List of former European colonies
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This is a list of former European colonies.
The European countries which had the most colonies throughout history were: United Kingdom (130), France (90), Portugal (52), Spain (44), Netherlands (29), Germany (20), Russia (17), Denmark (9), Sweden (8), Italy (7), Norway (6) and Belgium (3).[1]
North America[edit]
Northern and Central America[edit]
Denmark[edit]
France[edit]
- New France
- Newfoundland
- Île-Royale (Cape Breton Island)
- Saint-Domingue (Haiti)
- Acadia
- Quebec
- Guadeloupe
Great Britain[edit]
- British America (New Britain)
- Canada
- 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.[2])
- 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)
- Canada
- British Honduras
- Mosquito Coast
- Bay Islands
Iceland[edit]
Netherlands[edit]
- New Netherland (Nieuw-Amsterdam / New York)
Norway[edit]
Portugal[edit]
- Claim to Labrador
- Claim and settlement in Terra Nova (Newfoundland)
Russia[edit]
Scotland[edit]
Spain[edit]
- 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[edit]
Sweden-Norway[edit]
- Sverdrup Islands (Claimed) (1902–1905)
Caribbean[edit]
Brandenburg[edit]
Courland[edit]
Denmark-Norway[edit]
France[edit]
Knights of Malta[edit]
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Martin
- Saint Christopher (St Kitts)
- Saint Croix
- Tortuga (off coast of Haiti)
Netherlands[edit]
Portugal[edit]
Scotland[edit]
- Caledonia (Gulf of Darién)
Spain[edit]
Sweden[edit]
Sweden-Norway[edit]
- Cooper Island
- Saint-Barthélemy (1814–1878)
United Kingdom[edit]
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Jamaica
- Leeward Islands
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Dominica
- Saint Christopher (St Kitts)-Nevis
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Windward Islands
South America[edit]
Portugal[edit]
Spain[edit]
- Kingdom of Tierra Firme (1498-1537)
- Governorate of New Andalusia (1501-1513)
- Governorate of Castilla de Oro (1514-1539)
- Governorate of New Castile (1529-1542)
- Governorate of New Toledo (1529-1542)
- Governorate of New León (1529-1539)
- Governorate of New Andalusia (1534-1617)
- Viceroyalty of Peru (1542-1824)
- New Kingdom of Granada (1538-1717) (1723-1739)
- Real Audiencia of Panamá (1538-1717) (1723-1739)
- Governorate of Terra Australis (1539-1555)
- Captaincy General of Chile (1541-1818)
- Real Audiencia of Lima (1542-1821)
- Governorate of the Río de la Plata (1549-1776)
- Real Audiencia of Charcas (1559-1776)
- Real Audiencia of Quito (1563-1717) (1723-1739)
- Real Audiencia of Concepción (1565-1575)
- Governorate of Guayrá (1617-1776)
- Real Audiencia of Buenos Aires (1661-1671)
- Real Audiencia of Cuzco (1787-1825)
- Viceroyalty of New Granada (1717-1723) (1739-1810) (1815-1822)
- Real Audiencia of Panamá (1717-1723) (1739-1752)
- Real Audiencia of Quito (1717-1723) (1739-1822)
- Captaincy General of Venezuela (1777-1824)
- Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (1776-1814)
- Governorate of Paraguay (1776-1782)
- Real Audiencia of Charcas (1776-1821)
- Upper Peru (1821-1825)
Netherlands[edit]
- Berbice (Guyana)
- Demerara
- Dutch colonisation of the Guianas, overview
- Surinam (Suriname)
- Essequibo
- New Holland (Brazil – Half the captaincies)
Augsburg/Nuremberg[edit]
France[edit]
- Brazil (Rio de Janeiro briefly, and São Luís briefly)
(see France Antarctique and France Équinoxiale)
- Iles Malouines (Falkland Islands)
United Kingdom[edit]
Sweden-Norway[edit]
- Grytviken (1904–1905)
Africa[edit]
Belgium[edit]
Brandenburg[edit]
- Arguin (in Mauritania)
- Brandenburger Gold Coast (coastal settlements in Ghana)
Courland[edit]
Denmark-Norway[edit]
- Danish Gold Coast (coastal settlements in Ghana)
France[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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)
Hospitaller Malta[edit]
Italy[edit]
Netherlands[edit]
- 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
- Mauritius
Portugal[edit]
- Ajuda (Whydah, in Benin)
- Portuguese 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[edit]
Spain[edit]
- Bona
- Bougie
- Jerba
- Fernando Po and Annobon (insular Equatorial Guinea)
- Oran
- Port Guinea
- Río Muni (mainland Equatorial Guinea)
- Spanish Protectorate in Morocco
- Spanish West Africa
Sweden[edit]
- Swedish Gold Coast (coastal settlements in Ghana)
United Kingdom[edit]
- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (Sudan)
- Basutoland (Lesotho)
- Balleland (Benin)
- Bechuanaland (Botswana)
- British East Africa (Kenya)
- British Somaliland (Somaliland)
- British Togoland (eastern Ghana)
- British Cameroon (split between Nigeria and Cameroon)
- British Mauritius
- 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)
West Asia[edit]
France[edit]
Netherlands[edit]
- Jemen, Al Mukha (Mocca)
- Mesopotamia (Iraq, Al Basrah)
Portugal[edit]
United Kingdom[edit]
South Asia[edit]
Indian Ocean Area[edit]
France[edit]
Netherlands[edit]
- Dutch Mauritius (now Mauritius)
Portugal[edit]
Austria[edit]
United Kingdom[edit]
Mainland[edit]
Denmark-Norway[edit]
- Frederik Oerne Islands (Nicobar Islands)
- Serampore
- Tranquebar
France[edit]
Netherlands[edit]
Portugal[edit]
Sweden[edit]
United Kingdom[edit]
Asia-Pacific[edit]
Austria[edit]
Belgium[edit]
- Tianjin (concession territory)
France[edit]
- East Asia
- Indochina
- New Hebrides (Vanuatu, condominium with Britain)
Germany[edit]
Italy[edit]
Netherlands[edit]
- 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[edit]
Spain[edit]
United Kingdom[edit]
- 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 Hebrides (Vanuatu, condominium with France)
- New Zealand
- Niue
- Norfolk Island
- Territory of Papua and New Guinea
- Territory of New Guinea
- Western Samoa
- Phoenix Islands (part of Kiribati)
- Solomon Islands
- Territory of Papua
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Southeast Asia
- Brunei
- Bonin Islands (Japan)
- Singapore
- China
Antarctic[edit]
France[edit]
- Adélie Land
- Amsterdam Island (New Amsterdam)
- Crozet Islands
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands
- Kerguelen Islands
- Saint Paul Island
Germany[edit]
Norway[edit]
Spain[edit]
- Governorate of Terra Australis (1539-1555)
United Kingdom[edit]
- British Antarctic Territory
- Falkland Islands Dependencies
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Europe[edit]
Denmark[edit]
Italy[edit]
Spain[edit]
United Kingdom[edit]
- 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)
- Heligoland (now part of Germany)
See also[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ "A map of Europe based on how many colonies each country had". 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ "Rupert's Land | the Canadian Encyclopedia".