British Empire

Submitted by aua on
vf_node_title_variants
vf_node_webs
body
 British Empire
Legend • Current territory • Former territory • * Now a Commonwealth realm • Now a member of the Commonwealth of Nations • Culture:Anglosphere
Europe 1542-1800 Ireland (integrated into UK) • 1708-1757, 1763-1782 and 1798-1802 Minorca • Since 1713 Gibraltar • 1800-1813 Malta (Protectorate) • 1813-1964 Malta (Colony) • 1807-1890 Heligoland • 1809-1864 Ionian Islands • 1878-1960 Cyprus • 1921-1931 Irish Free State • Since 1960 Akrotiri and Dhekelia (before as part of Cyprus)
North America 17th century
and before
1579 New Albion • 16th c.-1880 British Arctic Territories • 1583-1907 Newfoundland • 1605-1979 *Saint Lucia • 1607-1776 Virginia • Since 1619 Bermuda • 1620-1691 Plymouth • 1623-1883 Saint Kitts • 1624-1966 *Barbados • 1625-1650 Saint Croix • 1627-1979 *Saint Vincent and the Grenadines • 1628-1883 Nevis • 1629-1691 Massachusetts-Bay • 1632-1776 Maryland • since 1632 Montserrat • 1632-1860 Antigua • 1635-1644 Saybrook • 1636-1776 Connecticut • 1636-1776 Rhode Island • 1637-1662 New Haven • 1643-1860 Bay Islands • Since 1650 Anguilla • 1655-1860 Mosquito Coast • 1655-1962 *Jamaica • 1663-1712 Carolina • 1664-1776 New-York • 1665-1674 and 1702-1776 New-Jersey • Since 1666 Virgin Islands • Since 1670 Cayman Islands • 1670-1973 *Bahamas • 1670-1870 Rupert's Land • 1671-1816 Leeward Islands • 1674-1702 East Jersey • 1674-1702 West Jersey • 1680-1776 New Hampshire • 1681-1776 Pennsylvania • 1686-1689 New England • 1691-1776 Massachusetts-Bay
18th century 1701-1776 Delaware • 1712-1776 North-Carolina • 1712-1776 South-Carolina • 1713-1867 Nova-Scotia • 1733-1776 Georgia • 1754-1820 Cape Breton Island • 1762-1974 *Grenada • 1763-1978 Dominica • 1763-1873 Prince Edward Island • 1763-1791 Quebec • 1763-1783 East Florida • 1763-1783 West Florida • 1784-1867 New Brunswick • 1791-1841 Lower Canada • 1791-1841 Upper Canada • Since 1799 Turks and Caicos Islands
19th and
20th century
1818-1846 Columbia District/Oregon Country1 • 1833-1960 Windward Islands • 1833-1960 Leeward Islands • 1841-1867 Canada • 1843 Paulet affair • 1849-1866 Vancouver Island • 1853-1863 Queen Charlotte Islands • 1858-1866 British Columbia • 1859-1870 North-Western Territory • 1860-1981 *Antigua and Barbuda • 1862-1863 Stickeen • 1866-1871 British Columbia • 1867-1931 *Dominion of Canada2 • 1871-1981 *Belize • 1882-1983 *Saint Kitts and Nevis • 1889-1962 Trinidad and Tobago • 1907-1949 Newfoundland3 • 1958-1962 West Indies Federation • 1967-1983 West Indies Associated States
South America 1631-1641 Providence Island • 1651-1667 Willoughbyland • 1670-1688 Saint Andrew and Providence Islands4 • 1831-1966 Guiana • Since 1833 Falkland Islands5 • Since 1908 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands5
Africa 17th and
18th centuries
Since 1658 Saint Helena23 • 1792-1961 Sierra Leone • 1795-1803 Cape Colony
19th century Since 1815 Ascension Island23 • Since 1816 Tristan da Cunha23 • 1806-1910 Cape of Good Hope • 1807-1808 Madeira • 1810-1968 Mauritius • 1816-1965 The Gambia • 1856-1910 Natal • 1862-1906 Lagos • 1868-1966 Basutoland6 • 1874-1957 Gold Coast7 • 1882-1922 Egypt • 1884-1900 Niger Coast • 1884-1966 Bechuanaland8 • 1884-1960 Somaliland • 1887-1897 Zululand • 1890-1962 Uganda • 1890-1963 Zanzibar9 • 1891-1964 Nyasaland10 • 1891-1907 Central Africa • 1893-1968 Swaziland11 • 1895-1920 East Africa • 1899-1956 Sudan
20th century 1900-1914 Northern Nigeria • 1900-1914 Southern Nigeria • 1900-1910 Orange River • 1900-1910 Transvaal • 1903-1976 Seychelles • 1910-1931 South Africa • 1914-1960 Nigeria • 1915-1931 South-West Africa12 • 1919-1961 Cameroons13 • 1920-1963 Kenya • 1922-1961 Tanganyika13 • 1923-1965 and 1979-1980 Southern Rhodesia14 • 1924-1964 Northern Rhodesia15
Asia 17th and
18th century
1685-1824 Bencoolen • 1702-1705 Pulo Condore • 1757-1947 Bengal • 1762-1764 Manila and Cavite • 1781-1784 and 1795-1819 Padang • 1786-1946 Penang • 1795-1948 Ceylon16 • 1796-1965 Maldives
19th century 1811-1816 Java • 1812-1824 Banka and Billiton • 1819-1826 Malaya • 1824-1948 Burma • 1826-1946 Straits Settlements • 1839-1967 Aden Colony • 1839-1842 Afghanistan • 1841-1997 Hong Kong • 1841-1946 Sarawak17 • 1848-1946 Labuan • 1858-1947 India18 • 1874-1963 Borneo • 1879-1919 Afghanistan (protectorate) • 1882-1963 North Borneo17 • 1885-1946 Unfederated Malay States • 1888-1984 Brunei • 1891-1971 Muscat and Oman • 1892-1971 Trucial States • 1895-1946 Federated Malay States • 1898-1930 Weihai • 1878-1960 Cyprus
20th century 1907-1949 Bhutan (protectorate) • 1918-1961 Kuwait • 1920-1932 Mesopotamia19 • 1921-1946 Transjordan8 • 1923-1948 Palestine19 • 1945-1946 South Vietnam • 1946-1963 North Borneo • 1946-1963 Sarawak • 1946-1963 Singapore • 1946-1948 Malayan Union • 1948-1957 Federation of Malaya17 • Since 1960 Akrotiri and Dhekelia (before as part of Cyprus) • Since 1965 British Indian Ocean Territory (before as part of Mauritius and the Seychelles)
Oceania 18th and
19th centuries
1788-1901 New South Wales • 1803-1901 Van Diemen's Land/Tasmania • 1807-1863 Auckland Islands20 • 1824-1980 New Hebrides21 • 1824-1901 Queensland • 1829-1901 Swan River/Western Australia • 1836-1901 South Australia • since 1838 Pitcairn Islands • 1841-1907 New Zealand • 1846-1847 North Australia • 1851-1901 Victoria • 1874-1970 Fiji • 1877-1976 Western Pacific Territories • 1884-1902 Papua • 1888-1901 Rarotonga/Cook Islands20 • 1889-1948 Union Islands20 • 1892-1979 Gilbert and Ellice Islands22 • 1893-1978 *Solomon Islands
20th century 1900-1970 Tonga • 1900-1974 Niue20 • 1901-1942 *Australia • 1907-1947 *New Zealand • 1914-1962 Samoa • 1919-1942 and 1945-1968 Nauru
Antarctica
and
South Atlantic
Since 1658 Saint Helena23 • Since 1815 Ascension Island23 • Since 1816 Tristan da Cunha23 • Since 1833 Falkland Islands • 1841-1933 Australian Antarctic Territory (transferred to the Commonwealth of Australia) • 1841-1947 Ross Dependency (transferred to the Realm of New Zealand) • Since 1908 British Antarctic Territory24 • Since 1908 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands24
fr_importance
No votes yet