Independence

Battle of Bach Dang and independence · Vietnam

Recognition of autonomy at Zamora · Portugal

Papal recognition in Manifestis Probatum · Portugal

Le Loi expels the Ming and founds the Le dynasty · Vietnam

The Great Stand on the Ugra ends the Mongol yoke · Russia

Act of Abjuration · Netherlands

Restoration and the House of Braganza · Portugal

Peace of Münster (Westphalia) · Netherlands

Peace of Westphalia: independence from the Empire · Switzerland

Spain recognises independence · Portugal

Independence restored by Clement XII · San Marino

Declaration of Independence · United States

Loss of the American colonies · United Kingdom

Independence of Haiti · Dominican Republic

Independence proclaimed · Haiti

Sovereignty through the Confederation of the Rhine · Liechtenstein

Uprisings at Chuquisaca and La Paz · Bolivia

The first cry of independence · Ecuador

The May Revolution · Argentina

First national junta · Chile

Cry of independence · Colombia

Grito de Dolores · Mexico

Loss of the American mainland empire · Spain

Junta deposes the captain general · Venezuela

Independence from Spain · Paraguay

First declaration of independence in Spanish America · Venezuela

Independence from Spain · Costa Rica

Ephemeral Independence · Dominican Republic

Independence from Spain declared · El Salvador

Outbreak of the Greek War of Independence · Greece

Independence from Spain · Guatemala

Independence from Spain · Honduras

Plan of Iguala · Mexico

Treaty of Cordoba · Mexico

The Belgian Revolution · Belgium

London Protocol recognizes Greek independence · Greece

Belgian Revolution · Netherlands

Treaty of Constantinople and the Kingdom of Greece · Greece

Honduras becomes sovereign · Honduras

Treaty of London guarantees Belgian neutrality · Belgium

Dominican independence from Haiti · Dominican Republic

The Republic of Liberia is proclaimed · Liberia

Costa Rica declares itself sovereign · Costa Rica

Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy · Italy

First treaty of friendship with Italy · San Marino

Treaties of friendship with Italy · San Marino

Full independence · Liechtenstein

Grito de Yara · Cuba

Grito de Lares · Puerto Rico

Capture of Rome · Italy

Russo-Turkish War and liberation · Bulgaria

Treaty of San Stefano creates 'Greater Bulgaria' · Bulgaria

Independence recognised at the Congress of Berlin · Montenegro

Independence recognised at the Congress of Berlin · Romania

Independence recognised at the Congress of Berlin · Serbia

Separation of the crown from the Netherlands · Luxembourg

Marti's War of Independence · Cuba

Treaty of Addis Ababa · Ethiopia

Declaration of Philippine independence · Philippines

Separation from Colombia · Panama

Home Rule · Iceland

Dissolution of the union with Sweden · Norway

Referendum on the dissolution of the union · Norway

Peaceful dissolution of the union with Norway · Sweden

Proclamation of independence · Bulgaria

Xinhai Revolution erupts · China

Independence declared under the Bogd Khan · Mongolia

Declaration of independence at Vlore · Albania

Declaration of independence · Finland

Soviet Russia recognises Finland · Finland

Moldavian Democratic Republic proclaimed · Moldova

First Republic of Armenia · Armenia

Collapse of Austria-Hungary and the First Republic · Austria

Treaty of Tartu · Estonia

Latvian-Soviet Treaty of Riga · Latvia

Anglo-Irish Treaty · Ireland

People's Revolution captures the capital · Mongolia

Declaration of Egyptian independence · Egypt

The Free State is born; Northern Ireland opts out · Ireland

Treaty of Lausanne · Türkiye

The Treaty of Jeddah · Saudi Arabia

Albizu Campos leads the Nationalists · Puerto Rico

Statute of Westminster · Canada

Independence and entry into the League of Nations · Iraq

Founding of the Republic at Þingvellir · Iceland

U.S. recognition of Lebanon · Lebanon

Proclamation of Independence · Indonesia

Plebiscite affirms independence · Mongolia

Liberation from Japan · South Korea

Declaration of independence · Vietnam

Independence of the Hashemite Kingdom · Jordan

French withdrawal completed · Lebanon

Independence of the United Kingdom of Libya · Libya

Treaty of San Francisco and end of occupation · Japan

Full independence declared · Cambodia

Full independence from France · Laos

The Austrian State Treaty · Austria

Restoration of independence · Morocco

Sudan's independence; the south sidelined · South Sudan

Independence of the Sudan · Sudan

Independence of the Congo · Belgium

Independence as the Republic of Dahomey · Benin

Independence of Upper Volta · Burkina Faso

Independence of French Cameroun · Cameroon

Independence from France · Central African Republic

Independence under Tombalbaye · Chad

Independence under Fulbert Youlou · Congo

Independence and the Treaty of Guarantee · Cyprus

Independence from the United Kingdom · Fiji

Declaration of independence · Bangladesh

Victory and the birth of Bangladesh · Bangladesh

Bhutan joins the United Nations · Bhutan

Independence from Britain · Qatar

Independence of The Bahamas · Bahamas

Independence declared at Boé · Guinea-Bissau

Portugal recognises independence · Guinea-Bissau

Republic of Vanuatu proclaimed · Vanuatu

Independence under Robert Mugabe · Zimbabwe

Independence as Belize · Belize

Patriation of the Constitution · Canada

Declaration of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus · Northern Cyprus

Full independence and Malay Islamic Monarchy · Brunei

FLNKS founded · New Caledonia

Australia Act and full legal independence · Australia

Declaration on the Restoration of Independence · Latvia

Restoration of independence · Lithuania

Independence and Nujoma's inauguration · Namibia

Independence from the Soviet Union · Armenia

Independence restored · Azerbaijan

Independence of Belarus · Belarus

Declaration of independence · Croatia

EPLF captures Asmara · Eritrea

Treaty of 2002 guarantees independence · Monaco

Independence referendum · Montenegro

Restoration of independence · Montenegro

Montenegro's independence and the end of the State Union · Serbia

Kosovo declares independence · Albania

Self-Government referendum · Greenland

Declaration of independence · Kosovo

Kosovo declares independence · Serbia

Self-determination referendum · South Sudan

Independence of South Sudan · South Sudan

Admission to the United Nations · South Sudan

South Sudan secedes · Sudan

Jasmine Revolution ousts Ben Ali · Tunisia

UN recognition as non-member observer state · Palestine

First independence referendum · New Caledonia

Second independence referendum · New Caledonia

Third referendum and Kanak boycott · New Caledonia