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  2. List of countries that have gained independence from the ...

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    British government recognized independence in 1783 with the Treaty of Paris. Vanuatu: New Hebrides: 30 July: 1980: Independence from United Kingdom and France in 1980. Vanuatu is a Commonwealth republic. Zambia: Northern Rhodesia: 24 October: 1964 Zanzibar: 10 December: 1963: Zanzibar became independent on 10 December 1963.

  3. Japan–United Kingdom relations - Wikipedia

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    1577. Richard Wylles writes about the people, customs and manners of Giapan in the History of Travel published in London. Mercator based map of Japan (1570) 1580. Richard Hakluyt advises the first English merchants to find a new trade route via the Northwest passage to trade wool for silver with Japan (sending two Barque ships, the George piloted by Arthur Pet and William by Charles Jackman ...

  4. Empire of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The rise of Japan to a world power during the past 80 years is the greatest miracle in world history. The mighty empires of antiquity, the major political institutions of the Middle Ages and the early modern era, the Spanish Empire, the British Empire, all needed centuries to achieve their full strength. Japan's rise has been meteoric.

  5. Timeline of Japanese history - Wikipedia

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    Prince Hirohito became as the Emperor of the Empire of Japan after the death of his father Yoshihito. This marked the start of Shōwa period, and also the last period of the Empire of Japan (during the final year of World War II). 1927: January to April: Shōwa financial crisis begins. 30 December

  6. History of Japan - Wikipedia

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    In 1902 Japan signed an important military alliance with the British. [190] The Japanese Empire in 1939. Japan next clashed with Russia, which was expanding its power in Asia. The Battle of Yalu River was the first time in decades that an Asian power defeated a western power. [191]

  7. List of territories acquired by the Empire of Japan - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of regions occupied or annexed by the Empire of Japan until 1945, the year of the end of World War II in Asia, after the surrender of Japan. Control over all territories except most of the Japanese mainland ( Hokkaido , Honshu , Kyushu , Shikoku , and some 6,000 small surrounding islands) was renounced by Japan in the ...

  8. 1933 in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Events from the year 1933 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 8 (昭和8年) in the Japanese calendar. Incumbents. Emperor: Hirohito [1] Empress consort: Empress Kōjun;

  9. Category:1933 in the Japanese colonial empire - Wikipedia

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    Category: 1933 in the Japanese colonial empire. 1 language. ... 1933 establishments in the Japanese colonial empire (2 C) T. 1933 in Taiwan (1 C, 1 P)