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In early 2020, Malaysia faced a political crisis, [20] concurrent with the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to political, health, social, and economic disruptions. [21] [22] The 2022 general election resulted in Malaysia's first hung parliament, leading to Anwar Ibrahim's appointment as Prime Minister on November 24, 2022. [23] [24] [25] [26]
Spanish East Indies (now the Philippines) – Spanish colony from 1565 to 1898 (now Indonesia) – Dutch colony from 1602 to 1949 (included Netherlands New Guinea until 1962) Portuguese Insulíndia – Former Portuguese colony/possessions from 1522 to 1605 until Dutch East India Company takeover. British Malaya (now part of Malaysia and Singapore):
Reception of the Manila galleon by the Chamorro in the Ladrones Islands, Boxer Codex (c. 1590). With the Portuguese guarding access to the Indian Ocean around the Cape, a monopoly supported by papal bulls and the Treaty of Tordesillas, Spanish contact with the Far East waited until the success of the 1519–1522 Magellan–Elcano expedition that found a Southwest Passage around South America ...
In 1597, the Spanish (Castilian) crown lost the Netherlands (Holland). In 1640, Portugal split away after Philip II had incorporated it to its domains in 1581. A second independence tide came about following the Independence of the Thirteen Colonies in North America and the Battle of Trafalgar that heralded the end of the Spanish Atlantic hegemony.
This is a list of former European colonies. The European countries which had the most colonies throughout ... Spanish West Indies. The Bahamas ... Malaysia; British ...
Extent of colonization by European, American, Ottoman, and Japanese powers, 1492-1991 Map of the year each country achieved independence. The historical phenomenon of colonization is one that stretches around the globe and across time. Ancient and medieval colonialism was practiced by the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Turks, Han Chinese, and Arabs.
French colonies in South and Southeast Asia: French India (1769–1954) French Indochina (1887–1953), including: French Cambodia (1863–1953) French Laos (1893–1953) French Cochinchine, Annam and Tonkin (1862–1949, now Vietnam) Guangzhouwan (1898–1945) Dutch, British, Portuguese colonies and Russian territories in Asia: Dutch India ...
Dutch, British, Spanish, Portuguese colonies and Russian territories in Asia: Dutch India (1605–1825) Dutch Bengal; Dutch Ceylon (1656–1796) Portuguese Ceylon (1505–1658) Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) – Dutch colony from 1602 to 1949 (included Dutch New Guinea until 1962) Portuguese India (1510–1961)