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Independence Day (Grenada) Guyana: British Guiana: 26 May: 1966: Became a republic in 1970. India: British India: 15 August: 1947: Indian Independence Act 1947 [9] Iraq: 3 October: 1932: Pursuant to the British Mandate for Mesopotamia Israel: Mandatory Palestine: 14 May: 1948: End of British mandate Palestine declared independence from Israel ...
As for the United Kingdom itself, British views of the former Empire are more positive than is the case with other post-imperial nations; [267] discourse around the former Empire has continued to impact the nation's present-day understanding of itself, as seen in the debate leading up to its decision to leave the European Union in 2016.
The United Kingdom hands Hong Kong back to China, marking the end of the British Empire. 31 August Diana, Princess of Wales, dies due to a traffic collision in Paris. 1999 6 May First elections to the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly take place which will now be responsible for aspects of Scotland and Wales's governance. 2 December
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 ...
Several countries within the British Empire gained independence in stages during the earlier part of the 20th century. Much of the rest of the empire was dismantled in the twenty years following the end of the Second World War , starting with the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947, and continued until the handover of Hong Kong to the ...
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 British Empire Economic Conference is convened. Policy of Imperial preference adopted. 1934 16 February The self-government of the Dominion of Newfoundland is suspended, replaced by the Commission of Government. Newfoundland ceases to be in the Commonwealth. 4 August The second British Empire Games open in London, the United Kingdom. 1936 ...
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.