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A map of Europe as it appeared in 1815 after the Congress of Vienna. This article gives a detailed listing of all the countries, including puppet states, that have existed in Europe since the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to the present day. Each country has information separated into columns: name of the distinct country, its lifespan, the ...
Cocos Islands; Colonial Fiji; Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Kiribati & Tuvalu) Hawaii (formerly Sandwich Islands) Kingdom of Rarotonga (Cook Islands) New Hebrides (Vanuatu, condominium with France) New Zealand. Auckland Islands; Niue; Norfolk Island; Territory of Papua and New Guinea; Territory of New Guinea; Western Samoa; Phoenix Islands (part ...
This is a list of the larger offshore islands of Europe. In the Atlantic Ocean. Major islands and the island groups of the British Isles (Anglo-Celtic Isles) Great ...
People by former country in Europe (121 C) Religion in Europe by former country (10 C) ... Former countries in Europe after 1815. List of historic states of Germany *
1856, September 28 – Howland Island is annexed by the United States. 1858 – The modern-day Cook Islands unite to form the Kingdom of Rarotonga. February 27 – Jarvis Island is annexed by the United States. 1888 – The United Kingdom annexes the Kingdom of Rarotonga, whose territory later becomes known as the Cook Islands.
Corn Islands (1914–1971) Canton and Enderbury Islands; Caroline Islands; Cuba (Platt Amendment turned Cuba into a protectorate – until Cuban Revolution) Falkland Islands (1832) Guantánamo Bay; Guam; Gulangyu Island (1903–1945) Haiti (1915–1934) Hawaii; Indian Territory (1834–1907) Isle of Pines (1899–1925)
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.
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 ...