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Timeline of national independence

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This list includes currently extant sovereign states (list) and states with limited recognition that have declared independence from a predecessor state or an occupying power. Various states have never declared independence throughout their formations and hence are not included in the main list on this page, including states that were formed by the unification of multiple independent states, such as the United Kingdom, United States, and Tanzania, including states that did declare independence, but whose most recent establishment was through other means, such as Haiti, which declared independence from France in 1804, but split into two states in 1806 and was reunified in 1820. These countries are given on a separate list below. The list does not include duplicated entries for states that have declared independence multiple times, only using the most recent one. Subnational entities are usually not included in the list. Some of these dates of independence might be disputed. Entries in the "events" table are written in the present tense.

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Before 19th century

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19th century to World War I

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Interwar period

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Cold War

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Post–Cold War

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Timeline of states established by means other than declaring independence

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Notes

  1. Although the Median dynasty was actually founded by its inaugural king Deioces in 700 BC, his son Phraortes would be the one who freed the Medes from Assyrian domination.
  2. Eligible for UN membership.
  3. South Ossetia is also known as the "State of Alania", and the modern Ossetians are descended from the medieval Alans.
  4. De facto independent, but without formal foreign relations.
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References

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