- — Oceania:
The country is named Papua New Guinea
The two territories that two empires had drawn take a single name, four years before they take a flag.
Era: Self-government and independence
Sources: Papua New Guinea country profile · BBC News
- — Asia:
The United Arab Emirates is founded
The rulers of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Quwain and Fujairah proclaimed the United Arab Emirates, with Sheikh Zayed as first president and Sheikh Rashid as vice president.
Era: The Fall of Pearls, the Rise of Oil, and Federation
Sources: History · The Official Platform of the UAE Government (u.ae), History of the United Arab Emirates · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Sheikh Zayed ibn Sultan Al Nahyan · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- — Asia:
Ras al-Khaimah joins the federation
The seventh emirate, Ras al-Khaimah, acceded to the union in February 1972, completing the United Arab Emirates as a federation of seven emirates.
Era: The Fall of Pearls, the Rise of Oil, and Federation
Sources: History of the United Arab Emirates · UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ras al-Khaimah (emirate, United Arab Emirates) · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- — Asia:
Proclamation of the Islamic Republic
After a referendum on 30–31 March approves the change by an overwhelming majority, Khomeini proclaims the Islamic Republic of Iran on 1 April 1979.
Era: The Islamic Republic
Sources: 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum · Wikipedia, Iranian Revolution · Encyclopaedia Britannica
Formation in the 1970s
Every event in the Terralore archive tagged formation — origins, unifications and the founding of states as each nation's archive records them, narrowed to the 1970s — 4 of them, drawn from 3 nations, running from 1971 to 1979. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 4
- Nations
- 3
- Earliest
- 1971
- Latest
- 1979
- Asia
- 3
- Oceania
- 1
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.