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British Honduras was a Crown colony on the east coast of Central America, south of Mexico, from 1783 to 1964, ... now about 45% of modern Belize. The Mayans are still ...
British Protectorate of Bahrain 15 August: 1971: Now an independent kingdom outside the Commonwealth. Barbados: 30 November: 1966: Barbados Independence Act 1966 - now an independent republic in the Commonwealth of Nations since 30 November 2021. Belize: British Honduras: 21 September: 1981: September Celebrations [5] Botswana: Bechuanaland: 30 ...
1] This is a list of viceroys in British Honduras and Belize from the start of British settlement in the area until the colony's independence in 1981. Until 1862, the territory was under the vice-regency of the Governor of Jamaica , and administered by a Superintendent.
Disputed territory between Belize and Guatemala There is an unresolved territorial dispute between the states of Belize (formerly known as British Honduras) and Guatemala, neighbours in Central America. During the late 1600s and throughout the 1700s, Britain and Spain signed several treaties regarding territories in the Americas. Both nations agreed that the territory of modern-day Belize was ...
After the independence of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in Africa in 1980 and British Honduras (now Belize) in Central America in 1981, the last major colony that remained was Hong Kong, with a population of over 5 million. [49]
Major Sir John Alder Burdon KBE CMG (23 August 1866 – 9 January 1933) [1] was Governor-General of British Honduras (now Belize) from 1925 to 1932. He also wrote Brief Sketch of British Honduras, Past, Present and Future (1927). Born 23 August 1866 in Beijing, China, he was the son of Bishop John Shaw Burdon and Phoebe Esther Alder.
Baron Bliss Light in Belize City. Henry Edward Ernest Victor Bliss, 4th Baron Bliss, commonly known as Baron Bliss (16 February 1869 – 9 March 1926), was a British-born traveller who willed nearly two million Belize dollars to a trust fund for the benefit of the citizens of what was then the colony of British Honduras, now Belize.
British Honduras in World War II (2 C, 4 P) Pages in category "History of British Honduras" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.