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Nation-building is a long evolutionary process, and in most cases the date of a country's "formation" cannot be objectively determined; e.g., the fact that England and France were sovereign kingdoms on equal footing in the medieval period does not prejudice the fact that England is not now a sovereign state (having passed sovereignty to Great ...
Initial founding in 1516: August 6, 1962 United Kingdom Jamaica: In personal union with the UK and many other countries. August 31, 1962 United Kingdom Trinidad and Tobago: In personal union with the UK and many other countries until 1976. October 9, 1962 United Kingdom Uganda: In personal union with the UK and many other countries until 1963.
The dominant customary international law standard of statehood is the declarative theory of statehood, which was codified by the Montevideo Convention of 1933. The Convention defines the state as a person of international law if it "possess[es] the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) a capacity to enter into relations with the ...
This is a list of articles covering the history of present-day nations, states, and dependencies. Countries are listed in bold under their respective pages, whereas territories and dependencies are not. Disputed and unrecognized countries are italicized.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. For the League of Nations, see Member states of the League of Nations. 193 United Nations member states 2 UN General Assembly observer states (the Holy See [a] and the State of Palestine) 2 eligible non-member states (the Cook Islands and Niue) 17 non-self-governing territories ...
This is a timeline of the Commonwealth of Nations from the Balfour Declaration of 1926. Some regard the Balfour Declaration as the foundation of the modern Commonwealth. 1920s – 1930s – 1940s – 1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s – 2020s 1920s (from 1926) Year Date Event 1926 25 October The Balfour Declaration of 1926 establishes the principle of the ...
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Effective date of the Agreement Between Portugal and Partido Africano para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde signed on 18 December 1974. [29] Central African Republic: National Day: 1 December: 1958 France: Effective date when Central African Republic became an autonomous republic of the French Community. [30] Independence Day: 13 August ...