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Below are lists of the countries and territories that were formerly ruled or administered by the United Kingdom or part of the British Empire (including military occupations that did not retain the pre-war central government), with their independence days. Some countries did not gain their independence on a single date, therefore the latest day ...
By 1913, the British Empire held sway over 412 million people, 23 percent of the world population at the time, [2] and by 1920, it covered 35.5 million km 2 (13.7 million sq mi), [3] 24 per cent of the Earth's total land area.
Spanish Empire Philippines: Independence Day (Araw ng Kalayaan or Araw ng Kasarinlan) 12 June: 1898 Philippine Declaration of Independence by Emilio Aguinaldo during the Philippine Revolution against Spain. The Philippines achieved self-rule from the United States on 4 July 1946, and celebrated 4 July as Independence Day until 1964. [69 ...
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 enters into force, abolishing slavery in the British Empire. 1840 10 January The first postage stamps come into use. June Vaccination for the poor is introduced. 1841 30 August Robert Peel becomes Prime Minister for the second time. 1842 Summer The first peacetime income tax is introduced. 1846 27 January
Independence restored after British protectorate. October 10, 1970 United Kingdom Fiji: Restoration of independence after British colonial rule. Initial founding in 1871. In personal union with the UK and many other countries until 1987. August 15, 1971 United Kingdom Bahrain: Independence restored after British protectorate.
The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games open in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the first time the Games were held outside the so-called 'White Commonwealth', and the last time the Games included the British Empire in their name. 6 September The 16th Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference convenes in London. [2]
In 1763, victory in the Seven Years' War led to the growth of the First British Empire. With defeat by the United States, France and Spain in the War of American Independence, Great Britain lost its 13 American colonies and rebuilt a Second British Empire based in Asia and Africa.
The fourth British Empire, meanwhile, is used to denote Britain's rejuvenated imperial focus on Africa and South-East Asia following the Second World War and the independence in 1947–48 of Britain's South Asian dependencies, when the Empire became a vital crutch in Britain's economic recovery.