List of colonies

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This is a list of territories and polities that have been considered colonies.

Colonies of European countries

Main article: List of former European colonies

British

Main article: Territorial evolution of the British Empire
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Harbour Street, Kingston, Jamaica, c. 1820
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The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. After an initial defeat the British were able to conquer Zululand.
Main article: British Empire

French

Main article: List of French possessions and colonies

Russian

See also: Russian colonization of America
File:Russian Sloop-of-War Neva.jpg
The Russian settlement of St. Paul's Harbour (present-day Kodiak, Alaska), Russian America, 1814

German

Main article: List of former German colonies
File:Victoria (Cameroon).jpg
Kamerun (by R. Hellgrewe, 1908)

Italian

Main article: Italian Empire
File:Italian aircraft attacking Ottoman forces in Libya 1911 or 1912.jpg
The Italian invasion of Libya during the Italo-Turkish War, 1911

Dutch

Main article: Dutch colonial empire
File:Aernout Smit Table Bay, 1683 William Fehr Collection Cape Town.jpg
View of Cape Town with ships of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), c. 1683

Portuguese

Main article: Evolution of the Portuguese Empire

Spanish

Main article: Spanish Empire
See also: List of countries that gained independence from Spain
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An 18th-century casta painting from New Spain shows a Spanish man and his indigenous wife.
Main article: Spanish Empire

Austrian

Main article: Austrian colonial policy
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Muslim Bosniak resistance during the battle of Sarajevo in 1878 against the Austro-Hungarian occupation

Danish

Main article: Danish colonial empire
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Map of the European Union in the world, with Overseas Countries and Territories and Outermost Regions.

Belgian

Main article: Belgian colonial empire

Swedish

Main article: Swedish overseas colonies

Norse

See also: Scandinavian colonialism

Norwegian

Main article: List of possessions of Norway

Colonies by Oceanian countries

Australian

File:Biami people, near Nomad patrol post, 1964.jpg
Australian patrol officer in Australia's Territory of Papua and New Guinea in 1964

New Zealander

File:Cook Islands Annexation Ceremony.jpg
Governor Lord Ranfurly reading the annexation proclamation to Queen Makea on 7 October 1900.

Colonies by Asian countries

Japanese

Main articles: Japanese colonial empire and List of territories occupied by Imperial Japan

Chinese

Burmese

Indonesian

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Indonesian soldiers pose in November 1975 in Batugade, East Timor with a captured Portuguese flag.

Omani

Omani Empire

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Following the expulsion of the Portuguese colonizers, Sultanate of Oman was the preeminent power in the western Indian Ocean during the 17th century.[2]

Vietnamese

See also: Nam Tiến, History of the Cham-Vietnamese wars, and Đại Việt-Khmer war

Colonies by American (continent) countries

American

Further information: List of Guano Island claims and United States territorial acquisitions
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Governor General William Howard Taft addressing the audience at the Philippine Assembly in the Manila Grand Opera House

Mexican

Guatemalan

Ecuadorian

Colombian

Venezuelan

Argentine

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Argentine C-130 and control tower, Marambio Airport
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The Conquest of the Desert extended Argentine power into Patagonia.

Paraguayan

Peruvian

Bolivian

Chilean

Brazilian

Colonies by African countries

Ethiopian

South African

Moroccan

Colonies by former countries

Ancient Greece

See also: Ancient Greece

Ancient Egyptian

Ancient Roman

Carthage

See also: Carthage

Chola (Tamil)

Curonian

Genoese

See also: Genoese colonies

Ottoman (Turkish)

Further information: Vassal and tributary states of the Ottoman Empire
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Territorial extent of the Ottoman Empire in 1683[8][9]

Venetian

See also: Stato da Màr

See also

References

  1. ↑ In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, the Chinese were prohibited from entering Mongolia to prevent the assimilation of the Mongols loss of combat effectiveness. The prohibition was abolished after the Late Qing reforms, and then Mongolia declared its independence from the Manchu Qing.
  2. ↑ Oman Country Profile. Oman Country Profile. British Library Partnership. Qatar Digital Library. 2014.
  3. ↑ "GUINEA ECUATORIAL". www.hubert-herald.nl. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  4. ↑ "MINUSTAH". argentina.gob.ar. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  5. ↑ Naomi Porat (1992). "An Egyptian Colony in Southern Palestine During the Late Predynastic to Early Dynastic". In Edwin C. M. van den Brink (ed.). The Nile Delta in Transition: 4th.-3rd. Millennium B.C. : Proceedings of the Seminar Held in Cairo, 21.-24. October 1990, at the Netherlands Institute of Archaeology and Arabic Studies. Van den Brink. pp. 433–440. ISBN 978-965-221-015-9. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  6. ↑ Terrenato, Nicola. The deceptive archetype: Roman colonialism in Italy and postcolonial thought. na, 2005.
  7. ↑ Peck, Joshua J. The biological impact of culture contact: a bioarchaeological study of Roman colonialism in Britain. Diss. The Ohio State University, 2009.
  8. ↑ https://thearabweekly.com/rejection-ottoman-legacy-linked-turkish-behaviour-today [bare URL]
  9. ↑ Ben-Dror, Avishai (2017). "OTTOMAN COLONIALISM - the Ottoman Scramble for Africa: Empire and Diplomacy in the Sahara and the Hijaz. By Mostafa Minawi . Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2016. Pp. Xviii + 219. $85.00, hardback (ISBN 9780804795142); $24.95, paperback (ISBN 9780804799270)". The Journal of African History. 58 (3): 509–510. doi:10.1017/S0021853717000433. S2CID 165186569.
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