ColonisationThe 1970s

Colonisation in the 1970s

One event in the Terralore archive falls in the 1970s, tagged colonisation — the establishment, administration and ending of colonial rule. It keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
1
Nations
1
Earliest
1975
Latest
1975

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Europe

    Portugal

    Decolonisation of the African empire

    Following the revolution, Portugal's African colonies, including Angola and Mozambique, became independent in 1975, ending an empire begun in 1415.

    Era: Republic, Dictatorship, Revolution and Europe

    Sources: Revolution of the Carnations · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Estado Novo (Portuguese history) · Encyclopaedia Britannica