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https://michaeldeliz.com Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:15:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 71618282 https://michaeldeliz.com/2011/03/basic-timeline-of-british-empire.html Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:07:00 +0000 http://michaeldeliz.com/2011/03/basic-timeline-of-british-empire.html Continue reading]]> 1573 Humphrey Gilbert claims Newfoundland in the name of Queen Elizabeth I 1588 British defeat Spanish Armada 1600 British East India Company established 1607 Settlement of Jamestown in North America 1609 Settlement of Bermuda 1613 British East India Company establish a factory on the Indian west coast 1627 Settlement of Barbados 1655 Settlement of Jamaica 1664 Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam handed over to the British, later renamed New York 1707 Death of Mughul leader, British East India Company begins warfare with local peoples 1710 British seize French possession French Arcadia, renamed Nova Scotia 1713 Treaty of Utrecht makes Britain prominent force in America by giving possession of Hudson Bay, Newfoundland, and St. Kitts to the British. 1753 Anglo-French War (Seven Years War) commences in North America 1757 Robert Clive defeats the nawab of Bengal and establishes a puppet ruler in India 1760 Montreal surrendered to British from French 1962 British seize Havana and capture Cuba from the Spanish 1763 Treaty of Paris ends Anglo-French War, resulting in Canada, Mississippi, and India becoming British possessions. 1773 Boston Tea Party 1775 American War of Independence/Revolutionary War commences 1776 American Declaration of Independence signed 1783 American War of Independence/Revolutionary War ends 1788 Settlement of the penal colony of Botany Bay, later known as Sydney, New South Wales
Expedition into the African Interior by the African Association 1793 British capture Trinenad from the Spanish in the Caribbean First free settlers arrive at New South Wales 1795 British seize Cape Colony from the Dutch 1807 Shipment of slaves to and from any British colonies prohibited 1815 British East India Company seize Ceylon from the Dutch 1821 Gambia, Gold Coast, and Sierra Leone unite to form British West Africa 1829 Colony of Western Australia founded 1833 Slavery throughout the British Empire ended 1837 Queen Victoria crowned 1839 Opium Wars begin with China 1841 British seize Hong Kong from China 1857 Indian Mutiny begins 1858 Indian Mutiny ends, British East India Company dissolved by British Crown. India becomes a British Crown Colony 1867 Canada given Dominion status in the British Empire 1878 Cyprus becomes a British colony 1882 British military occupation of Egypt 1894 Uganda becomes British protectorate 1899 Boer War begins 1901 Colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Van Diemen’s Land (later Tasmania), South Australia, and Western Australia unite to form the Commonwealth of Australia and gain Dominion status 1907 New Zealand gains Dominion status 1914 World War I begins
Egypt becomes a British protectorate 1919 Treaty of Versailles signed
World War I ends
German African colonies gained 1920 British East Africa becomes Kenya 1922 Egypt gains independence from British Empire 1925 Cyprus becomes a British colony 1930 Declaration of Indian Independence made 1939 World War II begins 1941 Fall of Hong Kong to the Japanese 1942 Fall of Malaya, Singapore and Burma to the Japanese 1944 Burma recaptured from the Japanese 1945 World War II ends 1947 Indian independence from British Empire granted 1948 Burma and Ceylon granted independence from British Empire 1949 Ireland leaves the British Commonwealth 1952 Elizabeth II ascends to British Throne 1957 Ghana, Gold Coast, and Malayan states become independent 1959 Cyprus joins the British Commonwealth 1961 Sierra Leone becomes independent
South Africa leaves the British Commonwealth 1962 Jamaica, Trinenad and Tobago, Uganda, and Western Samoa become independent 1963 Kenya and Zanzibar granted independence 1964 Malawi and Malta become independent 1966 Botswana, Gambia and Lesotho granted indpenedence 1970 Fiji and Tonga granted independence 1971 Bahrain and Qatar become independent 1973 Bahamas become independent 1975 Papua New Guinea becomes independent 1976 Seychelles granted independence 1978 Dominica granted independence 1980 Zimbabwe granted independence 1981 Belize becomes independent 1984 Sino-Anglo agreement of Hong Kong 1987 Fiji leaves British Commonwealth 1996 South Africa rejoins British Commonwealth 1997 Hong Kong becomes Chinese territory, as agreed in 1984.

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