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