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List of former European colonies

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This is a list of former European colonies.

Contents

North America

Britain

  • British America
  • "Thirteen Colonies"
  • New England Colonies:
  • Province of Massachusetts Bay
  • Province of New Hampshire
  • Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
  • Connecticut Colony
  • Province of New York
  • Province of New Jersey
  • Province of Pennsylvania
  • Delaware Colony
  • Province of Maryland
  • Colony of Virginia
  • Province of North Carolina
  • Province of South Carolina
  • Province of Georgia
  • Canadian colonies
  • Province of Quebec
  • Province of Nova Scotia
  • Island of St. John
  • Colony of Newfoundland
  • Rupert's Land (A private estate stretching from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains, and from the prairies to the Arctic Circle.)
  • Other North American colonies
  • Province of East Florida
  • Province of West Florida
  • Indian Reserve
  • Oregon Country (disputed with France)
  • Bermuda
  • British Honduras
  • Mosquito Coast

    • Denmark

  • Greenland
  • Norway

    • France

  • New France
  • Newfoundland
  • Île-Royale (Cape Breton Island)
  • Saint-Domingue (Haiti)

    • Netherlands

  • New Netherlands (Nieuw-Amsterdam / New York)

    • Norway

  • Greenland
  • Vinland

    • Portugal

  • Claim to Labrador
  • Settlement in Terra Nova (Newfoundland)

    • Russia

  • Russian America
  • Fort Ross

    • Spain

  • Viceroyalty of New Spain (1535–1821)
  • Las Californias
  • Nuevo Reino de León
  • Nuevo Santander
  • Nueva Vizcaya
  • Santa Fe de Nuevo México
  • Nueva Extremadura
  • Nueva Galicia
  • Captaincy General of Cuba
  • Puerto Rico
  • Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
  • Captaincy General of Guatemala
  • Costa Rica
  • El Salvador
  • East Florida and West Florida
  • Settlement at Nootka, near Vancouver Island, Canada

    • Sweden

  • New Sweden (Nya Sverige)

    • West Indies and the Caribbean

    Brandenburg

  • St Thomas

    • Britain

  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Jamaica
  • Leeward Islands
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Dominica
  • Saint Christopher (St Kitts)-Nevis
  • Windward Islands
  • Grenada
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

    • Courland

  • New Courland (Tobago)

    • Denmark-Norway

  • Saint John
  • Saint Thomas
  • Saint Croix

    • France

  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Dominica
  • Grenada
  • Haiti
  • Montserrat
  • Saint Barthélemy
  • Nevis
  • Saint Christophe (St Kitts)
  • Saint Croix
  • Saint-Domingue (Haiti)
  • Sainte-Lucia (St Lucia)
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Sint Eustatius
  • Tobago

    • Knights of Malta

  • Saint-Barthélemy
  • Saint Christopher (St Kitts)
  • Saint Croix
  • Tortuga (off coast of Haiti)

    • Netherlands

  • Anegada
  • New Walcheren (Tobago)
  • Saint Croix
  • Tortola
  • Virgin Gorda

    • Portugal

  • Barbados

    • Spain

  • Bahamas
  • Cuba
  • Island of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic)
  • Jamaica
  • Puerto Rico
  • Trinidad

    • Sweden

  • Guadeloupe
  • Saint-Barthélemy

    • South America

    Britain

  • British Guiana
  • Berbice, Essequibo, Demerara
  • Falkland Islands
  • South Georgia
  • South Sandwich Islands

    • France

  • Brazil (Rio de Janeiro briefly, and São Luís briefly)

    • (see France Antarctique and France Équinoxiale)

  • Iles Malouines (Falkland Islands)
  • French Guiana

    • Netherlands

  • Berbice (Guyana)
  • Demerara
  • Surinam (Suriname)
  • Essequibo
  • New Holland (Brazil – Half the capitanas)

    • Spain

  • Argentina
  • Bolivia
  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Ecuador
  • Paraguay
  • Panama (formerly a part of Colombia)
  • Peru
  • Uruguay
  • Venezuela

    • Portugal

  • Brazil
  • Cisplatina (Uruguay)
  • French Guiana

    • Africa

    Belgium

  • Belgian Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Lado Enclave
  • Ruanda-Urundi (Rwanda and Burundi)

    • Brandenburg

  • Arguin (in Mauritania)
  • Brandenburger Gold Coast (coastal settlements in Ghana)

    • Britain

  • Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Sudan)
  • Basutoland (Lesotho)
  • Bechuanaland (Botswana)
  • British East Africa (Kenya)
  • British Somaliland (northern Somalia)
  • British Togoland (eastern Ghana)
  • British Cameroons (split between Nigeria and Cameroon)
  • British Egypt
  • Khedivate of Egypt
  • Sultanate of Egypt
  • Kingdom of Egypt
  • Gambia Colony and Protectorate
  • Gold Coast (Ghana)
  • Colonial Nigeria
  • Niger Coast Protectorate
  • Northern Nigeria Protectorate
  • Southern Nigeria Protectorate
  • Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria
  • Northern Rhodesia (Zambia)
  • Nyasaland (Malawi)
  • Sierra Leone
  • South Africa
  • British Cape Colony
  • Colony of Natal
  • Orange Free State
  • Transvaal Colony
  • South-West Africa (Namibia)
  • Walvis Bay
  • Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
  • Swaziland
  • Tanganyika Territory (mainland Tanzania)
  • Uganda Protectorate
  • Sultanate of Zanzibar (insular Tanzania)

    • Courland

  • St. Andrews Island (in Gambia)

    • Denmark-Norway

  • Danish Gold Coast (coastal settlements in Ghana)

    • France

  • Albreda (in Gambia)
  • Dahomey (Benin)
  • French Algeria
  • French Cameroons (91% of modern Cameroon)
  • French Chad
  • French Congo (Republic of Congo)
  • French Guinea (Guinea)
  • French Upper Volta (Republic of Upper Volta, Burkina Faso)
  • French Somaliland (Djibouti)
  • French Sudan (Mali)
  • French Togoland (Togo)
  • Gabon
  • Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
  • Malagasy Protectorate
  • Colonial Mauritania
  • French protectorate in Morocco (89% of Morocco)
  • Niger
  • Oubangui-Chari (Central African Republic)
  • Senegambia and Niger
  • Upper Senegal and Niger
  • Colony of Niger
  • French protectorate of Tunisia

    • Germany

  • German East Africa (Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania)
  • German South-West Africa (Namibia)
  • Kamerun (split between Cameroon and Nigeria)
  • Togoland (split between Togo and Ghana)
  • Wituland

    • Italy

  • Italian East Africa
  • Italian Eritrea
  • Italian Libya
  • Italian Somaliland

    • Netherlands

  • Arguin Island (in Mauritania)
  • Dutch Cape Colony
  • Dutch Gold Coast (settlements along coast of Ghana, including El Mina)
  • Dutch Loango-Angola (Luanda, Sonyo and Cabinda)
  • Gorée (Senegal)
  • Moçambique (Delagoa Bay)
  • São Tomé

    • Portugal

  • Ajuda (Whydah, in Benin)
  • Angola
  • Annobon
  • Cabinda
  • Cape Verde
  • Ceuta
  • Gorée (in Senegal)
  • Malindi
  • Mombasa
  • Algarve Ultramar (Morocco)
  • Agadir
  • Alcacer Ceguer
  • Arzila
  • Azamor
  • Mazagan
  • Mogador
  • Safim
  • Nigeria (Lagos area)
  • Mozambique
  • Portuguese Gold Coast (settlements along coast of Ghana)
  • Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau)
  • Quíloa
  • São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Tangier
  • Zanzibar
  • Ziguinchor

    • Spain

  • Bona
  • Bougie
  • Jerba
  • Fernando Po and Annobon (insular Equatorial Guinea)
  • Oran
  • Port Guinea
  • Rio Muni (mainland Equatorial Guinea)
  • Spanish North Africa
  • Spanish Protectorate in Morocco
  • Ceuta
  • Melilla
  • Spanish West Africa
  • Río de Oro
  • Saguia el-Hamra
  • Tarfaya Strip
  • Ifni

    • Sweden

  • Swedish Gold Coast (coastal settlements in Ghana)

    • United States

  • Liberia

    • Indian Ocean

    France

  • French Comoros
  • Isle de France (now Mauritius)
  • French Madagascar
  • French Seychelles

    • Netherlands

  • Dutch Mauritius (now Mauritius)

    • Portugal

  • Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep)
  • Maldive Islands
  • Socotra

    • Middle East

    Britain

  • Aden Protectorate
  • Bahrain
  • History of Egypt under the British
  • Mandatory Iraq
  • Sheikhdom of Kuwait
  • Muscat and Oman
  • Mandatory Palestine
  • Qatar
  • South Arabia
  • Emirate of Transjordan
  • Trucial States

    • France

  • French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon
  • Yemen (Cheik-Saïd peninsula)

    • Netherlands

  • Jemen, Al Mukha (Mocca)
  • Mesopotamia (Iraq, Al Basrah)

    • Portugal

  • Bandar Abbas
  • Hormuz
  • Manama
  • Muharraq Island
  • Muscat
  • Qeshm

    • Russia

  • Russian Armenia
  • Russian Azerbaijan
  • Georgia within the Russian Empire

    • Indian Subcontinent

    Austria

  • Nicobar Islands

    • Britain

  • British India (After independence from Britain,` British India became Pakistan (East and West) and India – later East Pakistan was to become Bangladesh)
  • Bangladesh
  • India
  • Pakistan
  • Burma (Myanmar)
  • Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

    • Denmark-Norway

  • Frederik Oerne Islands (Nicobar Islands)
  • Serampore
  • Tranquebar

    • France

  • India
  • Pondicherry, Karikal, Yanaon, Mahé, and Chandernagore

    • Netherlands

  • Bangladesh (Dutch Bengal)
  • Burma (Myanmar) (Mrohaung (Arakan), Siriangh, Syriam, Ava, Martaban)
  • Ceylon
  • India (Dutch Bengal, Suratte, Malabar, Coromandel)

    • Portugal

  • Bombay
  • Calicut
  • Cambay
  • Cannanore
  • Ceylon (Cilão)
  • Chaul
  • Chittagong
  • Cochin
  • Dadra and Nagar Haveli
  • Daman and Diu
  • Goa
  • Hughli
  • Masulipatnam
  • Mangalore
  • Surat
  • Syriam

    • Asia-Pacific

    United Kingdom

  • Australia
  • New South Wales
  • Queensland
  • South Australia
  • Swan River Colony/Western Australia
  • Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
  • Victoria
  • British Solomon Islands
  • British Western Pacific Territories
  • Brunei
  • Colonial Fiji
  • Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Kiribati & Tuvalu)
  • Kingdom of Rarotonga (Cook Islands)
  • New Zealand
  • Auckland Islands
  • New Hebrides
  • Niue
  • Malaysia
  • British Malaya
  • Federated Malay States
  • Straits Settlements
  • Unfederated Malay States
  • British Borneo
  • North Borneo
  • Kingdom of Sarawak
  • Nauru
  • Singapore
  • Territory of Papua and New Guinea
  • Territory of New Guinea
  • Western Samoa
  • Phoenix Islands (part of Kiribati)
  • Solomon Islands
  • Territory of Papua
  • Tokelau
  • Tonga
  • Hong Kong
  • New Hebrides (Vanuatu, condominium with France)

    • Belgium

  • Tientsin (concession territory)

    • France

  • East Asia
  • Kwang-Chou-Wan (廣州灣) leased territory, now the city of Zhanjiang (Guangdong province)
  • French settlements (concessions) in Shanghai, Guangdong, Tianjin, and Hankou
  • French zone of influence officially recognized by China over the provinces of Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan, and Guangdong
  • Indochina
  • Cambodia
  • Laos
  • Vietnam
  • Annam
  • Cochinchina
  • Tonkin
  • New Hebrides (Vanuatu, condominium with Britain)

    • Germany

  • Bismarck Archipelago
  • Caroline Islands (Karolinen)
  • German Samoa
  • Jiaozhou Bay (Kiautschou)
  • Kaiser-Wilhelmsland
  • Marshall Islands
  • Nauru
  • North Solomon Islands
  • Northern Marianas Islands (Marianen)
  • Palau

    • Netherlands

  • Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)
  • Malacca
  • Taiwan (Tayowan)

    • Portugal

  • Flores
  • Macau
  • Malacca
  • Moluccas
  • Ambon
  • Ternate
  • Tidore
  • Portuguese Timor (Timor-Leste)

    • Russia

  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan

    • Spain

  • Spanish East Indies
  • Philippines
  • Marianas Islands (Ladrones)
  • Guam
  • Northern Marianas Islands
  • Caroline Islands
  • Marshall Islands

    • Europe

    Austria

  • Austrian Netherlands
  • Saarland or Saar (protectorate)

    • Britain

  • Corsica (the Anglo-Corsican Kingdom was a protectorate or in personal union with Britain)
  • Cyprus
  • Heligoland
  • Ionian islands
  • Ireland (Originally as the Lordship of Ireland)
  • Malta
  • Minorca

    • Denmark

  • Danish Estonia
  • Iceland

    • Greece

  • Magna Graecia

    • Italy

  • Albania
  • Dodecanese
  • Sazan Island

    • Norway

  • Faroe Islands
  • Hebrides
  • Iceland
  • Isle of Man
  • Orkney
  • Shetland

    • Russia

  • Belarus
  • Finland
  • Estonia
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Moldova
  • Ukraine
  • Poland

    • Spain

  • Spanish Netherlands

    • Sweden

  • Swedish Estonia
  • Swedish Ingria
  • Swedish Livonia
  • Swedish Pomerania

    • References

    List of former European colonies Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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