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This is a list of former European colonies. The European countries which had the most colonies throughout history were: ... British colonial empire; Danish colonial ...
People from former British colonies and protectorates in Europe (6 C) C. British Cyprus (5 C, 11 P) H. British Heligoland (1 C, 4 P) I.
The British Empire refers to the possessions, dominions, and dependencies under the control of the Crown.In addition to the areas formally under the sovereignty of the British monarch, various "foreign" territories were controlled as protectorates; territories transferred to British administration under the authority of the League of Nations or the United Nations; and miscellaneous other ...
Colonies in Conflict: The History of the British Overseas Territories (2015) 444pp. Harry Ritchie, The Last Pink Bits: Travels Through the Remnants of the British Empire (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1997). Simon Winchester, Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire (London & New York, 1985).
In 1984 the British government signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration with China and agreed to turn over Hong Kong and its dependencies in 1997. British rule ended on 30 June 1997, with China taking over at midnight, 1 July 1997 (at end of the 99-year lease over the New Territories, along with the ceded Hong Kong Island and Kowloon).
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. . It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuri
Toggle Colonies of European countries subsection. 1.1 British. 1.2 French. 1.3 Russian. 1.4 German. ... After an initial defeat the British were able to conquer ...
The first English overseas colonies started in 1556 with the plantations of Ireland after the Tudor conquest of Ireland.One such overseas joint stock colony was established in the late 1560s, at Kerrycurrihy near Cork city [16] Several people who helped establish colonies in Ireland also later played a part in the early colonisation of North America, particularly a group known as the West ...