PORTAL:BRITISH EMPIRE TOPICS

Legend

Current territory · Former territory

* now a Commonwealth realm · now a member of the Commonwealth of Nations

18th century
1708–1757 Menorca
since 1713 Gibraltar
1782–1802 Menorca

19th century
1800–1964 Malta
1807–1890 Heligoland
1809–1864 Ionian Islands
1878–1960 Cyprus

20th century
since 1960 Akrotiri and Dhekelia

16th century 1583–1907 Newfoundland 17th century 1607–1776 Thirteen Colonies since 1619 Bermuda 1670–1870 Rupert's Land 18th century Canada (British Imperial) 1763–1791 Quebec 1791–1841 Lower Canada 1791–1841 Upper Canada	19th century Canada (British Imperial) 1841–1867 Province of Canada 1849–1866 Vancouver Island 1858–1866 Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) 1866–1871 Colony of British Columbia (1866–1871) 1859–1870 North-Western Territory 1862–1863 Stickeen Territories * Canada (post-Confederation) 1867–1931 Dominion of Canada¹	20th century * Canada (post-Confederation) 1907–1934 Dominion of Newfoundland²
¹ In 1931, Canada and other British dominions obtained self-government through the Statute of Westminster. "Dominion" remains Canada's legal title; see Canada's name. ² Remained a de jure dominion until 1949 (when it became a Canadian province); from 1934 to 1949, Newfoundland was governed by the Commission of Government.

17th century 1605–1979 * Saint Lucia 1623–1883 Saint Kitts (Saint Kitts & Nevis)* 1624–1966 * Barbados 1625–1650 Saint Croix 1627–1979 * St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1628–1883 Nevis (Saint Kitts & Nevis)* 1629–1641 St. Andrew and Providence Islands³ since 1632 Montserrat 1632–1860 Antigua (Antigua & Barbuda)* 1643–1860 Bay Islands since 1650 Anguilla 1651–1667 Willoughbyland (Suriname) 1655–1850 Mosquito Coast (protectorate) 1655–1962 * Jamaica since 1666 British Virgin Islands since 1670 Cayman Islands 1670–1973 * Bahamas 1670–1688 St. Andrew and Providence Islands³ 1671–1816 Leeward Islands 18th century 1762–1974 * Grenada 1763–1978 Dominica since 1799 Turks and Caicos Islands	19th century 1831–1966 British Guiana (Guyana) 1833–1960 Windward Islands 1833–1960 Leeward Islands 1860–1981 * Antigua and Barbuda 1871–1964 British Honduras (Belize)* 1882–1983 * St. Kitts and Nevis 1889–1962 Trinidad and Tobago	20th century 1958–1962 West Indies Federation
³ Now the San Andrés y Providencia Department of Colombia

18th century 1792–1961 Sierra Leone 1795–1803 Cape Colony	19th century 1806–1910 Cape Colony 1816–1965 Gambia 1856–1910 Natal 1868–1966 Basutoland (Lesotho) 1874–1957 Gold Coast (Ghana) 1882–1922 Egypt 1884–1966 Bechuanaland (Botswana) 1884–1960 British Somaliland 1887–1897 Zululand 1888–1894 Matabeleland 1890–1980 Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) 1890–1962 Uganda 1890–1963 Zanzibar (Tanzania) 1891–1964 Nyasaland (Malawi) 1891–1907 British Central Africa 1893–1968 Swaziland 1895–1920 British East Africa 1899–1956 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan	20th century 1900–1914 Northern Nigeria 1900–1914 Southern Nigeria 1900–1910 Orange River Colony 1906–1954 Nigeria Colony 1910–1931 South Africa 1911–1964 Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) 1914–1954 Nigeria Protectorate 1915–1931 South West Africa (Namibia) 1919–1960 Cameroons (Cameroon) ⁴ 1920–1963 Kenya 1922–1961 Tanganyika (Tanzania) ⁴ 1954–1960 Nigeria since 1965 British Indian Ocean Territory
⁴ League of Nations mandate

18th century 1757–1947 Bengal (West Bengal (India) and Bangladesh) 1762–1764 Philippines 1786-1826 Penang 1795–1948 Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1796–1965 Maldives	19th century 1819–1826 Singapore 1826–1946 Straits Settlements 1839–1967 Aden Colony 1841–1997 Hong Kong 1841–1941 Kingdom of Sarawak 1848–1946 Labuan 1858–1947 British India (India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, Burma) 1882–1946 British North Borneo 1885–1946 Unfederated Malay States 1891–1971 Muscat and Oman protectorate 1892–1971 Trucial States protectorate 1895–1946 Federated Malay States 1898–1930 Weihai Garrison	20th century 1918–1961 Kuwait protectorate 1920–1932 Iraq⁴ 1921–1946 Transjordan⁴ 1923–1948 Palestine⁴ 1946–1948 Malayan Union 1946–1963 Sarawak (Malaysia) 1946–1963 North Borneo (Malaysia) 1948–1957 Federation of Malaya (Malaysia)
⁴ League of Nations mandate

18th century 1788–1901 New South Wales 1794–1843 Sandwich Islands (Hawaii)	19th century 1803–1901 Van Diemen's Land / Tasmania 1807–1863 Auckland Islands⁶ 1824–1980 New Hebrides (Vanuatu) 1824–1901 Queensland 1829–1901 Swan River Colony / Western Australia 1836–1901 South Australia since 1838 Pitcairn Islands 1840–1907 * Colony of New Zealand 1850–1901 Victoria (Australia) 1874–1970 Fiji⁵ 1877–1976 British Western Pacific Territories 1884–1949 Territory of Papua 1888–1965 Cook Islands⁶ 1888–1984 Sultanate of Brunei 1889–1948 Union Islands (Tokelau)⁶ 1892–1979 Gilbert and Ellice Islands⁷ 1893–1978 British Solomon Islands⁸	20th century 1900–1970 Tonga (protected state) 1900–1974 Niue⁶ 1901–1942 * Commonwealth of Australia 1907–1953 * Dominion of New Zealand 1919–1949 Territory of New Guinea 1949–1975 Territory of Papua and New Guinea⁹
⁵ Suspended member ⁶ Now part of the * Realm of New Zealand ⁷ Now Kiribati and * Tuvalu ⁸ Now the * Solomon Islands ⁹ Now * Papua New Guinea

17th century since 1659 St. Helena	19th century since 1815 Ascension Island⁹ since 1816 Tristan da Cunha⁹ since 1833 Falkland Islands¹¹	20th century since 1908 British Antarctic Territory¹⁰ since 1908 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands^10, 11
⁹ Dependencies of St. Helena since 1922 (Ascension Island) and 1938 (Tristan da Cunha) ¹⁰ Both claimed in 1908; territories formed in 1962 (British Antarctic Territory) and 1985 (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) ¹¹ Occupied by Argentina during the Falklands War of April–June 1982

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