IndependenceThe 1900s

Independence in the 1900s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged independence — declarations, recognitions and transfers of sovereignty, narrowed to the 1900s — 5 of them, drawn from 5 nations, running from 1903 to 1908. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
5
Nations
5
Earliest
1903
Latest
1908
Europe
4
North America
1

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

  1. North America

    Panama

    Separation from Colombia

    With U.S. backing, Panama declares independence from Colombia and is swiftly recognised by the United States.

    Era: The Canal and the Zone

    Sources: The Panama Canal and the Torrijos-Carter Treaties · U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. Europe

    Iceland

    Home Rule

    Iceland gained Home Rule, with an Icelandic minister resident in Reykjavík and answerable to the Althing, a major step toward full self-government.

    Era: National Awakening, Home Rule and Sovereignty

    Sources: History of Iceland, 1840s to the Second World War · nordics.info (Aarhus University)

  3. Europe

    Norway

    Dissolution of the union with Sweden

    The Storting declared the union with Sweden dissolved; confirmed by referendum and settled peacefully at Karlstad, it made Norway a fully sovereign state for the first time in centuries.

    Era: Independence, Polar Sovereignty and the Second World War

    Sources: Norway: The union conflict, 1859–1905 · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Haakon VII · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  4. Europe

    Sweden

    Peaceful dissolution of the union with Norway

    After Norway's parliament declared the union dissolved, Sweden agreed at Karlstad to a peaceful separation, recognising Norwegian independence without war in a settlement held up as a diplomatic model.

    Era: Loss of Finland, Union with Norway and the Birth of Neutrality

    Sources: Norway: The union conflict, 1859–1905 · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  5. Europe

    Bulgaria

    Proclamation of independence

    Prince Ferdinand proclaimed Bulgaria's full independence at Tarnovo and took the title of tsar, ending Ottoman suzerainty; the United States recognised the kingdom's independence in 1909.

    Era: San Stefano, Berlin and the Making of Modern Bulgaria

    Sources: About Bulgaria: History · Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria (gov.bg), A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Bulgaria · U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian