List of former European colonies
This is a list of former European colonies.
North America
Britain
- British America (New Britain)
- Canadian colonies
- Island of St. John
- Rupert's Land (A private estate stretching from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains, and from the prairies to the Arctic Circle.[1])
- Lower Canada
- Upper Canada
- Newfoundland Colony
- "Thirteen Colonies"
- Other North American colonies
- Province of East Florida
- Province of West Florida
- Indian Reserve
- Middle Colonies
- Chesapeake Colonies
- Southern Colonies
- Oregon Country (disputed with France)
- Canadian colonies
- British Honduras
- Mosquito Coast
- Bay Islands
Belgium
Denmark
Netherlands
- New Netherlands (Nieuw-Amsterdam / New York)
Portugal
- Claim to Labrador
- Claim and settlement in Terra Nova (Newfoundland)
Scotland
Spain
- México (1521)
- 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
Brandenburg
Britain
Courland (Latvia)
Denmark-Norway
France
Knights of Malta
- Saint Christopher (St Kitts)
- Saint Croix
- Tortuga (off coast of Haiti)
Netherlands
Portugal
Scotland
- Caledonia (Gulf of Darién)
Sweden
Sweden-Norway
South America
Britain
France
- Brazil (Rio de Janeiro briefly, and São Luís briefly)
(see France Antarctique and France Équinoxiale)
- Iles Malouines (Falkland Islands)
Netherlands
- Berbice (Guyana)
- Demerara
- Surinam (Suriname)
- Essequibo
- New Holland (Brazil – Half the captaincies)
Portugal
- Brazil
- Cisplatina (Uruguay)
- Misiones Orientales
Africa
Belgium
Brandenburg
- Arguin (in Mauritania)
- Brandenburger Gold Coast (coastal settlements in Ghana)
Britain
- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Sudan)
- Basutoland (Lesotho)
- Balleland (Benin)
- Bechuanaland (Botswana)
- British East Africa (Kenya)
- British Somaliland (Somaliland)
- British Togoland (eastern Ghana)
- British Cameroons (split between Nigeria and Cameroon)
- British Egypt
- Gambia Colony and Protectorate
- Gold Coast (Ghana)
- Colonial Nigeria
- Northern Rhodesia (Zambia)
- Nyasaland (Malawi)
- Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate
- Union of South Africa
- South West Africa (Namibia)
- Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
- Swaziland (Eswatini)
- Tanganyika Territory (mainland Tanzania)
- Uganda Protectorate
- Sultanate of Zanzibar (insular Tanzania)
Courland
Denmark-Norway
- Danish Gold Coast (coastal settlements in Ghana)
France
- Albreda (in The Gambia)
- Comoros
- French Dahomey (Benin)
- French Algeria
- French Cameroon (91% of modern Cameroon)
- French Chad
- French Congo (Republic of the Congo)
- French Guinea (Guinea)
- French Upper Volta (Republic of Upper Volta, Burkina Faso)
- French Somaliland (Djibouti)
- French Sudan (Mali)
- French Togoland (Togo)
- French Madagascar
- Gabon
- Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Colonial Mauritania
- French protectorate in Morocco (89% of Morocco)
- Oubangui-Chari (Central African Republic)
- Senegal
- Senegambia and 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 (Lamu Island, owned by Kenya)
Italy
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
- South Africa
Portugal
- Ajuda (Whydah, in Benin)
- Angola
- Annobón
- Cabinda
- Cape Verde (Cabo Verde)
- Ceuta
- Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá
- Gorée (in Senegal)
- Malindi
- Mombasa
- Algarve Ultramar (Morocco)
- Nigeria (Lagos area)
- Mozambique
- Portuguese Gold Coast (settlements along coast of Ghana)
- Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau)
- Quíloa
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Tangier
- Zanzibar
- Ziguinchor
Russia
Spain
Sweden
- Swedish Gold Coast (coastal settlements in Ghana)
South Asia
Britain
Netherlands
- Dutch Mauritius (now Mauritius)
Portugal
Austria
Britain
- Afghanistan
- British India (After independence from Britain, British India became Pakistan (East and West) and India – later East Pakistan gained independence from Pakistan under the name of Bangladesh)
- Burma (Myanmar)
- Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Denmark-Norway
- Frederik Oerne Islands (Nicobar Islands)
- Serampore
- Tranquebar
France
- India
- Pondicherry, Karikal, Yanaon, Mahé, and Chandernagore
Netherlands
Portugal
Sweden
Asia-Pacific
Austria
Britain
- Australia
- British Solomon Islands
- British Western Pacific Territories
- Christmas Island
- Cocos Islands
- Colonial Fiji
- Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Kiribati & Tuvalu)
- Hawaii (formerly Sandwich Islands)
- Kingdom of Rarotonga (Cook Islands)
- New Zealand
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- Territory of Papua and New Guinea
- Territory of New Guinea
- Western Samoa
- Phoenix Islands (part of Kiribati)
- Solomon Islands
- New Hebrides (Vanuatu, condominium with France)
- Territory of Papua
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Southeast Asia
- Brunei
- Bonin Islands (Japan)
- Singapore
- China
- Hong Kong
- Weihaiwei (leased to the British government)
- Shanghai International Settlement (merger of the British and American concessions and residency in Shanghai)
- Tientsin (British concession territory)
- Canton (British concession territory)
Belgium
- Tientsin (concession territory)
France
- East Asia
- Indochina
- New Hebrides (Vanuatu, condominium with Britain)
- Ay de mi Alhama
Germany
- Bismarck Archipelago
- Caroline Islands (Karolinen)
- German New Guinea
- Gilbert Islands
- German Samoa
- Jiaozhou Bay (Kiautschou)
- Kaiser-Wilhelmsland
- Marshall Islands
- Nauru
- North Solomon Islands
- Northern Marianas Islands (Marianen)
- Palau
- Tientsin
Italy
Netherlands
- Burma (Myanmar) (Mrohaung (Arakan), Siriangh, Syriam, Ava, Martaban)
- Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)
- Dutch New Guinea (Western Part of Papua, Indonesia)
- Malacca
- Dutch Formosa
- Dejima
Portugal
Europe
Britain
- Corsica (the Anglo-Corsican Kingdom was a protectorate of Britain, now part of France)
- Cyprus
- Ionian islands (now part of Greece)
- Ireland
- Malta
- Menorca (now part of Spain)
Denmark
Italy
See also
- Austrian colonial policy
- Belgian colonial empire
- British colonial empire
- Danish colonial empire
- Dutch colonial empire
- French colonial empire
- German colonial empire
- List of former German colonies
- Italian colonial empire
- Portuguese colonial empire
- Evolution of the Portuguese Empire
- Russian colonial empire
- Spanish colonial empire
- Swedish colonial empire
References
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