148-1773)
• Pilten (1560-1585)
• Pomerania (1185-1259, 1715-1720, 1815)
• Saaremaa (Osel Island) (1564-1645)
• Schleswig - Holstein (S: 945-1865, 1920-; H: 1201-1865)
• Sweden (1397–1523) (personal union)

[edit] Colonial

• Danish Gold Coast (Danish Guinea, in present Ghana) (1657-1850)
• Danish India (Tranquebar) (1620-1845)
• Greenland (1380-1410, 1721- ) De jure a Norwegian dependancy until 1814.
• Nicobar Islands (Frederik Oerne Islands) (India) (1756-1868)
• Danish West Indies (1735-1917)
• Saint Thomas-Saint John's (1684-1917)

v • d • e Danish overseas colonies and territories Former colonies Danish Gold Coast (Danish Guinea) Danish India Tranquebar (Tharangambadi) · Balasore · Frederiksnagore (Serampore) · Danmarksnagore (Gondalpara) · Calicut (Kozhikode) · Oddeway Torre (Malabar Coast) · Frederiksøerne (Nicobar Islands) Danish West Indies (U.S. Virgin Islands) Current overseas territories Faroe Islands · Greenland See also Danish East India Company · Danish West India Company

[edit] Finland

• Åland (1809-)
• East Karelia (1941-1944)

[edit] France

Certain European territories have become part of metropolitan France, enjoying full citizenship.

• Alsace (1678-1870, 1918-1940,1944- )
• Avignon and surrounding Comtat Venaissin (1226-90, 1791- )
• Basse-Navarre (1589- )
• Corsica (1768-1794, 1796- )
• Franche Comté (1678- )
• Goust (19??- )
• Menton (1861- )
• Lorraine (1766-1870, 1918-1940, 1944- )
• Montbeliard Mömpelgard (1534-35, 1676-1697, 1792- )
• Mulhouse (1798- )
• Nice Nizza (to 1388, 1792-1814, 1860- )
• Orange (1660-65, 1673-97, 1702- )
• Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (1861- )
• Roussillon/Perpignan (1462-1493, 1642- )
• Savoy (1537-after 1547, 1797-1815, 1861- )

[edit] Amical protectorate

• Menton (1793-1814)
• Monaco (1793-1814)
• Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (1793-1814)

[edit] Claim

• Adélie Land Antarctic sector (1924- )

[edit] Napoleonic empire & European satellites

• Belgium (1703-1706, 1745-1748, 1795-1814)
• Berg and Cleves (1806-1813)
• Bremen (1810-1813)
• Catalonia (1810-1813)
• Danzig (1807-1813)
• Elba (1802-1814)
• Erfurt (1807-1813)
• Geneva (1798-1813)
• Hamburg (1810-1813)
• Holland (1810-1813)
• Ilyrian (Dalmatia) provinces (1808-1813)
• Ionian Islands (1797-1799, 1807-1810)
• Liguria/Genoa (1396-1406, 1458-1461, 1507-1515, 1512-1528, 1800-1814)
• Lombardy (Milan) (1495-1512, 1515-25, 1796-1814)
• Lubeck (1810-1813)
• Luxembourg (1792-1793, 1795-1814)
• Malta (1798-1800)
• Naples (1805-1814)
• Minorca (1756-1763)
• Parma (1808-1814)
• Piedmont (1536-1559, 1800-1814)
• Plaisance (Piacenza, Italy) (1640-1714)
• Piombino (1803-1814)
• Portugal (1807-1810)
• Rhineland (1797-1814)
• Rome, Papal States (1809-1814)
• Spain (1808-1813)
• Tuscany (1807-1814)
• Valais (Wallis, canton in Switzerland) (1810-1813)
• Venetia (1797-1798, 1805-1813, 1866)
• Duchy of Warsaw (Poland) (1807-1813)

[edit] Colonial

This includes short—mainly Napoleonic—overseas occupation and presently integral overseas territories

• Acadia (1600-1710)
• Algeria (1830-1962)
• Anjouan (1912-1975)
• Arguin Island (1678, 1721-1722, 1724-1728)
• Bassas da India (1897- )
• Berbice (1782-1784)
• Cambodia (1863-1953)
• Cameroun (1914-1960)
• Central African Republic (1893-1960)
• Chad (1900-1960)
• Charlesfort (South Carolina) (1562-1563)
• Cilicia (1919-1920)
• Clipperton Island (1855- )
• Cochinchina in southern Vietnam (capital Saigon) (1862-1949)
• Comoros (1886-1975)
• Dahomey (Benin) (1894-1960)
• Demerara-Essequibo (1782-1784)
• Diego Suarez (1886-1960)
• Dominica (1627-1748, 1778-1784)
• Egypt (1798-1801)
• Europa Island (1897- )
• Fezzan (1943-1951)
• Fort-Dauphin (1642-16741)
• French Antilles (1674-1759, 1768-1775)
• French Concession in Shanghai, China (1849-1946)
• French Congo (1880-1960)
• French Equatorial Africa (1910-1960)
• French Guiana (1644-1809, 1817- )
• French Guinea (present Guinea) (1849-1958)
• French India (1674-1954)
• French Indo-China (1887-1949)
• French Morocco (1912-1956)
• French Oceania (1842- )
• French Polynesia (1842- )
• French Possessions on Saint Helena (1858- )
• French Possessions in the Americas (1939-1943)
• French Somaliland (present Djibouti) (1862-1977)
• French Southern and Antarctic Lands (1924- )
• French Sudan (present Mali) (1880-1960)
• French (Shoals) Treaty Shore (1713-1904)
• French West Africa (1895-1960)
• Fort Caroline (Florida) (1564-1565)
• Fort Coligny/Antarctic France (1555-1560)
• Fort St. Louis (Texas) (1685-1689)
• Gabon (1839-1960- )
• Glorioso Islands (Iles Glorieuse) (1897- )
• Gorée (1626-1758, 1763-1809, 1817-1960)
• Grenada (1649-1763, 1779-1783)
• Guadeloupe (1635-1813,1814- )
• Hatay/Alexandretta (1918-1939)
• Hudson's Bay (1672-1673, 1686-1693, 1694-1696, 1697-1713, 1782-1783)

(Fort Bourbon, Fort St. Anne, Fort Charles, Fort St. Jacques)

• Île de France (present Mauritius) (1715-1810)
• Île de Saint-Jean (1663-1758)
• Île Royale (present Cape Breton Island) (1605-1745)
• Ivory Coast (1843-1960)
• Jebel Druze (Souaida) (1921-1946)
• Juan de Nova Island (1897- )
• Kastellorizo (1915-1920)
• Keelung and Pescadores (1884-1885)
• Kwangchowan concession in China (1898-1946)
• Laos (1893-1953)
• Latakia (1920-1946)
• Louisiana (1699-1762, 1800-1803)
• Madagascar (1896-1960)
• Madras (India) (1746 -1749)
• Malouines (Falkland Islands) (1764-1767)
• Martinique (1625- )
• Mauritania (1903-1960)
• Mayotte (1841- )
• Mexico military control over Habsburg Emperor Maximilian (1863-1867)
• Middle Congo (1880-1960)
• Mohéli (1912-1975)
• Montreal (1642-1760)
• Montserrat (1666-1667, 1782-1784)
• Muri (1892-1893)
• Dutch East Indies (Indes-Orientales) (1810-1811)
• Nevis (1782-1784)
• New Caledonia (1853- )
• Newfoundland (1696-1697, 1762)
• New France (1542-1760)
• Niger (1900-1960)
• Nossi-Bé (1840-1960)
• Québec, Canada (1608-1759)
• Rauracien (1793-1814)
• Réunion (Bourbon/Bonaparte) (1642-1810, 1815- )
• Riviéres du Sud (1849-1958)
• Saba (1781-1784, 1795-1801)
• Saint-Barthélemy (1648-1784, 1878- )
• Saint-Christophe (1628-1690, 1698-1702, 1706, 1782-1783)
• Saint Croix (1650-1733)
• Saint-Dominique (? Haiti) (1633-1804)
• Saint Eustatius (1689-1690, 1781-1784, 1795-1801)
• Sainte-Lucie (1650-1723, 1756-1803)
• Sainte Marie de Madagascar (1750-1960)
• Saint Martin (1648- )
• Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (1604-1713, 1763- )
• Saint Vincent (1779-1783)
• Santo Domingo (1795-1809)
• São Tomé (1709-171.)
• Senegal (1626-1758, 1779-1809, 1817-1960)
• Seychelles (1770-1810)
• Tobago (1666-1667, 1781-1793, 1802-1803)
• Togo (1914-1960)
• Trois-Rivières (1634-1760)
• Tromelin Island (1814- )
• Tunisia (1881-1956)
• Ubangui-Chari (present Central African Republic) (1893-1960)
• Upper Volta (present Burkina Faso) (1895-1960)
• Vietnam (Annam and Tonkin) (1883-1954)
• Wallis and Futuna (1887- )

[edit] Condominium

• New Hebrides (present Vanuatu) (1887-1980)

[edit] International mandate

League of Nations mandates/ U.N. trust territories:

• Lebanon (1918-1946)
• French Togoland, became a trust (1916-1960)
• Saarland (1918-1920, 1945-1956)
• Syria (1920-1946)

Allied occupation after World War II:

• Austria French Zone (1945-1955)
• Berlin French Zone (1945-1990)
• Germany French Zone (1945-1955)
• Vienna French Zone (1945-1955)

v • d • e French overseas empire Former v • d • e Former French colonies in Africa and the Indian Ocean Mahgreb Algeria · Morocco (Arguin Island) · Tunisia French West Africa Côte d'Ivoire · Dahomey · French Sudan · Guinea · Mauritania · Niger · Senegal · Upper Volta   French Togoland · James Island · Albreda French Equatorial Africa Chad · Gabon · Middle Congo · Oubangui-Chari Comoros Anjouan · Grande Comore · Mohéli   French Somaliland (Djibouti) · Madagascar · Ile de France · Seychelles v • d • e Former French colonies in the Americas New France  (Acadia • Louisiana • Canada • Terre Neuve) 1655 – 1763 Inini · Berbice · Saint-Domingue (Haiti) · Tobago · Virgin Islands · France Antarctique · France Équinoxiale French West India Company v • d • e Former French colonies in Asia and Oceania French India Chandernagor · Coromandel Coast · Madras · Malabar · Mahé · Pondichéry · Karaikal · Yanaon French Indochina Cambodia · Laos · Vietnam (Annam • Cochinchina • Tonkin) Other Asian Alaouites · Alexandretta-Hatay · Ceylon · Kwangchowan Oceania New Hebrides (Vanuatu) French East India Company Present v • d • e Overseas departments and territories of France   Inhabited areas Overseas departments1 French Guiana · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Réunion Overseas collectivities French Polynesia · Mayotte2 · Saint Barthélemy · Saint Martin · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · Wallis and Futuna Special status New Caledonia   Uninhabited areas Pacific Ocean Clipperton Island French Southern and Antarctic Lands Île Amsterdam · Île Saint-Paul · Crozet Islands · Kerguelen Islands · Adélie Land Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean Bassas da India3 · Europa Island3 · Glorioso Islands2, 3, 4 · Juan de Nova Island3 · Tromelin Island5 1 Also known as overseas regions.  2 Claimed by Comoros.  3 Claimed by Madagascar.  4 Claimed by Seychelles.  5 Claimed by Mauritius.

[edit] Germany / Prussia / Third Reich

• Alsace-Lorraine (1870-1918, 1940-1945)
• Danzig (1793-1807, 1814-1919, 1939-1945)
• East Prussia (1618-1945)
• Eupen-Malmedy (1815-1919, 1940-1944)
• Hanover (1866- )
• Hesse-Kassel (Hesse-Cassel) (1866- )
• Memel (1618-1920, 1939-1945)
• Nassau (1866- )
• New East Prussia (1793-1807)
• Schleswig-Holstein (S: 1865-, H: 1866- )
• Silesia (Breslau) (1742-1945)
• South Prussia (1793-1807)
• West Prussia (1772-1920, 1939-1945)

[edit] World Wars I and/or II control

• Albania (1943-1944)
• Austria (1938-1945)
• Białystok (1941-1944)
• Belgium (1914-1918, 1940-1944)
• Bohemia-Moravia (1939-1945)
• Crete (1941-1944)
• Denmark (1940-1945)
• Estonia (1918, 1941-1944)
• France (1940-1944)
• Greece (1941-1944)
• Hungary (1944 -1945)
• Latvia (1918, 1941-1944)
• Lithuania (1917-1918, 1941-1944)
• Luxembourg (1914-1918, 1942-1945)
• Montenegro (1943-1944)
• Netherlands (1940-1945)
• Moresnet (1915-1918, 1940-1944)
• Norway (1940-1945)
• Ostland (1940-1944)
• Poland (1916-1918, 1939-1944)
• Romania (1916-1918)
• Serbia (1941-1944)
• Sudetenland (1938-1945)
• Svalbard Island (1941-1942)
• Ukraine (1918, 1941-1943)
• Wartheland (Posen, Poland) (1939-1945)

[edit] Colonial

• Arguin Island (1685-1721)
• Burundi (1890-1916)
• Caroline Islands (1899-1914)
• German East Africa (Tanzania) (1885-1914)
• German Kamerun (Cameroon) (1884-1916)
• German New Guinea (1884-1914)
• German South West Africa (Namibia) (1884-1915)
• German Togoland (Togo) (1884-1914)
• Kiautschou concession territory in China (1897-1914)
• Mariana Islands (1899-1914)
• Marshall Islands (1885-1914)
• Pleasant Island (Nauru) (1887-1914)
• Palau (1899-1914)
• Prussian Gold Coast (1682-1720) -originally Brandenburger Gold Coast
• Rwanda (1890-1916)
• Samoa (1900-1914)
• Wituland in present Kenya (1885-1890)

[edit] Claim

• Neuschwabenland New Swabia (1939-1945)

v • d • e List of former German colonies and protectorates Colonies Africa Wituland · German East Africa (Tanganyika · Rwanda · Burundi) · Togoland · German South-West Africa (Namibia) · German West Africa (Kamerun · Neukamerun) Pacific German New Guinea (German Solomon Islands · German Marshall Islands · Caroline Islands · Mariana Islands · Nauru · Palau) · German Samoa Concessions China German Kiautschou (Tsingtao)  · Tientsin Unrecognised Antarctica New Swabia

[edit] Greece

• Crete (1913- )
• Rhodes and Dodecanese Islands (1947- )

[edit] Iceland

• Greenland (984-1400s)

[edit] Italy including Genoa and Venice

• Albania(1938-1945)
• Antalya (1919-1921)
• Corfu (1923, 1941-1943)
• Cyrenaica (1912-1942)
• Eritrea (Massawa, Assab) (1882-1941)
• Ethiopia (1936-1942)
• Fezzan (1912-1942)
• Italian East Africa (1940-1942)
• Italian Somaliland (1889-1941, 1950-1960)
• Jubaland/Trans-Juba (1924-1941)
• Libya (1911-1942)
• Rhodes and Dodecanese Islands (1912-1945)
• Saseno/Sazan Island (1914-1947)
• Tavolara (1962- )
• Tientsin concession in China (1900-1947)
• Tripolitania (1911-1942)

[edit] World War II control

• British Somaliland (1940-1941)
• Cattaro/Kotor (1941-1944)

• Genoa Republic :

• Amastris/Amasra (1261-1461)
• Amisus/Simesso/Samsun (1261-1425)
• Bona/Bone ?
• Cephalonia and Zante (1194-1206)
• Cerchio/Kerch (1318-1474)
• Chioggia (1379-1380)
• Chios (1345-1566)
• Corfu (1386)
• Corsica (c.1050-1077, 1285-1297, 1559-1768)
• Famagusta (1373-1464)
• Kaffa/Gazaria (1266-1296, 1346-1475)
• Lesbos (1261-1462)
• Licostomo/Kilia (1328?-1475?)
• Maurocastro/Belgorod-Dnestrovsky (1328?-1475)
• Monaco (1174-1297, 1301-1331, 1357-1395, 1402-1419)
• Mykonos (1245-1250)
• Pera and Galata (1273-1453)
• Rhodes (1082-1097)
• Samos (1204-1475, 1502-1558)
• Sardinia (1284-1326)
• Tabarca (1542-1741)
• Tana/Azov (1316-1475)
• Thasos (1433-1456)

• Venetian Republic :

• Andros (1207-1566)
• Argos/Nauplia (1388-1540, 1686-1715)
• Belluno, Bassano and Vicenza (1404-1797)
• Castellorosso/Kastellorizo (1639-1395)
• Cattaro/Kotor (1420-1797)
• Cephalonia (1206-1214, 1483-1485, 1502-1797)
• Cerigo (1205-1275, 1309-1797)
• Cerigotto (1293-1797)
• Chios (1124-1261)
• Corfu (1386-1797)
• Corone (1209-1500, 1685-1715)
• Crete (1204-1363, 1364-1669)
• Cyprus (1489-1570)
• Dalmatia (1409-1797)
• Dubrovnik/Ragusa (1000-1018, 1204-1358)
• Durazzo/Durrës (1392-1501)
• Egina/Aegina (1451-1537, 1687-1715)
• Euboea/Negroponte (1216-1470)
• Gallipoli (1204-1225)
• Ionian Islands (1386-1797)
• Istria coast:( 1374-1797)
• Kaffa/Sudak (1204-1261, 1396-1307)
• Kos (1204-1215)
• Lemnos (1457-1459, 1464-1477)
• Lepanto (1407-1499, 1697-1699)
• Lesbos (1204-1224)
• Modon (1209-1500, 1686-1715)
• Morea (1699-1715)
• Mykonos (1252-1258, 1390-1715)
• Naxos (1207-1579)
• Parga (1401-1452, 1454-1797)
• Patras (1488-1687)
• Preveza (1684-1699, 1717-1797)
• Rhodes (1082-1097)
• Romagna/Ravenna (1441-1530)
• Rondosto/Rhoedestus (1204-1225)
• Samos (1125-1157)
• Santa Maura/Lefkada (1362-1479, 1500, 1689-1797)
• Shkodër/Skutari (1396-1479)
• Skyros (1261-1269, 1453-1538)
• Tana/Azov (12..-1316)
• Tendos (1376-1379?)
• Thasos (1457-1459, 1460-1466)
• Thessalonica/Salonica (1423-1430)
• Treviso (1339-1379, 1389-1797)
• Verona and Padua (1405-1797)
• Vonitsa (1684-1715, 1716-1797)
• Zara/Zadar (1115-1154, 1160-1183, 1204-1797)
• Zante (1485-1797)

[edit] Knights of St. John / Malta

• Attaleia/Antalya (1361-1373)
• Bodrum (1412-14..)
• Corinth (1397-1404)
• Ikaria (1424-1521)
• Kastellorizo / (Castellorosso) (1306-1440)
• Kos (1215-1522)
• Malta (1530-1798)
• Orange (1180 -1307)
• Rhodes (1309-1522)
• Salona/Amphissa (1407-1410)
• Smyrna (modern Izmir) (1344-1402)
• Tripoli (1530-1551)

[edit] Colonial

• Saint Christopher (1651-1665)
• Saint Croix (1651-1653)
• Saint Barthelemy (1653-1667)
• Tortuga (1651-1665)

[edit] Monaco

• Menton (1346-1793, 1814-1848)
• Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (1355-1793, 1814-1848)

[edit] Netherlands, the

• Belgium (1815-1830)
• Dutch Zone in Germany (1949-1963)
• Luxembourg (1815-1890)

[edit] Colonial

• Arguin Island (1633-1678, 1722-1724)
• Aruba (1634- )
• Berbice (1666-1781, 1784-1796, 1802-1803)
• Bonaire (1642- )
• Cape Colony (1652-1797, 1803-1806)
• Ceylon present Sri Lanka (1658-1796)
• Curaçao (1634- )
• Delagoa Bay (Mozambique)(1721-1725)
• Demerara-Essequibo (1624-1781, 1784-1796, 1802-1803)
• Deshima (Dejima artifial island, factory sui generis in Japan) (1641-1860)
• Dutch Bengal (1635-1781, 1784-1795)
• Dutch East Indies (Netherlands East Indies) (1602-1811, 1816-1949)
• Dutch Gold Coast (1598-1871)
• Dutch Guiana (present Suriname) (1665-1975)
• Dutch India (Coromandel Coast) (1608-1825)
• Dutch New Guinea (Netherlands New Guinea) (1828-1962)
• Dutch West Africa (Angola) (1641-1648)
• Dutch West Indies (1828-1848)
• Essequibo (1624-1781, 1784-1803)
• French Guiana (1660-1664)
• French India (1693-1699)
• Gorée (1617-1663, 1664-1677)
• Malabar Coast (1663-1795)
• Malacca (1641-1795, 1802-1807, 1818-1826)
• Mauritius (1638-1710)
• Moluccas (1621-1949)
• Netherlands Antilles (1848- )
• New Amsterdam (1623-1664)
• New Holland (Dutch Brazil) (1630-1654)
• New Netherlands (New York state) (1653-1664)
• New Walcheren (Tobago) (1628-37, 1654-1666, 1667-1672, 1676-1677)
• Pomeroon (1657-1689)
• Saba (1640- )
• São Tomé (1641-1648)
• Sint Eustatius (1636- )
• Sint Maarten (1648- )
• Taiwan (Tayowan) (1642-1662)

v • d • e Dutch Empire   Former colonies Africa Arguin Island · Cape Colony · Delagoa Bay (Maputo Bay) · Dutch Gold Coast · Gorée · Mauritius · Dutch Angola Americas Dutch Brazil · Dutch Guiana (Suriname) · Guyana ( Berbice · Essequibo · Demerara ) · French Guiana · New Netherland · Tobago · Virgin Islands Asia · Oceania Dutch Ceylon · Dutch India · Deshima (Dejima) · Dutch East Indies · Kharg Island · Dutch Malacca · Netherlands New Guinea · Dutch Formosa Arctic Smeerenburg See also Dutch East India Company · Dutch West India Company   Present dependencies Kingdom of the Netherlands Netherlands Antilles · Aruba

[edit] Norway

• Bouvet Island (1930- )
• Eric the Red's Land (1932-1933)
• Faroe Islands (1035-1814)
• Greenland (1261-1814)
• Hebrides Islands (Western Isles) (c.874-1266)
• Iceland (1262-1814)
• Isle of Man (985-1266)
• Jemtland (1178-1645)
• Orkney Islands (c.874-1468)
• Peter I Island (1931- )
• Queen Maud Land (1938- )
• Shetland Islands (c.874-1468)
• Sverdrup Islands (1898-1930)

• See also:Possessions of Norway

v • d • e Integral overseas areas and dependencies of Norway Integral territories Svalbard (and Bear Island) · Jan Mayen Dependent territories Bouvet Island · Peter I Island · Queen Maud Land

[edit] Ottoman Empire / Turkey

• Aden (1538-1839)
• Abadan (1514-1529, 1543-1623, 1639-1847)
• Abkhazia (1578-1810)
• Albania (Shkodër, Valore, Tirana) (1410-1912)
• Algeria (Algiers) (1536-1830)
• Algeria (Constantine) (1637-1830)
• Algeria (Oran) (1708-1732, 1792-1831)
• Armenia (Yerevan) (1514-1618)
• Azerbaijan (Baku) (1516-1806)
• Azerbaijan (Tabriz) (1585-1639)
• Azerbaijan (Karabakh) (1557-1730)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (1463-1908)
• Bulgaria (1395-1908)
• Crete (1669-1908)
• Crimea (1475-1783)
• Croatia (Slavonia, Lika) (1529-1699)
• Cyclades Islands (1566-1830)
• Cyprus (1570-1914)
• Dagestan (1645-1730)
• Dodecanese Islands (1522-1912)
• Egypt (1517-1798, 1801-1914)
• Eritrea (Masawa) (1557-1884)
• Georgia (country) (1516-1603, 1620-1683, 1727-1735)
• Greece (1460-1831)
• Hamadan (1721-1730, 1916-1918)
• Hungary (1541-1699)
• Iraq (Baghdad, Basra, Mosul) (1534-1917)
• Jordan (1516-1918)
• Kosovo(1389-1912)
• Kuwait (1534-1914)
• Lebanon (Beirut, Acre, Saidon) (1516-1918)
• Libya (Cyrenaica) (1521-1911)
• Libya (Tripolitania) (1551-1912)
• Libya (Fezzan) (1842-1912)
• Luristan (1587-1639)
• Macedonia (Skopje) (1371-1913)
• Moldova (1526-1812)
• Montenegro (1516-1878)
• North Aegean Islands (1677-1912)
• Oman (1550-1551, 1581-1588, 1659-1741)
• Otranto (1480-1481)
• Palestine (1516-1918)
• Podolia (1672-1699)
• Qatar (1871-1916)
• Rhodes (1522-1912)
• Romania (Wallachia) (1541-1877)
• Romania (Moldavia) (1478-1812)
• Romania (Transylvania) (1538-1699)
• Saronic Islands (1460-1830)
• Saudi Arabia (El Hasa) (1871-1913)
• Saudi Arabia (Hejaz) (1517-1916)
• Saudi Arabia (Nejd) (1817-1902)
• Saudi Arabia (Asir) (1871-1914)
• Serbia (Belgrade, Nish, Kalemegdan) (1459-1878)
• Somaliland (Zeila) (1548-1884)
• Sporades Islands (1538-1830)
• Sudan (Nubia) (1553-1885)
• Sudan (Darfur) (1874-1883)
• Sudan (Equatoria) (1871-1889)
• Sudan (Kordofan) (1821-1883)
• Syria (Damascus, Aleppo) (1516-1918)
• Tunisia (1534-1881)
• Yemen (1517-1636, 1872-1918)

v • d • e History of Administrative divisions under the Ottoman Empire Africa Algeria · Chad - Egypt (included as sub-admin: Sudan)  · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Asia Arabia · Cyprus · Iraq · Syria (included as sub-admin: Lebanon · Palestine) · Turkey Europe Albania · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Kosovo · Greece · Hungary · Macedonia · Serbia · Turkish Thrace · Ukraine

[edit] Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

• Duchy of Livonia (1561-1621)
• Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1562-1791)
• Royal Prussia (1466-1772)
• Duchy of Prussia (1525-1657)
• Inflanty (1660-1772)

[edit] Colonial

• Gambia (Fort James) (1651-1659)
• New Courland/Tobago (1637/39/42, 1654-1659, 1680-1689)

v • d • e Administrative division of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Province of Greater Poland Brześć Kujawski · Chełmno · Gniezno · Inowrocław · Kalisz · Łęczyca · Malbork · Masovian · Płock · Pomeranian · Poznań · Rawa · Sieradz · Prince-Bishopric of Warmia Province of Lesser Poland Bełz · Bracław · Chernihiv · Kiev · Kraków · Lublin · Podlaskie · Podole · Ruthenian · Sandomierz · Volhynia  · Duchy of Siewierz Grand Duchy of Lithuania Brest Litovsk · Minsk · Mstsislaw · Nowogródek · Polotsk · Smolensk · Trakai · Vilnius · Vitebsk · Duchy of Samogitia Polish Livonia Duchy of Livonia (1561–1621): Dorpat, Parnawa, Wenden · Inflanty (1621–1772) Fiefs Lauenburg and Bütow Land · Duchy of Prussia · Duchy of Courland and Semigallia

[edit] Portugal

• Aguz/Souira Guedima (1506-1525)
• Alcacer Ceguer/El Qsar es Seghir (1458-1550)
• Angola (Portuguese West Africa) (1575-1975)
• Arguin Island (1455 - 1633)
• Arzila/Asilah (1417-1550, 1577-1589)
• Azamor/Azemmour (1513-1541)
• Azores (1432- )
• Bissau (1687-1974)
• Brazil (1500-1822)
• Cabinda (Portuguese Congo) (1885-1975)
• Cacheu (1588-1974)
• Cape Verde (1642-1975)
• Ceuta (1415-1640)
• Ceylon (1518-1658)
• Fernando Poo and Annobon (1474-1778)
• French Guiana (1809-1817)
• Goa (Portuguese India) (1510-1961)
• Hormuz (1515-1622)
• Macau (1553-1999)
• Madeira (1420- )
• Malacca (1511-1641)
• Mazagan/El Jadida (1506-1769)
• Mombassa (1593-1698, 1728-1729)
• Moluccas (1512-1621)
• Mozambique (Portuguese East Africa) (1501-1975)
• Muscat (1515-1650)
• Nova Colônia do Sacramento (1680-1777)
• Portuguese Gold Coast (1482-1642)

(São Jorge da Mina and Axim)

• Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau) (1879-1974)
• Portuguese Timor (East Timor) (1642-1975)
• Safim (present Safi, in Morocco) (1488-1541)
• Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué, present Agadir in Morocco (1505-1541)
• São João Baptista de Ajudá (1680-1961)
• São Tomé and Príncipe (1470-1975)
• Socotra island (1506-1511)
• Tangier (1471-1662)
• Zanzibar (1503-1698)

v • d • e Portuguese Empire North Africa  15th century 1415–1640  Ceuta 1458–1550  Alcácer Ceguer (El Qsar es Seghir) 1471–1550  Arzila (Asilah) 1471–1662  Tangier 1485–1550  Mazagan (El Jadida) 1487– middle 16th century  Ouadane 1488–1541  Safim (Safi) 16th century 1505–1769  Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué (Agadir) 1506–1525  Mogador (Essaouira) 1506–1525  Aguz (Souira Guedima) 1506–1769  Mazagan (El Jadida) 1513–1541  Azamor (Azemmour) 1577–1589  Arzila (Asilah) Sub-Saharan Africa  15th century 1455–1633  Arguin 1470–1975  São Tomé1 1474–1778  Annobón 1478–1778  Fernando Poo (Bioko) 1482–1637  Elmina (São Jorge da Mina) 1482–1642  Portuguese Gold Coast 1496–1550  Madagascar (part) 1498–1540  Mascarene Islands 16th century 1500–1630  Malindi 1500–1975  Príncipe1 1501–1975  Portuguese E. Africa (Mozambique) 1502–1659  St. Helena 1503–1698  Zanzibar 1505–1512  Quíloa (Kilwa) 1506–1511  Socotra 1557–1578  Accra 1575–1975  Portuguese W. Africa (Angola) 1588–1974  Cacheu2 1593–1698  Mombassa (Mombasa) 17th century 1642–1975  Cape Verde 1645–1888  Ziguinchor 1680–1961  São João Baptista de Ajudá 1687–1974  Bissau2 18th century 1728–1729  Mombassa (Mombasa) 1753–1975  São Tomé and Príncipe 19th century 1879–1974  Portuguese Guinea 1885–1975  Portuguese Congo (Cabinda) 1 Part of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1753.   2 Part of Portuguese Guinea from 1879. Southwest Asia  16th century 1506–1615  Gamru (Bandar Abbas) 1507–1643  Sohar 1515–1622  Hormuz (Ormus) 1515–1648  Quriyat 1515–?   Qalhat 1515–1650  Muscat 1515?–?   Barka 1515–1633? Julfar (Ras al-Khaimah) 1521–1602  Bahrain (Al Muharraq and Manama) 1521–1529?  Qatif 1521?–1551? Tarut Island 1550–1551  Qatif 1588–1648  Matrah 17th century 1620–?   Khor Fakkan 1621?–?   As Sib 1621–1622  Qeshm 1623–?   Khasab 1623–?   Libedia 1624–?   Kalba 1624–?   Madha 1624–1648  Dibba Al-Hisn 1624?–?   Bandar-e Kong Indian subcontinent  15th century 1498–1545  Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep) 16th century Portuguese India    1500–1663  Cochim (Kochi)    1502–1661  Quilon (Coulão/Kollam)    1502–1663  Cannanore (Kannur)    1507–1657  Negapatam (Nagapattinam)    1510–1962  Goa    1512–1525  Calicut (Kozhikode)    1518–1619  Paliacate (Pulicat)    1521–1740  Chaul    1523–1662  Mylapore    1528–1666  Chittagong    1534–1601  Salsette Island    1534–1661  Bombay (Mumbai)    1535–1739  Baçaím (Vasai-Virar)    1536–1662  Cranganore (Kodungallur)    1540–1612  Surat    1548–1658  Tuticorin (Thoothukudi)    1559–1962  Daman and Diu    1568–1659  Mangalore    1579–1632  Hughli    1598–1610  Masulipatnam (Machilipatnam) 1518–1521  Maldives 1518–1658  Portuguese Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1558–1573  Maldives 17th century Portuguese India    1687–1749  Mylapore 18th century Portuguese India    1779–1954  Dadra and Nagar Haveli East Asia and Oceania  16th century 1511–1641  Portuguese Malacca 1512–1621  Banda Islands 1512–1621  Moluccas (Maluku Islands)    1522–1575  Ternate    1576–1605  Ambon    1578–1650  Tidore 1512–1665  Makassar 1553–1999  Macau 1533–1545  Ning-po 1571–1639  Decima (Dejima, Nagasaki) 17th century 1642–1975  Portuguese Timor (East Timor)1 19th century Macau    1864–1999  Coloane    1849–1999  Portas do Cerco    1851–1999  Taipa    1890–1999  Ilha Verde 20th century Macau    1938–1941  Lapa and Montanha (Hengqin) 1 1975 is the date of East Timor's Declaration of Independence and subsequent invasion by Indonesia. In 2002, the independence of East Timor was recognized by Portugal and the rest of the world. North America and the North Atlantic Ocean  15th century 1420           Madeira 1432           Azores 16th century 1500–1579?  Terra Nova (Newfoundland) 1500–1579?  Labrador 1516–1579?  Nova Scotia Central and South America  16th century 1500–1822  Brazil 1536–1620  Barbados 17th century 1680–1777  Nova Colônia do Sacramento 19th century 1808–1822  Cisplatina (Uruguay) Portuguese colonization of the Americas

[edit] Russian empire / Soviet Union / Russian Federation

See also "Soviet Empire" for de facto Soviet domination and involvement.

[edit] Territories in personal union with Russian Empire

• Congress Poland (1815-1915)
• Finland (1809-1917)

[edit] Territories under military control

• Chinese Eastern Railway Zone (1898-1905, 1945-1955)
• Ili (1871-1881)
• Manchuria (1900-1905, 1945-1946)

[edit] Colonial possessions

• Russian America (Alaska) (1799-1867)
• Fort Elizabeth (1816-1817)
• Fort Ross (1812-1841)

[edit] Concession territories

• Hanko (1940-1941)
• Kwantung (Port Arthur) concession territory in China (1898-1905, 1945-1955)
• Porkkala (1944-1955)
• Baikonur Cosmodrome (1991-)

[edit] Internationally mandated & unilateral/allied occupation after WW II

• Austria Soviet Zone (1945-1955)
  • Vienna, Soviet Zone (1945-1955)
• Bulgaria (1944-1947)
• Finland (1944-1947 Allied Control Commission presence; restoring 13 March 1940 borders)
• Germany, Soviet occupation zone (1945-1955)
  • Berlin, Soviet Zone (1945-1955)
• Hungary (1944-1947)
• North Korea (1945-1948)
• Romania (1944-1947)

[edit] Spain

Integral parts:

• Canary Islands (1480- )
• Balearic Islands (1492- )
• Navarre (1512- )
• Couto Mixto (1864- )

European personal union etc.:

• Bizerte (1535-1574)
• Charolles in France (1493-1684)
• Franche-Comté in France (1493-1678)
• Gibraltar lost to Britain (1462-1704)
• Luxembourg (1457-1713)
• Malta (1492-1530)
• Milan in Italy (1556-1713)
• Naples in Italy (1492-1707, 1734-1759)
• Parma in Italy (1748-1802)
• Portugal in personal union (1580-1640)
• Roussillon/ Perpignan in France (1493-1642)
• Sardinia in Italy (1492-1708, 1718-1720)
• Sicily in Italy (1492-1714, 1734-1759)
• State of Presidi in Italy (1557-1720)
• Spanish Netherlands (Northern (1556-1648) & Southern (1556-1714)

• Aragon / Catalan :

• Athens Duchy crusader state (1311-1390)
• Balearic Islands (1229-1492)
• Durazzo/Durrës in Albania (1376-1392)
• Malta (1282-1492)
• Montpellier in France (1137-1349, 1365-1382)
• Naples (1435-1492)
• Roussillon/Perpignan (1137-1185, 1242-1276, 1344-1462)
• Sardinia (1326-1492)
• Sicily (1282-1492)

[edit] Colonial

• Bahamas (1782-1783)
• Bona/Bone (1535-1540)
• Bougie (1510-1555)
• California (1768-1821)
• Caroline Islands (1659-1899)
• Ceuta (1640- )
• Chiapas in Mexico (1528-1821)
• Chile (1541-1810, 1814-1818)
• Chiloé (1784-1826)
• Costa Rica (1568-1821)
• Cuba (1511-1899)
• East Florida (1565-1763, 1783-1821)
• El Salvador (1524-1821)
• Fernando Poo and Annobon (1778-1968)
• Florida (1565-1763, 1783-1821)
• Guam (1668-1898)
• Guatemala (1523-1821)
• Honduras (1528-1821)
• Ifni in Morocco (1860-1969)
• Isla de Alborán (1540- )
• Isla Perejil {1668- )
• Islas Chafarinas (1847- )
• Jamaica (1509-1655)
• Jerba/Djerba Island (1551-1560)
• Louisiana (1762-1800)
• Malvinas (Falkland Islands) (1767-1811)
• Mariana Islands (Ladrones) (1668-1899)
• Melilla (1497- )
• Montevideo (Uruguay) (1726-1812)
• New Granada (Colombia) (1520-1811, 1815-1821)
• New Mexico (1595-1821)
• New Spain (Mexico) (1521-1821)
• Nicaragua (1522-1821)
• Oran (1509-1708, 1732-1792)
• Palau (1886-1899)
• Panama (1501-1821)
• Paraguay (1535-1813)
• Penon de Algiers (1510-1529, 1573-74)
• Peñón de Alhucemas (1559- )
• Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (1508- )
• (Lower) Peru (1535-1821)
• Puerto Rico (1508-1898)
• Plazas de soberanía (Morocco)
• Quito (Ecuador) (1532-1820)
• Río de la Plata (Argentina) (1536-1816)
• Río Muni (1885-1968)
• Río de Oro (Western Sahara) (1860-1976)
• Santa Cruz de la Mar Pequeña (1476-1524)
• Santo Domingo present Dominican Republic (& Haiti) (1492-1795, 1808-1821, 1861-1863)
• Spanish East Indies (Philippines) (1521-1898)
• Spanish Guinea (Equatorial Guinea) (1885-1968)
• Spanish Morocco (1912-1956)
• Spanish Sahara (1884-1975)
• Tangier (1940-1945)
• Texas (1682-1821)
• Trinidad (1498-1797)
• Tripolitania (1510-1530)
• Tunis and La Gouletta (1535-1570, 1573-1574)
• Upper Peru present Bolivia (1548-1809, 1809-1825)
• Venezuela (1528-1811, 1812-1816)
• Wake Island (1586-1898)
• West Florida (1565-1763, 1781-1821)
• Yucatan in Mexico (1519-1821)

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[edit] Sweden

• Åland Islands (unknown -1809, 1918(Occupation))
• Blekinge (1658-)
• Bohuslän (1658-)
• Bornholm (1658-1660)
• Bremen-Verden (1645-1715)
• Courland and Pilten (1701-1709 (Occupation))
• Erfurt (1632-1650)
• Estonia and Ösel (1561-1721)
• Finland (twelfth and thirteenth centuries-1809)
  • Vyborg (1293-1721)
• Gotland (unknown-1360, 1645- )
• Halland (1645- )
• Ingria/Ingermanland (1583-95, 1617-1703)
• Jämtland (1563-1570, 1645- )
• Memel (1629-1635)
• Minden (1636-1649)
• Norway Personal Union (1814-1905)
• Scania (Skåne) (1332-1360, 1658- )
• Swedish Livonia (1620s-1721)
• Swedish Pomerania and Rügen (1631-1815)
• Swedish Prussia (1629-1635)
• Trondheim (1658-1660)
• Wismar (1632-1803)

[edit] Colonial

• Guadeloupe (1813-1814)
• New Sweden (1638-1655)
• Saint Barthelemy (1785-1878)
• Swedish Gold Coast (1650-1663)

v • d • e Former Swedish colonies Americas New Sweden • Saint Barthélemy • Guadeloupe Africa Swedish Gold Coast

[edit] Source

• WorldStatesmen- Index of Colonies and Possessions

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