List of former sovereign states
A historical sovereign state is a state that once existed, but has since been dissolved due to conflict, war, rebellion, annexation, or uprising. This page lists sovereign states, countries, nations, or empires that have ceased to exist as political entities, grouped geographically and by constitutional nature. The asserted sovereignty of some states listed here was generally unrecognized.
Criteria for inclusion
The criteria for inclusion in this list is similar to that of the List of states with limited recognition. To be included here, a polity must have claimed statehood and either:
- had de facto control over a territory, a population, a government, a capacity to enter into relations with other states, or
- have been recognised as a state by at least one other state.
For purposes of this list, the cutoff between medieval and early modern states is the Fall of Constantinople in 1453.
Ancient and medieval states
Modern states and territories by geography
Africa
Morocco (Maghreb al-Aksa)
- Saadi principality of Sus and Tagmadert (independence recognized in 1527 through the treaty of Tadla, reunified with Morocco after the Saadi dynasty overthrew the Wattasid dynasty in 1549)
- Naqsid principality of Tetouan (independence from Morocco in 1597, annexed to Morocco in 1673)
Republic of Salé (independence from Morocco in 1627, annexed to Morocco in 1668. - Alaouite principality of Tafilalet (1631–1666, reunified with Morocco)
Rif Republic (1921, after the Spanish defeat in the Battle of Annual; finally conquered by Spain in 1926)
Egypt, Sudan and Libya
Sultanate of Sennar – annexed by Egypt in 1821 Egypt Eyalet (1517–1867) Sultanate of Darfur – annexed by Egypt in 1874 Khedivate of Egypt (1867–1914) Mahdist State (1885–1899) Sultanate of Egypt (1914–1922) Kingdom of Egypt (1922–1953) Kingdom of Libya (1951–1969) Republic of the Sudan (1956–1969) Libyan Arab Republic (1969–1977) Democratic Republic of the Sudan (1969–1985) Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)
Modern Algeria (Central Maghreb)
Kingdom of Tlemcen (independence from the Almohad Empire in 1235, annexed to the Regency of Algiers in 1556) Regency of Algiers (1515–1830)
Comoro Islands
State of the Comoros (1963–1978) Ali Soilih Regime (1976-1978) Federal and Islamic Republic of the Comoros (1978-2001) State of Anjouan (1997-2002), (2007-2008)
Madagascar
Kingdom of Antankarana – made a French protectorate in 1843, annexed in 1895 Kingdom of Antongil (1773–1786) Kingdom of Boina (c. 1690–1840) Kingdom of Menabe (c. 1685–1834) Kingdom of Imerina (1540–1897) Kingdom of Tamatave (1712–1828) Kingdom of Tanibe (1822–1828) Democratic Republic of Madagascar (1975–1992)
Sub-Saharan Africa
- Oyo Empire 1300–1896
Bornu Empire 1380–1893 Ashanti Empire 1701–1957 - Ibadan Empire 1860–1893
Horn of Africa
Adal Sultanate 1415–1559 Ajuran Sultanate 13th century–17th century Aussa Sultanate 1734–1936 Ethiopian Empire (1270-1974) Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia (1974–1987) People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1987-1991) Somali Republic (1960–1969) Somali Democratic Republic (1969–1991) Sultanate of Hobyo 1878–early 20th century Majeerteen Sultanate mid-18th century–early 20th century - Marehan Sultanate 17th–19th century
Sultanate of Mogadishu 12th–16th century, absorbed into Ajuran Sultanate - Warsangali Sultanate (1298–1886), (1897–1960)
Western Africa
Biafra (c. 1967 – c. 1970) Kingdom of Mali (c. 1230 – c. 1600) - Songhai Empire (c. 1340–1591, annexed by Morocco)
- Jolof Empire (1350–1549)
- Empire of Great Fulo (Denanke Kingdom) (1490–1776)
- Sultanate of Damagaram (1731–1851)
National Revolutionary Council of Gambia (30 July 1981 – 5 August 1981) Aro Confederacy – fell to the United Kingdom in 1902 Ashanti Empire – fell to the United Kingdom in 1900 - Bamana Empire (1712–1861)
Kingdom of Benin – fell in 1897 to the United Kingdom People's Republic of Benin (1975–1990) - Bundu – fell to France in 1851
Kingdom of Dahomey – conquered by France in 1894 Republic of Dahomey (1958–1975) - Dendi – annexed by France 1901
- Fante Confederacy – fell to the United Kingdom in 1874
Fulani Empire – annexed by France and the United Kingdom in 1903 Futa Jallon – fell to France in 1896 People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea (1979–1984) People's Republic of Burkina Faso (1984–1987) - Futa Toro (1725–1861)
- Kaabu (1537–1867)
Republic of Benin (September 19 1967–September 20 1967) Republic of Maryland (1854–1857) - Mossi States – conquered by France 1894–95
- Oyo Empire – made a British protectorate in 1888
- Kingdom of Sine – became a French protectorate
- Toucouleur Empire – fell to France in 1890
Wassoulou Empire – annexed by France in 1898
African Great Lakes
Buganda 14th century until made a British protectorate in 1894, within Uganda, revolt 1897–98 Bunyoro 13th century until made a British protectorate in 1897 Ankole Made a British protectorate in 1901 Toro Kingdom (1830–1876) Busoga Kingdom of Rwanda 11th century until made a German protectorate in 1894 Kingdom of Burundi (1680?–1885) part of German East Africa in 1899; independent kingdom 1962–1966 when republic declared
Eastern Africa
Wituland Sultanate 1858–1885 – became German and then British protectorate - Pemba (mid-13th century)
Sultanate of Zanzibar (pre-1503/4, 1856–1890, 1963–1964) People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba (1964) merged to form Tanzania Tanganyika (1961–1962) merged to form Tanzania People's Republic of Mozambique (1975–1990)
Central Africa
- Anziku – became a French protectorate in 1875
- Baguirmi – fell to France in 1897
Central African Empire (1976–1979) People's Republic of the Congo (1969–1992) Kanem-Borno (11th century to 1900) - Kasanje – annexed by Portugal in 1910
Kongo – annexed by Portugal in 1914 - Kuba – fell to Belgium in 1900
- Kazembe
- Luba – fell to Belgium in 1889
- Lunda – annexed by Belgium, Portugal and United Kingdom in 1887
- Matamba (1631–1744)
- Ndongo – fell to Portugal in 1671
- Ouaddai – fell to France in 1912
- Yeke – fell to Belgium in 1891
Southern Africa
Barotseland – annexed by United Kingdom in 1900 Basutoland ? – 1868, to the United Kingdom - Kingdom of Butua (1450 – c. 1683)
- Gaza Empire (1824–1895) – fell to Portugal
- Matabeleland (?–1891) – became British protectorate
- Mthwakazi (1830s–1889) – became British protectorate
Kingdom of Mutapa (1430–1760) Orange Free State (1854–1902) - Rozvi Empire (1684–1834)
People's Republic of Angola (1975–1992) South African Republic (Transvaal) (1856–1877, 1881–1902) Nieuwe Republiek (1884-1888) Zulu Kingdom (1816–1897) fell to United Kingdom Bophuthatswana (1977-1994) re-incorporated into South Africa Ciskei (1981-1994) re-incorporated into South Africa Transkei (1976-1994) re-incorporated into South Africa Venda (1979-1994) re-incorporated into South Africa
Asia
Central Asia
Chagatai Khanate (1225–1680) - Uzbek Khanate (1428–1471)
Khanate of Kazan (1438–1552) Nogai Horde (1440–1634) Kazakh Khanate (1465–1848) Khanate of Bukhara (1506–1785) Khanate of Khiva (1511–1873) Khanate of Kokand (1709–1868) Emirate of Bukhara (1785–1873) Alash Autonomy (1917–1918) Turkestan Autonomy (1917–1918) Khanate of Khiva (1511–1920) Confederated Republic of Altai (1917–1920) "second" Confederated Republic of Altai (1921–1922) Bukharan People's Soviet Republic (1920–1925) Khorezm People's Soviet Republic (1920–1925) First East Turkestan Republic (1933–1934) Second East Turkestan Republic (1944–1949)
East Asia
Republic of China (based on mainland China 1912–1949; continued existence on Taiwan since 1949) Republic of Ezo (1869) Republic of Formosa (1895) Hunan Soviet in a continental Chinese province (1927) Jiangxi Soviet (1931–1937) People's Revolutionary Government of the Republic of China (1933–1934) Hunan Soviet (1927) Guangzhou Commune (1927) Jiangxi–Fujian Soviet (1931–1934) Soviet Zone of China (1927–1949) Manchukuo (1932–1945) East Hebei Autonomous Government (1935–1938) North Shanxi Autonomous Government (1937–1939) Mengjiang United Autonomous Government (1939–1945) Shanghai Great Way Government (1937–1938) Provisional Government of the Republic of China (1937–1940) Reformed Government of the Republic of China (1938–1940) Reorganized National Government of China (1940–1945) Bogd Khanate of Mongolia (1911–1919) People's Republic of Mongolia (1921–1924) Mongolian People's Republic (1924–1992) Inner Mongolian People's Republic (1945) - Ryukyu Kingdom (1429–1879)
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851–1864) Tibet under Ganden Phodrang government (1644–1720) Kingdom of Tibet (1912–1951) Tibetan states (900–1240, 1300–1620) Tuvan People's Republic (1921–1944) - Uryankhay Republic (1911–1914)
Uryankhay Krai (1914)
Korean Peninsula
Korean Empire (1897–1910) Korea under Japanese rule (1910–1945) Korean People's Association in Manchuria (1929–1931) Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (1919–1945) People's Republic of Korea (1945–1946) Soviet Civil Administration in Korea (1945–1948) Provisional People's Committee of North Korea (1946–1947) People's Committee of North Korea (1947–1948) First Republic of Korea (1948–1960) Second Republic of Korea (1960–1961) Supreme Council for National Reconstruction (1961–1963) Third Republic of Korea (1963–1972) Fourth Republic of Korea (1972–1981) Fifth Republic of Korea (1981–1987)
West Asia
Afghanistan
Hotak Dynasty (1709-1738) Durrani Empire (1747–1826) Emirate of Afghanistan (1823–1926) Kingdom of Afghanistan (1926–1973) Republic of Afghanistan (1973–1978) Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978–1992) Islamic State of Afghanistan (1992–2002) Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001) Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan (2002–2004)
Anatolia
Empire of Trebizond (1204–1461) Ottoman Empire (c. 1281–1923)
Mesopotamia
Kingdom of Kurdistan (1922–1924) Kingdom of Iraq (1921–1958) Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan (1946-1949) All-Palestine Government (1948-1967) Arab Federation (1958) Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Ba'athist Iraq (1968–2003) Coalition Provisional Authority (2003–2004)
Persia
Sublime State of Persia (1789–1925) Persian Soviet Socialist Republic in Gilan (Iran) (1920–1921) Azerbaijan People's Government (1941–1946) Soviet occupation of Iran (1941–1946) Republic of Mahabad (1946–1947) Imperial State of Iran (1925–1979) Interim Government of Iran (1979)
Levant
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (1918–1920) Arab Kingdom of Syria (1920) State of Greater Lebanon (1920–1946) State of Syria (1925–1930) Alawite State (1922–1936) Jabal al-Druze State (1921–1936) Hatay State (1938–1939) First Syrian Republic (1930–1950) Second Syrian Republic (1950–1963) United Arab Republic (1958–1971) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (2014–2017)
Arabian Peninsula
Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258), (1261–1517) Emirate of Diriyah (1744–1812) Emirate of Nejd (1812–1891) Trucial States (1820–1971) Muscat and Oman (1820–1970) Emirate of Jabal Shammar (1836–1921) - Idrisid Emirate of Asir (1906–1934)
Emirate of Nejd and Hasa (1902–1921) Sultanate of Nejd (1921–1925) Kingdom of Hejaz (1916–1925) Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz (1926–1932) Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1962) - Federation of Arab Emirates of the South (1959–1962)
Fadhli Sultanate (15th century–1967) Qu'aiti Sultanate in Hadhramaut (1858–1967) Sultanate of Upper Yafa (1800–1967) Sultanate of Lower Yafa (1800–1967) Emirate of Beihan (1680–1967) Emirate of Dhala (15th century–1967) Wahidi Sultanate of Balhaf in Hadhramaut (1640–1967) Wahidi Sultanate of Haban in Hadhramaut (1640–1967) Kathiri Sultanate in Hadhramaut (14th century–1967) Mahra State of Qishn and Socotra (1432–1967) Sultanate of Lahej (1728–1967) Yemen Arab Republic (1962–1990) People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1967–1990) Republic of Kuwait (1990) Democratic Republic of Yemen (1994)
South Asia
Hyderabad State (1724-1948) - Bengal Sultanate (1352–1576)
Mughal Empire (1526–1857) Maratha Empire (1674–1820) Sultanate of Maldives (1117-1952), (1954-1968) Udaipur State (734–1949) - Bijapur Sultanate (Adil Shahi dynasty, 1490–1686)
Sikh Empire (1799–1849) Sikkim (1642–1853, 1890–1975) Provisional Government of Free India (1943-1945) United Suvadive Republic (1959–1963)
Southeast Asia
- In Indonesia (Dutch East indies) :
- Srivijaya (650–1377)
Sultanate of Mataram (1588–1681) Sultanate of Aceh (1496–1903) Sultanate of Banten (1527–1813) Sultanate of Cirebon (1445–1677) - Sultanate of Demak (1475–1548)
- Kingdom of Pajang (1568–1586)
- Sultanate of Palembang (?–1821)
Republic of Lanfang (1777–1884) State of East Indonesia (1946–1950) State of East Java (1948–1950) State of East Sumatra (1947–1950) State of Madura (1948–1950) State of Pasundan (1948-1950) State of South Sumatra (1948–1950) Great Dayak (1946–1950) West Kalimantan (1946-1950) United States of Indonesia (1949–1950)
- In Malaysia :
Kingdom of Sarawak (1841–1941, 1945–1946) Malayan Union (1946–1948) Federation of Malaya (1948–1963) - Sultanate of Malacca (1400–1511)
Pattani kingdom (1516–1902)
- In Burma (Myanmar)
- Mon kingdoms (9th–11th, 13th–16th, 18th centuries)
- Ava (1364–1555)
- Pegu (1287–1539, 1747–1757)
- Mrauk U (1434–1784)
Taungoo Dynasty (1486–1752, 2nd Empire) Konbaung Dynasty (1752–1885, 3rd Empire) Shan States (1287–1557) - Arakan (1287–1784)
State of Burma (1943-1945) Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1962–1988) Union of Myanmar (1988-2011)
- In the Philippines
Sultanate of Maguindanao (1500–1888) Sultanate of Sulu (1405–1915) Republic of Negros (1898–1899) Cantonal Government of Negros (1898-1901) Tejeros Revolutionary Government (1897) Sovereign Tagalog Nation (1896–1897) First Philippine Republic (1899-1902) United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands (1898–1902) Tagalog Republic (1902–1906) Insular Government of the Philippine Islands (1901–1935) Commonwealth of the Philippines (1935–1942) Second Philippine Republic (1943-1945) Fourth Philippine Republic (1965–1986)
- In Singapore:
- Kingdom of Singapura (1299–1398)
- In Indochina :
- Champa kingdom (192–1832)
Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945–1976) Democratic Kampuchea (1975-1979) Empire of Vietnam (1945) People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979-1989) Khmer Republic (1970-1975) Kingdom of Kampuchea (1945) Kingdom of Luang Phrabang (1945) Republic of Vietnam (1954–1975) Republic of South Vietnam (1969–1976) Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (1982–1992) Provisional Government of National Union and National Salvation of Cambodia (1994–1998) State of Cambodia (1989–1992)
Caribbean
Anguilla
Republic of Anguilla (1967-1969) Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla (1882–1983)
Cuba
Governorate of Cuba (1511–1521) United States Military Government in Cuba (1898–1902) Republic of Cuba (1902–1959)
Dominican Republic
Saint-Domingue (1625–1804) Republic of Spanish Haiti (1821-1822) First Dominican Republic (1844–1861) Second Dominican Republic (1865–1916) United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924) Third Dominican Republic (1924–1965)
Haiti
First Empire of Haiti (1804-1806) Second Empire of Haiti (1849–1859) State of Haiti (1806–1811) Kingdom of Haiti (1811–1820)
Grenada
People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada (1979–1983)
Europe
Nordic countries
In the Nordic countries, unions were personal, not unitary
Quisling regime (1942–1945) Reichskommissariat Norwegen (1940–1945) - Kingdom of Finland (1742-1743)
Finnish Democratic Republic (1939–1940) Kingdom of Iceland (1918–1944) Kingdom of Finland (1918–1919) Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (1918–1919) United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway (1814–1905) Kingdom of Norway (1814) Denmark–Norway (1524–1814, intermittent) Kalmar Union (1397–1523, intermittent) Schleswig (1058–1864)
Modern France
Duchy of Brittany (939–1532) Kingdom of France (843–1792) (1814/15–1848) Kingdom of France (1791–1792) French First Republic (1792–1804) First French Empire (1804–1814/15) French Second Republic (1848–1852) Second French Empire (1852–1870) French Third Republic (1870–1940) Vichy France (1940–1944) French Fourth Republic (1946–1958) Saar Protectorate (1946–1956)
Kingdom of Corsica (1736) Corsican Republic (1755–1769) Anglo-Corsican Kingdom (1794–1796) County of Foix (1010–1607) Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune (1848–1849)
Modern Germany
- Samo's Empire (631–658)
March of Lusatia (965–1410) Margravate of Meissen (965–1423) Duchy of Kopanica (12th century – 13th century) Principality of Rügen (1168–1325) Holy Roman Empire (843–1806) - Confederation of the Rhine (1806–1813)
German Confederation (1815–1866) German Empire (1848–1849) North German Federation (1867–1871) German Empire (1871–1918) Weimar Republic (1919–1933) Nazi Germany (Third Reich 1933–1945) Allied-occupied Germany (1945–1949) German Democratic Republic (1949–1990) (also called GDR, DDR, East Germany or Eastern Germany), its states acceded to Federal Republic of Germany in 1990 West Berlin (1949–1990) Alsace-Lorraine (1918) Alsace Soviet Republic (1918) Anhalt (Duchy 1863–1918) Anhalt-Bernburg (Duchy 1803–1863, inherited by the Duke of Anhalt-Dessau) Anhalt-Dessau (Duchy 1807–1863) Anhalt-Köthen (Duchy 1807–1847, inherited by the Duke of Anhalt-Dessau)
Baden (Grand Duchy – 1806–1918) Free State of Bavaria (Kingdom – 1806–1918) Bavarian Soviet Republic (1919)
Bremen Brunswick Frankfurt (Free Imperial City of Frankfurt (HRE), before 1806; City of Frankfurt, 1815–1866) Hamburg (Free city until modern days) Kingdom of Hanover (1814–1866) Hesse-Darmstadt Hesse-Homburg Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) (Electorate, 1803–1807, 1813–1866) Hohenzollern-Hechingen Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Holstein Lippe Lübeck (Free city 1226–1937) Mecklenburg-Schwerin Mecklenburg-Strelitz Nassau Oldenburg Pomerania Prussia (1525–1947) Duchy of Prussia (1525–1618) Brandenburg-Prussia (1618–1701) Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918)
Reuss Saar Saxe-Altenburg Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Gotha Saxe-Hildburghausen Saxe-Lauenburg (or Duchy of Lauenburg) Saxe-Meiningen Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Saxony (Kingdom – 1806–1918) Schaumburg-Lippe Schleswig Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Waldeck Württemberg (Kingdom – 1806–1918)
Italy
Republic of Ancona (c. 1000–1532) Anconine Republic (1797–1798) Judicate of Arborea (9th century–1420) United Provinces of Central Italy (1859–1860) Cisalpine Republic (1797–1802) Cispadane Republic (1796–1797) Republic of Cospaia (1440–1826) Sovereign Principality of Elba (1814–1815) Kingdom of Etruria (1801–1807) Marquisate of Finale (967–1602) City of Fiume and its District (1779–1919) Regency of Carnaro (1919) Gozitan Nation (1798–1801) - Emirate of Bari (847–871)
Italian Republic (Napoleonic) (1802–1805) Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) (1805–1814) Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (1815–1866) Duchy of Lucca (1815–1847) Principality of Lucca and Piombino (1805–1814) Republic of Lucca (1160–1805) Sovereign Military Order of Malta (1530–1798) Duchy of Mantua (1273–1707) Duchy of Massa and Carrara (15th to 19th centuries) Duchy of Milan (1395–1797) Provisional Government of Milan (1848) Duchy of Modena (1452–1796, 1815–1859) Kingdom of Naples (1285–1816) Republic of Noli (1192–1797) Duchy of Parma (1545–1859) Papal States (752–1870) Prisoner in the Vatican (1870–1929) Republic of Pisa (11th century–1406) Roman Republic (19th century) (1849) Kingdom of Sardinia (1324–1861) Republic of San Marco (1848–1849) Republic of Senarica (1343–18th century) - Emirate of Sicily (831–1091)
Kingdom of Sicily (1130–1816) Kingdom of Sicily (1848) Transpadane Republic (1796–1797) Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1569–1801, 1815–1859) Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1815–1860) Republic of Venice (697–1797) Republic of Genoa (1095–1797) Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943) Italian governorate of Montenegro (1941-1943)
Italian Social Republic (1943–1945) Republic of Rose Island (1968)
Modern United Kingdom
Kingdom of Scotland (843–1707) Kingdom of England (927–1707) North Sea Empire (1016–1035) Angevin Empire (1154–1214) - Principality of Wales (1216–1536)
Commonwealth of England (1649–1653) and (1659–1660) The Protectorate (1653–1659) Great Britain (1707–1800) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922)
Ireland
Lordship of Ireland (1171–1541) Kingdom of Ireland (1541–1801) - Kingdom of Uí Failghe (Unknown–1550)
Kingdom of Leinster Kingdom of Connacht Irish Catholic Confederation (1641-1649) Republic of Connacht (1798) Limerick Soviet (1919) Irish Republic (1919–1922) – see also Southern Ireland (1921–1922) Irish Free State (1922–1937)
Medieval Ireland
Osraige (150–1541) - Airgíalla (331–1585)
Uí Maine (c. 357–1611) - Ailech (450–1617)
Tyrconnell (5th century–1607) Tír Eoghain (5th century–1607) Fermanagh (10th century–1607) - Magh Luirg (c. 956–1585)
Thomond (1118–1543) Kingdom of Desmond (1118–1596) Clandeboye (1283–1605)
Low Countries
Prince-Bishopric of Liège (972–1795) annexed by France in 1795. United Belgian States (1789–1790) Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (1581–1795) (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden/Provinciën) Independence from Spain after Eighty Years' War in 1581, conquered by France 1795. Batavian Republic (1795–1806) (Bataafse Republiek) France's vassal state. Kingdom of Holland (1806–1810) (Koninkrijk Holland/Royaume d'Hollande) Ruled by Louis Bonaparte, annexed by France 1810. Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (1813–1815) United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–1839) Neutral Moresnet (1816–1920) Reichskommissariat of Belgium and Northern France (1944–1944) Reichskommissariat Niederlande (1940–1945)
Modern Poland
Duchy of Poland (9th century–1025) Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385) Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795) Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (1385–1795) Poland-Saxony (1697–1763; intermittent 1706–1709) Royal Prussia (1466–1772) Autonomous dependency of Poland
Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1815) Free City of Danzig (1807–1814) Republic of Kraków (1815–1846) Congress Poland (1815–1831; personal union with Russian Empire) Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian Commonwealth (1863–1865) Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918; under German occupation) Republic of Zakopane (1918) Lemko Republic (1918–1920) Komancza Republic (1918–1919) Second Polish Republic (1918–1945; after 1939 as Polish Underground State and Polish government-in-exile) - Freistaat Schwenten (1919)
Free City of Danzig (1920–1939) People's Republic of Poland (1944–1989)
Ukraine
- Kievan Rus' (882–1240)
Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia (1199–1349) Cossack Hetmanate (1649–1764) Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1920) Ukrainian State (1918) West Ukrainian People's Republic (1918–1919) Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–1991; sovereign until 1922) Makhnovia (1918–1921) Hutsul Republic (1919) Galician Soviet Socialist Republic (1920) Carpatho-Ukraine (1939) Ukrainian national government (1941) Reichskommissariat Ukraine (1941–1944)
Crimea
Crimean Khanate (1449–1783) Crimean People's Republic (1917–1918) Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1941/1944–1945/1991–1992) Republic of Crimea (2014)
Baltic countries and Belarus
- The Kingdom of Lithuania was a Lithuanian monarchy which existed roughly from 1251 to 1263.[1]
Grand Duchy of Lithuania (13th century–1795) State of the Teutonic Order (1230–1525) Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1561–1795) Kingdom of Livonia (1570–1578) Kingdom of Lithuania (1918) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795) Republic of Central Lithuania (1920–1922) Duchy of Courland and Semigallia (1918) Republic of Perloja (1918–1923) Soviet Republic of Naissaar on an Estonian Baltic Sea island (1917–1918) United Baltic Duchy (1918) Belarusian People's Republic (1918–1919) Commune of the Working People of Estonia (1918–1919) Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic (1918–1920) Lithuanian–Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919) Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–1991; sovereign until 1922) Reichskommissariat Ostland (1941–1945)
Romania and Moldova
Principality of Moldavia (1346–1859) Principality of Wallachia (1330–1859) Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711) United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (1859–1881) Kingdom of Romania (1881–1947) Moldavian Democratic Republic (1917–1918) People's, then Socialist Republic of Romania (1947–1989)
Russia
- Kievan Rus' (882–1240)
Novgorod Republic (1136–1478) Pskov Republic (1348–1510) Golden Horde (1320–1547) - Astrakhan Khanate (1466–1556)
Khanate of Sibir (1468–1598) Kalmyk Khanate (1630–1771) Grand Duchy of Moscow (1283–1547) Tsardom of Russia (1547–1721) Russian Empire (1721–1917) Kingdom of Poland (1815–1867) Grand Duchy of Finland (1809–1917)
Caucasian Imamate (1828–1859) Russian Republic (1917) Russian Democratic Federative Republic (1918) Russian state (1918–1920) Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1991; sovereign until 1922) Supreme Administration of Northern Region (1918) Provisional Government of the Northern Region (1918–1920) Armed Forces of South Russia (1918–1919) Kuban People's Republic (1918–1920) Don Republic (1918–1920) Far Eastern Republic (1920–1922) Green Ukraine (1920-1922) Tungus Republic (1924–1925) State of Buryat-Mongolia (1917-1920) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991) Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1991) Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–1924) Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–1941) Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–1991) Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1920–1990) Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (1920–1925) Mountain Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1924) Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1991) Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1945) Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1922–1991) Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1923–1990) Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1923–1940; 1956–1991) Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (1925–1936) Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic (1926–1936) Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1934–1990) Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1934–1990) Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1935–1943; 1957–1991) Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1944; 1957–1991) Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1944; 1957–1991) Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1991) Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1991) North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1992) Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic (1940–1956) Kabardin Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1944–1957) Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1961–1992) Gorno-Altai Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1990–1991)
Lokot Autonomy (1941–1943)
Hungary
Principality of Hungary (895–1000) Kingdom of Hungary (December 1000 – November 1918) Hungarian People's Republic (November 1918 – March 1919, August 1919) Hungarian Soviet Republic (March 1919 – August 1919) Hungarian Republic (August 1919 – February 1920) Kingdom of Hungary (February 1920 – February 1946) Government of National Unity (October 1944– May 1945) Republic of Hungary (February 1946 – August 1949) Hungarian People's Republic (August 1949 – October 1989)
Czech Republic and Slovakia
Duchy of Bohemia (c. 870–1198) Kingdom of Bohemia (1198–1918) Margraviate of Moravia (1182–1918) Slovak Soviet Republic (1919) Slovak Republic (1939–1945) First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938) Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–1939) Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939–1945) Third Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1948) Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1948–1989; before 1960 as Czechoslovak Republic) Czechoslovak Federative Republic (1990) Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1990–1992)
Balkans
Byzantine Empire (395–1453) Ottoman Empire (c. 1299–1922/1923) Principality of Zeta (1371–1514) Serbian Despotate (1402–1459) Habsburg Empire (1526–1804) Austrian Empire (1804–1867) Austria-Hungary (1867–1918) Bosnia and Herzegovina (1878–1918)
Kingdom of Bosnia (1377–1463) Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1995) Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia (1993-1995) Croatian Kingdom (925–1102) Kingdom of Croatia (1527–1868) Kingdom of Slavonia (1699–1868) Republic of Ragusa (1358–1808) Revolutionary Serbia (1804–1813) Principality of Serbia (1815–1882) Kingdom of Serbia (1882–1918) Illyrian Provinces (1809–1812) Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro (1516–1852) Principality of Montenegro (1852–1910) Kingdom of Montenegro (1910–1918) Duchy of Carniola (1364–1918) Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (1868–1918) State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (1918) - Republic of Prekmurje (1919)
Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1943) Free State of Fiume (1920–1924) German occupied territory of Montenegro (1943-1944) Government of National Salvation (1941–1944) Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia (1941–1944) Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945) Free Territory of Trieste (1947–1954) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1943–1992) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2003) Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006) - First Bulgarian Empire (681–1018)
Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396) Principality of Bulgaria (1878–1908) Kingdom of Bulgaria (1908–1946) People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946–1990) Despotate of Epirus (1356–1479) Septinsular Republic (1800–1815) United States of the Ionian Islands (1815–1864) Principality of Samos (1815–1864) Cretan state (1898–1913) First Hellenic Republic (1828–1832) - Strandzha Commune (1903)
Kingdom of Greece (1832–1924, 1935–1941, 1944–1974) Italian Islands of the Aegean (1912–1945) Greek Military Junta (1967–1974) Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935) Hellenic State (1941–1944) Free State of Ikaria (1912) Kingdom of Albania (1272–1368) - Principality of Albania (1358–1392)
Independent Albania (1912–1914) Republic of Central Albania (1913–1914) Principality of Albania (1914–1925) Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus (1914) Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë (1916–1920) Republic of Mirdita (1921) Albanian Republic (1925–1928) Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939) Albanian Kingdom (1943–1944) Democratic Government of Albania (1944–1946) People's Socialist Republic of Albania (1946–1991) Kruševo Republic (1903) Independent State of Macedonia (1944)
Caucasus
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (1991–2000) Kingdom of Georgia (1008–1466) Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (February 1918 – May 1918) North Caucasian Emirate (1919–1920) Idel-Ural State (1 March 1918–28 March 1918) Kars Republic (1918–1919) Basmachi (1916-1920) Republic of Aras (1918–1919) Military Dictatorship of Mughan (1918–1919) Centrocaspian Dictatorship (1918–1918) Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (1917–1921) Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921) First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920) Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan (1918–1920) Republic of Mountainous Armenia (April 1921 – July 1921)
Iberian Peninsula
Kingdom of Navarre (824–1620) Kingdom of Galicia (410–1833) Kingdom of León (910-1230) Couto Misto (10th century-1868) Kingdom of Castile (1065-1230) Kingdom of Portugal (1139–1910) Crown of Aragon (1162–1716) Crown of Castile (1230–1715) Emirate of Granada (1238–1492) First Catalan Republic (1641-1652) United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815-1825) First Spanish Republic (1873-1874) First Portuguese Republic (1910–1926) Kingdom of Portugal (Monarchy of the North) (1919) Ditadura Nacional (1926–1933)
Second Spanish Republic (1931-1939)
Asturian Socialist Republic (October 1934) Regional Defence Council of Aragon (1936–1937) Anarchist Aragon (1936–1939) Revolutionary Catalonia (1936–1939)
Republic of Galicia (1931) Second Catalan Republic (1931) Basque Republic (1941) Second Portuguese Republic (1933–1974) Spanish State (1936-1975)
Third Catalan Republic (2017)
North America
Canada
Republic of Canada (1837–1838) Republic of Lower Canada (1838) Dominion of Newfoundland (1907–1949) - Republic of Manitoba (1867-1870)
Costa Rica
Free State of Costa Rica (1838–1847) First Costa Rican Republic (1848–1948)
Guatemala
United Provinces of Central America State of Los Altos (1838–1840), (1848–1849)
Mexico
Northern America (1813) First Mexican Empire (1821–1823) Provisional Government of Mexico (1823–1824) First Mexican Republic (1824–1835) Centralist Republic of Mexico (1835–1846) Second Federal Republic of Mexico (1846–1863) Republic of the Rio Grande (1840) Republic of Yucatán (1841–1848) Second Mexican Empire (1864–1867)
Nicaragua
Mosquito Kingdom (1844–1860) Mosquito Reserve (1860–1894) Somoza Regime (1936–1979) Junta of National Reconstruction (18 July 1979 – 10 January 1985)
United States
Cherokee Nation (1794–1907) Vermont Republic (1777–1791) - State of Franklin (1784-1789)
State of Muskogee (1799-1803) Republic of West Florida (1810) Republic of East Florida (1812) Republic of the Floridas (1817) - Republic of Indian Stream (1832–1835)
Republic of Texas (1836–1846) California Republic (June 14 – July 9, 1846) The Great Republic of Rough and Ready (1850) Republic of Sonora (1853-1854)
Oceania
Tuʻi Tonga Empire (c. 450–1865) Kingdom of Bora Bora (till 1888 or 1895) Kingdom of Raiatea (till 1888, French protectorate since 1880) Kingdom of Huahine (till 1895, French protectorate since 1888) Kingdom of Tahiti (1788/91–1880, French protectorate since 1842) Kingdom of Rurutu (till 1900, French protectorate since 1888) Kingdom of Rimatara (till 1901, French protectorate since 1888) Kingdom of Tahuata (till 1880, French protectorate since 1842) Kingdom of Rapa Iti (till 1881, kingship continued to 1887) - Kingdom of Mangareva (till 1881, French protectorate since 1844/1871)
- Taiohae Kingdom of Nuku Hiva (till 1901, sovereignty ceded to France in 1842)
Kingdom of Fiji (1871–1874) Dominion of Fiji (1970–1987) Kingdom of Hawaii (1795–1893) Provisional Government of Hawaii (1893–1894) Republic of Hawaii (1894–1898) - Patu-iki or Kingdom of Niue (c. 1700–1900)
Kingdom of Rarotonga (1858–1893) Cook Islands Federation (1893–1901) - Saudeleur Dynasty (ca. 1100–ca. 1628)
Kingdom of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) (till 1888) - Kingdom of Nauru (till 1888)
South Seas Mandate (1919-1947) People's Provisional Government of Vanuatu (1977–1978)
South America
Argentina
United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata (1810–1831) Argentine Confederation (1831–1861) State of Buenos Aires (1852–1861)
Brazil
Republic of Acre (1899-1900), (1903) Empire of Brazil (1822–1889) First Brazilian Republic (1889–1930) Vargas Era (1930–1945) Fourth Brazilian Republic (1946–1964) Military dictatorship in Brazil (1964–1985) Riograndense Republic (1836–1845) Juliana Republic (1839) Republic of Counani (1886–1891)
Chile
Conservative Republic (1830–1861) Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia (1862) Liberal Republic (1861–1891) Parliamentary Era (1891–1925) Presidential Republic (1925–1973) Socialist Republic of Chile (4 June 1932 – 2 October 1932) Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990)
Colombia
Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca (1810–1815) United Provinces of New Granada (1811–1816) Gran Colombia (1819–1831) Republic of New Granada (1831–1858) Granadine Confederation (1858–1863) United States of Colombia (1863–1886) Colombian Military Junta (1957–1958) Marquetalia Republic (1948-1964)
Paraguay
El Stronato (1954–1989)
Peru
Protectorate of Peru (1821–1822) Republic of South Peru (1836–1839) Republic of North Peru (1836–1839) Peru-Bolivian Confederation (1836–1839)
Uruguay
Liga Federal (1815–1820) Government of the Cerrito (1843-1851) Government of the Defense (1843–1851)
Venezuela
Supreme Junta (1810) First Republic of Venezuela (1811–1812) Second Republic of Venezuela (1813–1814) Third Republic of Venezuela (1817–1819)
Modern states and territories by type
Dismembered countries
These states are now dissolved into a number of states, none of which retain the old name.
Greater German Realm – Dissolved in 1945, its former territory now consists of the entirety of the countries of Austria and Germany and parts of what is now Belarus, the Czech Republic, France, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, and Slovenia. Korea – Ceased to exist in 1910, its former territory now consists of the entirety of territory controlled by North Korea and South Korea and a portion of territory claimed by Japan. Mali Federation – In 1959 formed by Senegal and French Sudan, both parts of French West Africa, as an independent nation. It fell apart in 1960 into Senegal and Mali. Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (Reino Unido de Portugal, Brasil e Algarves) created in 1815 when Brazil was upgraded to the rank of kingdom, once the Portuguese royal family was living in Rio de Janeiro since 1809. This country was dissolved in 1822 when Brazil became independent. Serbia and Montenegro – Dissolved in 2006, now the countries of Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia. Soviet Union – Dissolved in 1991, now the countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. United Arab Republic – A union formed by Egypt and Syria in 1958. It was dissolved in 1961, though Egypt used the name until 1971. Other Pan-Arab unity agreements with Iraq and Jordan of the 1950s failed. - United Arab States – A confederation formed by the United Arab Republic and North Yemen in 1958; it was dissolved in 1961.
Yugoslavia – Dissolved in 1991 and 1992, now the countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia. Czechoslovakia - Was in power from 1918-1992, the country wasn't active in World War 2, but the government was active, dissolved in 1992 and broke up into Czech and Slovakia.
Nominally-independent homelands of South Africa
Four of the homelands, or bantustans, for black South Africans, were granted nominal independence by the apartheid regime of South Africa. Not recognised by other nations, these effectively were puppet states and were re-incorporated in 1994.
Bophuthatswana – Declared independent in 1977, reincorporated in 1994. Ciskei – Declared independent in 1981, reincorporated in 1994. Transkei – Declared independent in 1976, reincorporated in 1994. Venda – Declared independent in 1979, reincorporated in 1994. Gazankulu – Declared independent in 1971, reincorporated in 1994.
Secessionist states
These nations declared themselves independent, but failed to achieve it in fact or did not seek permanent independence and were either re-incorporated into the mother country or incorporated into another country.
Carpatho-Ukraine – declared independence from Czechoslovakia in 1939, but was annexed by Hungary within a few days. - Cartagena Canton – the haven city of Cartagena, Spain seceded from the First Spanish Republic in 1873.
Catalan Republic (April 14 – April 17, 1931). Chechnya – Virtually independent from Russia from 1996 as Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, however the country was recognized only by Taliban. After terrorist attacks in 1999 the republic was returned to Russia's control in the Second Chechen War. Confederate States – Occupied the southeastern United States, stretching from Texas to Virginia. Declared secession from the U.S. in 1861, reintegrated into the U.S. in 1865. Reconstruction ended in 1876 and U.S. troops withdrew as an occupation force in 1877. South Carolina was the first state to declare its secession from the United States, doing so on December 20, 1860. Political factions in the "border states" of Kentucky and Missouri declared themselves parts of the Confederacy and controlled small portions of those regions early in the war. The major Indian tribes in Oklahoma signed an alliance with the Confederacy, and participated in its military efforts against the U.S. Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, declared independence from Ukraine in 1992 but soon settled for being an autonomous republic within Ukraine. - Cruzob, achieved independence from Mexico in 1856, but was reannexed in 1901.
Green Ukraine – Declared independence from Far Eastern Republic in 1920, dissolved in 1922. Herzeg-Bosnia – Separated from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992, reincorporated into the country in 1994. Italian Social Republic (1943–1945) Katanga – Declared its independence of the newly formed Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1960, was incorporated again into the country in 1963. Kosova – Occupied Yugoslav territory from 1991 until 1999. - Manitoba – short-lived republic led by Thomas Spence, declared after the Hudson's Bay Company gave up Rupert's Land and before the government of Canada took control (1867).
Red River Rebellion – provisional government in Rupert's Land, led by Louis Riel in (1869–1870). Serbian Krajina – declared independence from Croatia in 1991, reincorporated into the country in 1995. South Kasai – declared independence from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in June 1960, reincorporated into the country in December 1961. Supreme Administration of Northern Region – Proclaimed independent in 1918, later became the Provisional Government of the Northern Region. Republika Srpska – Separated from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992, reincorporated into the country in 1995. Principality of Trinidad – Declared independence in 1893, claimed by United Kingdom in 1895, but incorporated by Brazil. Western Bosnia – Declared independence from Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1993 and reincorporated into it in 1995.
Annexed countries
These nations, once separate, are now part of another country. Cases of voluntary accession are included.
Regency of Carnaro in 1919 and Free State of Fiume 1920–1924, two short-lived states in the port city of Fiume/Rijeka proclaimed by Gabriele D'Annunzio. Following World War I, the city was disputed between Italy and Yugoslavia, and eventually captured by Italy in 1921. The city passed to Yugoslavia after World War II and is now in Croatia. Couto Misto – Tiny 10th century border territory that was split between Spain and Portugal in 1864–8. Crete – Autonomous under Ottoman suzerainty in 1898, unilaterally declared union with Greece in 1908, which was recognized in 1913. East Germany – Annexed by West Germany in 1990 and now part of Germany. England – Annexed by Great Britain in the 1700s, now part of the United Kingdom. Franceville (1889-1890) – Independent in 1889, later governed by France and Britain as part of the New Hebrides; now part of Vanuatu. Hatay – Part of the Mandate of Syria that became part of Turkey; independent 1938–1939 Hawaii – Annexed by the U.S. in the late 19th century. Kalat (1638,1666-1955) – 1666 to 1955, became part of Pakistan. - Free States of Menton and Roquebrune – Seceded from Monaco in 1848, under nominal protection of the Kingdom of Sardinia, then annexed by France in 1861.
Moresnet – 1816–1920, Tiny European territory that endured for a hundred years before definitively becoming part of Belgium. Natalia Republic – 1839–1843, Was quickly made into a British colony Islands of Refreshment – The islands of Tristan da Cunha were settled in 1810 and declared independence in 1811. Annexed by the United Kingdom in 1815. Scotland – Annexed by Great Britain in the 1700s, now part of the United Kingdom. South Vietnam – Occupied by North Vietnam in 1975 and annexed into it in 1976. Islamic Republic of Tatarstan – Existed from 1992 until annexed by Russia in 1994. Transvaal – Now part of South Africa. Texas – Annexed by the U.S. in 1845. - Transylvania – Semi-independent before becoming part of Austria-Hungary. Became part of Romania after World War I.
West Germany - Now part of Germany.Merged with East Germany in 1990.
See also
- List of Bronze Age states (c.3300–1200 BC)
- List of Iron Age states (c.1200–600 BC)
- List of Classical Age states (c.600 BC–AD 200)
- List of states during Late Antiquity (c.200–700)
- List of states during the Middle Ages (c.700–1500)
- List of sovereign states
- List of former national capitals
- List of historic states of Italy
- List of historic states of Russia
- List of historic states of Germany
- Former countries in Europe after 1815
- List of largest empires
- List of micronations
- Timeline of sovereign states in Europe
References
- Gudavičius, Edvardas (1998). Mindaugas (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Žara. ISBN 9986-34-020-9.
Further reading
- Berge, Bjørn. Nowherelands: An Atlas of Vanished Countries 1840–1975. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2017 ISBN 9780500519905 240p.
- Harding, Les. Dead Countries of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Aden to Zululand. Scarecrow Press, 1998. ISBN 0-8108-3445-6