IndependenceThe 1900s

Independence in the 1900s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged independence — declarations, recognitions and transfers of sovereignty, narrowed to the 1900s — 6 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
6
Nations
5
Earliest
1903
Latest
1908
Europe
5
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:

    Norway

    Referendum on the dissolution of the union

    Held because Sweden made a referendum one of its conditions for accepting the dissolution, the vote confirmed the Storting's decision of 7 June by 368,208 votes to 184.

    Era: Independence, Polar Sovereignty and the Second World War

    Sources: Norges historie fra 1815 til 1905 · Store norske leksikon

  5. — 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

  6. — 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