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    Sunday 27 November 2011

    Independence or Birthday for Every Country

    The vast majority of the countries on earth became independent after 1800. Only 20 were independent before the start of the 19th century, a mere 10%. By 1900, only 49 or 25% of the world's countries of today were independent.
    Many countries became independent following World War II when European powers granted independence to their vast colonial holdings, especially Africa.

    Here are the independence days for every country, from the oldest to the youngest...

    660 BCE - Japan
    221 BCE - China
    301 CE - San Marino
    843 CE - France
    976 CE - Austria
    10th Century CE - Denmark
    1001 - Hungary
    1143 - Portugal
    1206 - Mongolia
    1238 - Thailand
    1278 - Andorra
    August 1, 1291 - Switzerland
    1419 - Monaco
    15th Century - Spain
    1502 - Iran
    June 6, 1523 - Sweden
    January 23, 1579 - Netherlands
    1650 - Oman
    May 1, 1707 - United Kingdom
    January 23, 1719 - Liechtenstein
    1768 - Nepal
    July 4, 1776 - United States of America
    January 1, 1804 - Haiti
    July 20, 1810 - Colombia
    Sept. 16, 1810 - Mexico
    Sept. 18, 1810 - Chile
    May 14, 1811 - Paraguay
    July 5, 1811 - Venezuela
    July 9, 1816 - Argentina
    July 28, 1821 - Peru
    Sept. 15, 1821 - Costa Rica
    Sept. 15, 1821 - El Salvador
    Sept. 15, 1821 - Guatemala
    Sept. 15, 1821 - Honduras
    Sept. 15, 1821 - Nicaragua
    May 24, 1822 - Ecuador
    Sept. 7, 1822 - Brazil
    August 6, 1825 - Bolivia
    August 25, 1825 - Uruguay
    1829 - Greece
    October 4, 1830 - Belgium
    1839 - Luxembourg
    February 27, 1844 - Dominican Republic
    July 26, 1847 - Liberia
    March 17, 1861 - Italy
    July 1, 1867 - Canada
    January 18, 1871 - Germany
    May 9, 1877 - Romania
    March 3, 1878 - Bulgaria
    1896 - Ethiopia
    June 12, 1898 - Philippines
    January 1, 1901 - Australia
    May 20, 1902 - Cuba
    November 3, 1903 - Panama
    June 7, 1905 - Norway
    Sept. 26, 1907 - New Zealand
    May 31, 1910 - South Africa
    November 28, 1912 - Albania
    December 6, 1917 - Finland
    November 11, 1918 - Poland
    December 1, 1918 - Iceland
    August 19, 1919 - Afghanistan
    December 6, 1921 - Ireland
    February 28, 1922 - Egypt
    October 29, 1923 - Turkey
    February 11, 1929 - Vatican City
    Sept. 23, 1932 - Saudi Arabia
    October 3, 1932 - Iraq
    November 22, 1943 - Lebanon
    August 15, 1945 - Korea, North
    August 15, 1945 - Korea, South
    August 17, 1945 - Indonesia
    Sept. 2, 1945 - Vietnam
    April 17, 1946 - Syria
    May 25, 1946 - Jordan
    August 14, 1947 - Pakistan
    August 15, 1947 - India
    January 4, 1948 - Burma
    February 4, 1948 - Sri Lanka
    May 14, 1948 - Israel
    July 19, 1949 - Laos
    August 8, 1949 - Bhutan
    December 24, 1951 - Libya
    November 9, 1953 - Cambodia
    January 1, 1956 - Sudan
    March 2, 1956 - Morocco
    March 20, 1956 - Tunisia
    March 6, 1957 - Ghana
    August 31, 1957 - Malaysia
    October 2, 1958 - Guinea
    January 1, 1960 - Cameroon
    April 4, 1960 - Senegal
    May 27, 1960 - Togo
    June 30, 1960 - Congo, Republic of the
    July 1, 1960 - Somalia
    July 26, 1960 - Madagascar
    August 1, 1960 - Benin
    August 3, 1960 - Niger
    August 5, 1960 - Burkina Faso
    August 7, 1960 - Cote d'Ivorie
    August 11, 1960 - Chad
    August 13, 1960 - Central African Republic
    August 15, 1960 - Congo, Dem. Rep. of the
    August 16, 1960 - Cyprus
    August 17, 1960 - Gabon
    Sept. 22, 1960 - Mali
    October 1, 1960 - Nigeria
    November 28, 1960 - Mauritania
    April 27, 1961 - Sierra Leone
    June 19, 1961 - Kuwait
    January 1, 1962 - Samoa
    July 1, 1962 - Burundi
    July 1, 1962 - Rwanda
    July 5, 1962 - Algeria
    August 6, 1962 - Jamaica
    August 31, 1962 - Trinidad and Tobago
    October 9, 1962 - Uganda
    December 12, 1963 - Kenya
    April 26, 1964 - Tanzania
    July 6, 1964 - Malawi
    Sept. 21, 1964 - Malta
    October 24, 1964 - Zambia
    February 18, 1965 - Gambia, The
    July 26, 1965 - Maldives
    August 9, 1965 - Singapore
    May 26, 1966 - Guyana
    September 30, 1966 - Botswana
    October 4, 1966 - Lesotho
    November 30, 1966 - Barbados
    January 31, 1968 - Nauru
    March 12, 1968 - Mauritius
    Sept. 6, 1968 - Swaziland
    October 12, 1968 - Equatorial
    June 4, 1970 - Tonga
    October 10, 1970 - Fiji
    March 26, 1971 - Bangladesh
    August 15, 1971 - Bahrain
    Sept. 3, 1971 - Qatar
    November 2, 1971 - United Arab Emirates
    July 10, 1973 - Bahamas
    Sept. 24, 1973 - Guinea-Bissau
    February 7, 1974 - Grenada
    June 25, 1975 - Mozambique
    July 5, 1975 - Cape Verde
    July 6, 1975 - Comoros
    July 12, 1975 - Sao Tome and Principe
    Sept. 16, 1975 - Papua New Guinea
    November 11, 1975 - Angola
    November 25, 1975 - Suriname
    June 29, 1976 - Seychelles
    June 27, 1977 - Djibouti
    July 7, 1978 - Solomon Islands
    October 1, 1978 - Tuvalu
    November 3, 1978 - Dominica
    February 22, 1979 - Saint Lucia
    July 12, 1979 - Kiribati
    October 27, 1979 - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    April 18, 1980 - Zimbabwe
    July 30, 1980 - Vanuatu
    January 11, 1981 - Antigua and Barbuda
    Sept. 21, 1981 - Belize
    Sept. 19, 1983 - Saint Kitts and Nevis
    January 1, 1984 - Brunei
    October 21, 1986 - Marshall Islands
    November 3, 1986 - Micronesia, Federated States of
    March 11, 1990 - Lithuania
    March 21, 1990 - Namibia
    May 22, 1990 - Yemen
    April 9, 1991 - Georgia
    June 25, 1991 - Croatia
    June 25, 1991 - Slovenia
    August 20, 1991 - Estonia
    August 21, 1991 - Kyrgyzstan
    August 24, 1991 - Russia
    August 25, 1991 - Belarus
    August 27, 1991 - Moldova
    August 30, 1991 - Azerbaijan
    Sept. 1, 1991 - Uzbekistan
    Sept. 6, 1991 - Latvia
    Sept. 8, 1991 - Macedonia
    Sept. 9, 1991 - Tajikistan
    Sept. 21, 1991 - Armenia
    October 27, 1991 - Turkmenistan
    November 24, 1991 - Ukraine
    December 16, 1991 - Kazakhstan
    March 3, 1992 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
    January 1, 1993 - Czech Republic
    January 1, 1993 - Slovakia
    May 24, 1993 - Eritrea
    October 1, 1994 - Palau
    May 20, 2002 - East Timor
    June 3, 2006 - Montenegro
    June 5, 2006 - Serbia
    February 17, 2008 - Kosovo

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