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Northwestern North America: December 10, 1903 Land along southern Guantánamo Bay was leased in perpetuity from Cuba for use as a naval base; [338] the treaty took effect February 23, 1903, and the formal handover occurred on this date. [339] no change to map: May 4, 1904 The United States took ownership of the Panama Canal Zone.
The United Kingdom ceded most of its remaining land in North America to Canada, with Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory becoming the North-West Territories. The Rupert's Land Act 1868 transferred the region to Canada as of 1869, but it was only consummated in 1870 when £300,000 were paid to the Hudson's Bay Company .
1948 — After the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 over Kashmir, a Line of Control is created in Kashmir, creating Indian and Pakistani controlled zones. 1949 — The Republic of China loses control of most of mainland China (except for Kinmen and Matsu of Fukien/Fujian province, Tibet, Hainan) to the newly formed People's Republic of China ...
Pakistan recognized Chinese sovereignty over land in Northern Areas of Kashmir and Ladakh. [4] [5] However, Indian writers have insisted that in this transaction, Pakistan surrendered approximately 5,300 km 2 (2,050 sq mi) of territory to China. [6] [7] India claims the agreement
In 2003, the percentage of Muslims in the Kashmir Valley was 95% [108] and those of Hindus 4%; the same year, in Jammu, the percentage of Hindus was 67% and those of Muslims 27%. [108] Among the Muslims of the Kashmir province within the princely state, four divisions were recorded: "Shaikhs, Saiyids, Mughals, and Pathans. The Shaikhs, who are ...
The land at 9971 and 9981 Chappell Loop Road was located in unincorporated Brunswick County. Jessica Jewell, communications manager for the town of Leland, said town officials are evaluating ...
The Massachusetts Bay Colony French settlements and forts in the so-called Illinois Country, 1763, which encompassed parts of the modern day states of Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky) A 1775 map of the German Coast, a historical region of present-day Louisiana located above New Orleans on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River Vandalia was the name of a proposed British colony ...