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The list shows large groupings associated with the dates of independence from decolonization (e.g., 41 current states gained control of sovereignty from the United Kingdom and France between 1956 and 1966) or dissolution of a political union (e.g., 18 current states gained control of sovereignty from the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia between 1990 ...
1822 Brazilian independence, border between Brazil and the United Kingdom; 1966 Guyana becomes independent; Boa Vista–Georgetown. 1904 Italy arbiters in a border dispute, border between Brazil and the British Empire; 1966 Guyana becomes independent; Boa Vista–Imbaimadai. 1822 Brazilian independence, border between Brazil and the United Kingdom
France Tunisia: Independence restored after period as a French protectorate. Initial independence in 1705: March 6, 1957 United Kingdom Ghana: In personal union with the UK and many other countries until 1960. August 14, 1957 France Morocco: Independence restored after French protectorate. Initial founding in 788. August 31, 1957 United Kingdom
The terms dictate occupation over northern and western France, while the collaborationist French State is allowed to govern the unoccupied lands alongside the oversea colonies. 1940 June 24 — The Franco-Italian Armistice is signed, awarding Italy a thin strip of land on the border.
France and its territories. The French Republic [1] has terrestrial borders with 10 sovereign states, 8 bordering Metropolitan France [2] and 2 bordering the Overseas Departments [3] [4] of France, totaling 3,959 kilometres (2,460 mi). In addition, the territories of France border an additional 5 countries and territories. [5]
In the 19th century, starting with the Occupation of Algeria in 1830, France began to establish a new empire in Africa and Southeast Asia. The following is a list of all countries that were part of the French colonial empires from 1534; 491 years ago () to the present, either entirely or in part, either under French sovereignty or as mandate.
The dominant customary international law standard of statehood is the declarative theory of statehood, which was codified by the Montevideo Convention of 1933. The Convention defines the state as a person of international law if it "possess[es] the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) a capacity to enter into relations with the ...
Vichy France Lesotho: Independence Day: 4 October: 1966 United Kingdom Liberia: Independence Day: 26 July: 1847 American Colonization Society: Liberian Declaration of Independence. Libya: Independence Day: 24 December: 1951 United Kingdom Italy France: Independence from Italy on 10 February 1947, released from British and French on 24 December ...