Can you name the Countries of the world by Independence/Formation? by MghtyRoach

Date	Country	Nature of formation
625 BCE		Formation under Cyaxares
4th Century BCE		Formation of Aksumite Empire
3 September 301		Independence from Roman Empire
843		Formation under Treaty of Verdun
Circa 980		Unification under Harold Bluetooth
25 July 1139		Independence from Léon
1168		Formation of Vladimir-Suzdal Principality
1238		Liberation from Lavo Kingdom
1271		Unification under Yuan Dynasty
1278		Paréage between France and Spain
1299		Succession from Byzantine Empire, Mamluk Sultinate and Sultinate of Rûm
20 January 1479		Unification of Castile, Léon, Aragon, Majorca, Valencia, and Sicily
1524		Formation under Kalmar Union
25 July 1581		Independence from Spain
1603		Unification under Tokugawa Ieyasu
circa 1620		Unification under Ngawang Namgyal
15 May 1648		Independence from Holy Roman Empire
1 May 1707		Unification by Act of Union of 1707
21 December 1768		Unification by Prithvi Narayan Shah
4 July 1776		Independence from United Kingdom
1 January 1804		Independence from France
11 August 1804		Break-up of Holy Roman Empire
20 July 1810		Independence from Spain
15 September 1810		Independence from Spain
14 May 1811		Independence from Spain
12 February 1818		Independence from Spain
25 March 1821		Independence from Ottoman Empire
28 July 1821		Independence from Spain
7 September 1822		Independence from Portugal
6 August 1825		Independence from Spain
25 August 1825		Independence from Brazil
13 January 1830		Independence from Gran Columbia
13 May 1830		Independence from Gran Columbia
4 October 1830		Independence from Netherlands
31 May 1838		Break-up of Federal Republic of Central America
26 July 1847		Independence from United States
2 February 1861		Independence from France
17 March 1861		Unification under Victor Emmanuel II
16 August 1865		Independence from Spain
24 August 1866		Independence from German Confederation
18 January 1871		Unification under Wilhelm I
9 July 1876		Independence from Spain
13 July 1878		Independence from Ottoman Empire
23 November 1890		Independence from Netherlands
20 May 1902		Independence from United States
3 November 1903		Independence from Colombia
7 June 1905		Independence from union with Sweden
22 September 1908		Independence from Ottoman Empire
29 December 1911		Independence from China
28 November 1912		Independence from Ottoman Empire
6 December 1917		Independence from Russia
31 October 1918		Dissolution of Austro-Hungarian Empire
11 November 1918		Independence from Germany and Russia
21 January 1919		Independence from United Kingdom
19 August 1919		Independence from United Kingdom
28 February 1922		Independence from United Kingdom
8 January 1926		Unification of Sultinate of Nejd, Reshidi State, and Kingdom of Hejaz
11 February 1929		Independence from Italy
3 October 1932		Independence from United Kingdom
26 November 1941		Independence from France
1 January 1944		Independence from France
20 May 1944		Independence from Denmark

Date	Country	Nature of formation
17 August 1945		Independence from Netherlands
25 May 1946		Independence from United Kingdom
4 July 1946		Independence from United States
14 August 1947		Independence from United Kingdom
4 January 1948		Independence from United Kingdom
4 February 1948		Independence from United Kingdom
14 May 1948		Formation from British Protectorate of Palestine
15 August 1948		Formation of government after Japanese occupation
9 September 1848		Formation of government after Janapese occupation
19 July 1949		Independence from France
20 December 1951		Independence from United Kingdom
24 December 1951		Independence from British/French Trusteeship
9 November 1953		Independence from France
1 January 1956		Independence from United Kingdom
2 March 1956		Independence from France
20 March 1956		Independence from France
6 March 1957		Independence from United Kingdom
2 October 1958		Independence from France
1 January 1960		Independence from France
4 April 1960		Independence from France
27 April 1960		Independence from France
26 June 1960		Independence from France
26 June 1960		Independence from United Kingdom
30 June 1960		Independence from Belgium
1 August 1960		Independence from France
3 August 1960		Independence from France
5 August 1960		Independence from France
7 August 1960		Independence from France
11 August 1960		Independence from France
13 August 1960		Independence from France
15 August 1960		Independence from France
16 August 1960		Independence from United Kingdom
17 August 1960		Independence from France
22 September 1960		Independence from France
1 October 1960		Independence from United Kingdom
28 November 1960		Independence from France
27 April 1961		Independence from United Kingdom
31 May 1961		Independence from United Kingdom
19 June 1961		Independence from United Kingdom
1 January 1962		Independence from New Zealand
1 July 1962		Independence from Belgium
5 July 1962		Independence from France
6 August 1962		Independence from United Kingdom
31 August 1962		Independence from United Kingdom
9 October 1962		Independence from United Kingdom
16 September 1963		Unification of Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore
12 December 1963		Independence from United Kingdom
26 April 1964		Unification of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
6 July 1964		Independence from United Kingdom
21 September 1964		Independence from United Kingdom
24 October 1964		Independence from United Kingdom
18 February 1965		Independence from United Kingdom
26 July 1965		Independence from United Kingdom
9 August 1965		Independence from Malaysia
26 May 1966		Independence from United Kingdom
30 September 1966		Independence from United Kingdom
4 October 1966		Independence from United Kingdom
30 November 1966		Independence from United Kingdom
31 January 1968		Independence from United Kingdom
12 March 1968		Independence from United Kingdom
6 September 1968		Independence from United Kingdom
12 October 1968		Independence from Spain

Date	Country	Nature of formation
4 June 1970		Independence from United Kingdom
10 October 1970		Independence from United Kingdom
26 March 1971		Independence from Pakistan
3 September 1971		Independence from United Kingdom
2 December 1971		Independence from United Kingdom
16 December 1971		Independence from United Kingdom
10 July 1973		Independence from United Kingdom
24 September 1973		Independence from Portugal
7 February 1975		Independence from United Kingdom
30 April 1975		Unification under Lê Duẩn
25 June 1975		Independence from Portugal
5 July 1975		Independence from Portugal
6 July 1975		Independence from France
12 July 1975		Independence from Portugal
16 September 1975		Independence from Australia
11 November 1975		Independence from Portugal
12 November 1975		Independence from Netherlands
29 June 1976		Independence from United Kingdom
27 June 1977		Independence from France
7 July 1978		Independence from United Kingdom
1 October 1978		Independence from United Kingdom
3 November 1978		Independence from United Kingdom
22 February 1979		Independence from United Kingdom
12 July 1979		Independence from United Kingdom
27 October 1979		Independence from United Kingdom
18 April 1980		Independence from United Kingdom
30 July 1980		Independence from France and United Kingdom
21 September 1981		Independence from United Kingdom
1 November 1981		Independence from United Kingdom
17 April 1982		Full Independence from United Kingdom
19 September 1983		Independence from United Kingdom
1 January 1984		Independence from United Kingdom
3 March 1986		Full Independence from United Kingdom
3 March 1986		Independence from United States
21 October 1986		Independence from United States
13 December 1986		Full Independence from United Kingdom
11 March 1990		Independence from Soviet Union
21 March 1990		Independence from South Africa
4 May 1990		Independence from Soviet Union
22 May 1990		Unification of two states of the same name
27 July 1990		Independence from Soviet Union
23 August 1990		Independence from Soviet Union
30 August 1990		Independence from Soviet Union
9 April 1991		Independence from Soviet Union
25 June 1991		Independence from Yugoslavia
20 August 1991		Independence from Soviet Union
24 August 1991		Independence from Soviet Union
27 August 1991		Independence from Soviet Union
31 August 1991		Independence from Soviet Union
1 September 1991		Independence from Soviet Union
8 September 1991		Independence from Yugoslavia
9 September 1991		Independence from Soviet Union
27 October 1991		Independence from Soviet Union
16 December 1991		Independence from Soviet Union
1 March 1992		Independence from Yugoslavia
1 January 1993		Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
24 May 1993		Independence from Ethiopia
1 October 1994		Independence from United States
20 May 2002		Independence from Indonesia
3 June 2006		Independence from Serbia and Montenegro
5 June 2006		Independence from Serbia and Montenegro
9 July 2011		Independence from Sudan
17 February 2008 (from Serbia)	Independence from Sudan

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Countries by Independence/Formation Quiz

by MghtyRoach

Created Oct 24, 2009 in History
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	Sesel:	Oct 25th, 2009 at 03:30 GMT	1 point
	Many of these dates are incorrect... Wikipedia is not a source!

	MghtyRoach:	Oct 25th, 2009 at 03:45 GMT	1 point
	Most of the dates of independence are when independence was declaired unless there was a period of over ten years between declaration and general recognition (as in Eritrea's case). Wikipedia is doing for now until I can find a corroborating/debunking source.

	MghtyRoach:	Oct 25th, 2009 at 04:15 GMT	1 point
	I've corrected the date of Iceland (I noticed that I had the date they were set to self-rule instead of full independence). If anyone finds any other dates I've buggered up, let me know.

	BluntDiplomat:	Oct 25th, 2009 at 14:11 GMT	2 points
	I was under the impression that the Ottoman Empire ceased to exist immediately after WWI, and that it was already Turkey by 1922. Iraq itself was transferred to British rule and became a British mandate in 1921 as part of the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916, dividing the Middle East between France and the UK, the former getting the Levant and Syria, and the latter getting Palestine, Transjordan, and Mesopotamia. The Iraq we know today was granted independence by the UK, not the Ottoman Empire.

	MghtyRoach:	Oct 25th, 2009 at 18:12 GMT	0 points
	@BluntDiplomat: You're very much right (I'm rather ashamed of myself for not catching that). Correction made, and thank you.

	adeutsch107:	Apr 13th, 2010 at 00:57 GMT	2 points
	where is kosovo? comeon man

	carbon_rod:	Apr 14th, 2010 at 00:39 GMT	1 point
	Ottoman Empire still existed in 1922; the last Sultan abdicated that year, but they didn't declare a republic till the next year. However, its authority had been restricted roughly to its modern borders after its surrender to the Allies.

	MghtyRoach:	Sep 21st, 2010 at 22:48 GMT	-1 points
	@adeutsch107: The day that Kosovo is recognised by the majority of other independent countries, I'll add it to the list.

	nyo:	Mar 25th, 2011 at 22:20 GMT	1 point
	Whatever your political bias Sporcle recognises Kosovo. You need to either include it or go find yourself another website.

	MghtyRoach:	Mar 30th, 2011 at 21:33 GMT	0 points
	@nyo: Thank you for your comment. While I support Kosovar independence, I still don't believe that it yet qualifies for proper statehood. If Sporcle should ever choose to publish this quiz, I will not complain if it ads Kosovo to the tally; however, as petty as it may seem, I see no reason to compromise that position for a trivial community standard. I simply disagree with the status quo, that is my right, as it's your right to disagree with me. Adolescent ultimatums, however, are quite uncalled for, and I hope you are not typically so rude to other members.

	Blowfish_Hootie:	Jul 4th, 2011 at 13:24 GMT	0 points
	I love that on this Web site you can find some people, as in the first comment here, denouncing Wikipedia as a source, and then in the same conversation find others, like nyo, who insist upon citing Sporcle as a source on what constitutes a country. It's fantastic in its absurdity.