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The scope of this article begins in 1815, after a round of negotiations about European borders and spheres of influence were agreed upon at the Congress of Vienna. [3] The Congress of Vienna was a nine-month, pan-European meeting of statesmen who met to settle the many issues arising from the destabilising impact of the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars, and the dissolution of the ...
A historical sovereign state is a state that once existed, but has since been dissolved due to conflict, war, rebellion, annexation, or uprising. This page lists sovereign states, countries, nations, or empires that ceased to exist as political entities sometime after 1453, grouped geographically and by constitutional nature.
Simple English; سنڌي; Slovenčina ... Pages in category "Former countries in Europe" The following 197 pages are in this category, out of 197 total.
Folk etymology traces the name to the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz, but the Oxford English Dictionary records the first occurrence as "Oss" in 1908. [55] Frank Baum's original book predates this and may have inspired the name, [56] but it is also possible Baum himself was influenced by Australia in his development of Oz. [57]
Simple English; سنڌي; Slovenčina ... Pages in category "Former countries" The following 121 pages are in this category, out of 121 total. This list may not ...
The list below includes all entities falling even partially under any of the various common definitions of Europe, geographical or political.Fifty generally recognised sovereign states, Kosovo with limited, but substantial, international recognition, and four largely unrecognised de facto states with limited to no recognition have territory in Europe and/or membership in international European ...
In June 2016, in a referendum in the United Kingdom on the country's membership in the European Union, 52% of voters voted to leave the EU, leading to the complex Brexit separation process and negotiations, which led to political and economic changes for both the UK and the remaining European Union countries. The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020.
The English adjective "Netherlandish", meaning "from the Low Countries", is derived directly from the Dutch adjective Nederlands (old spelling Nederlandsch), and the French and German equivalents. It is rare in general use, but remains common in academic jargon, especially in reference to art or music produced anywhere in the Low Countries ...