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The most recent territorial enlargement of the EU was the incorporation of Mayotte in 2014. Campione d'Italia joined the EU Customs Union in 2020. The most notable territorial reductions of the EU, and its predecessors, have been the exit of Algeria upon independence in 1962, the exit of Greenland in 1985, and the withdrawal of the United ...
Expansion of Russia (1500–1800) Growth of Russia between 1547 and 1725. The steppe and forest-steppe of Ukraine and southern Russia, traditionally held by pastoral nomads, provided agricultural opportunities. States that were able to settle the land with tax-paying peasants could significantly increase their power.
The formal end to Tatar rule over Russia was the defeat of the Tatars at the Great Stand on the Ugra River in 1480. Ivan III (r. 1462–1505) and Vasili III (r. 1505–1533) had consolidated the centralized Russian state following the annexations of the Novgorod Republic in 1478, Tver in 1485, the Pskov Republic in 1510, Volokolamsk in 1513, Ryazan in 1521, and Novgorod-Seversk in 1522.
2007 – Accession of Bulgaria and Romania. 2009 – Lisbon Treaty abolishes the three pillars of the European Union. 2013 – Accession of Croatia. 2016 – UK holds a Membership Referendum and votes to leave the European Union. 2017 – Negotiations between UK and the EU officially started in June 2017.
The largest enlargement of the European Union (EU), in terms of number of states and population, took place on 1 May 2004. The simultaneous accessions concerned the following countries (sometimes referred to as the "A10" countries [1][2]): Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
Candidate with frozen negotiations (1) The present enlargement agenda of the European Union regards three distinct groups of states: Western Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. Association Trio: Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. Turkey.
In her suddenly relevant history of NATO’s expansion, “Not One Inch,” she recounts how Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton both tried to make a place for Russia in European security ...
422 Battle of Tarraco. 424–425 Roman civil war (Joannes vs Galla Placidia) 425–426: Gothic revolt of Theodoric I. 428: Frankish War (428) 430-431 Aetius campaign in the Alps. 431-432: Frankish War (431–432) 432 Roman civil war of 432. 435-436: Burgundian Revolt of Gunther - Flavius Aetius defects the Burgundians.