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When Did Each Country Become Independent?
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- Опубликовано: 28 янв 2021
- In this video I talk about the days in which each country celebrates its independence, and what date that celebration refers to.
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*SWEDEN GOT ITS INDEPENDENCE IN 1523, I MADE A MISTAKE ON THE MAP*
I'm sure I may have made a few other mistakes in this video. It's difficult to find the exact independence date for each country, and the exact day on which they celebrate it.
So if you notice any inaccuracies, just let me know!
Guyana actually achieved independence from my country, the United Kingdom, on 26th May 1966 and not in 19th Century as your map shows. Great video though, as always.
General Knowledge That is also incorrect, the 1523 date is when Sweden left the Kalmar union yet the Kalmar union were a union of sovereign kingdoms. A shared union-monarch yet the three kingdoms in it (Sweden, Denmark and Norway) were all sovereign states with their own royal council. One guy, three seperate crowns. Sweden should be in the "None" category.
Cool.. no prob... Your videos are great and very enjoyable
South Africa's independence is also wrong. The country got its independence on the 31st of May 1961, when it became a republic. Before then, it was still a union colony, with Britain's monarch as Head of State.
Wales doesn't cause it hasn't ever been independent from England EVER. Wales was made by England
I love how every country has like multiple Independence days to choose from, yet here in Germany we have multiple Unifications to chose from ;)
Especially when you consider that on the old "Tag der deutschen Einheit" at the 17th oj June, you were not celebrating german unification but the fact the east tried to get it's sovereignty back. However the day was still called unification day.
in Italy we have the anniversayr of our unification (17 may)
and the day of the republic (2 june)
we also have multiple unifications to choose from in Romania
@@lucabralia5125 Also 25th of April is Liberation Day (Milan liberated by americans)
@@felicepompa1702 yes
The Philippines is an interesting situation, they celebrate their independence from Spain in 1898, but they truly only gained their independence from the USA in 1946. They chose to celebrate the earlier independence from Spain which was obtained through the military assistance of the US during the Spanish American war. As soon as that war ended the Philippine/American war broke out as the US took control of the islands from Spain. The US eventually pledged in the Jones act of 1916 to give the Philippines their full independence sometime in the 1930s but WW2 interfered before it could be finalized. So on July 4 1946 the US officially acknowledged the independence of the Philippines.
No mention of the only independent Occitan state, Monaco? even if we speak more Russian, French or English than Occitan in 2021 LOL!
England's birth on 12 July 927, the various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were united by Æthelstan (r. 927-939) to form the Kingdom of England. In 1016, the kingdom became part of the North Sea Empire of Cnut the Great, a personal union between England, Denmark and Norway. So maybe England should celebrate '12th July' as England's birthday?
And I think the United Kingdom (I’m talking about the Union on just England) was made in 1707
I'd argue England became independent on 15 June 1215. The Magna Carta for the first time dealt with England in its own right and not part of the lands taken by the Normans.
When I was researching Andorra for fun, I read that it got it's independence in 1278.🇦🇩
Whel I guess thats a longer time ago than I expected.
Well
Portugal is older
@@NibanoTransmontano yeah but Andorra is such a weak and insignificant country and its survived between major powers in Europe and abroad. So any country on its border could just take it. Also Portugal was conquered once so it technically didn't survive all those years
@@Sahd079 bcs, Portugal's king died(disapeared) in a battle, and the heir to the nearest throne was the king of spain
I am Danish so the date is when the ice age was done.
Jeg er også dansk
Hej sofus det var en sjov comentar
@@carllibst9958 🐕🐕
Pretty Accurate
I mean you do have the oldest flag
4:50 Why is Puerto Rico colored orange? It never gained independence and remains an ex-colony of Spain and colonial territory of the US. It barely got any autonomy from Spain in the late 19th Century, which itself was quickly disrupted by the United States because of the Spanish-American War and only regained little autonomy in the mid-20th century, with the US ultimately still having supreme power over the territory on anything it may want to do.
the video itself explains it's the date the used to celebrate their national day, not necesseraly the date it became really independent or even it was created
I am proud of my Ethiopian Great grandfathers. We celebrate Victory day!! No independence day
Great × 9999999999999 Grand Father/Mother
Soon : *OCCITANIA.* If the idea that Macron = France is understood, a record unpopularity of the president and its government could result in a rise of the Occitan independence, by rejection of macronism, and therefore rejection of France.
Occitanian separatism is too unpopular to declare independence from France and keep it
Andorra is independent. Plus Catalonia declared... Well, they tried a few years back. Both Occitan countries.
@@byronofrothdale Could the three of them join together as the same state?
@@RenegadeShepard69 Doubt it. Andorra has been an independent country for more than a thousand years... It is a co Princilipality, two Princes are Heads of State, one French, (the King of France, now the President of the Republic of France) and one Spanish (in theory, Spanish, the Bishop of the Seu of Urges in Catalonia could be not a Spanish national).
About the other Occitan regions, most of them belong to France which it is a country famous for not promoting "nationalism" movements. The most notorious independent movement in France is the Corsican (I remember pro independence terrorist attacks in the 80s) and, of course, the Basque that also shares border with Spain.
@@RenegadeShepard69 I forget to mention The Pays Catalás, the other regions in Spain where they speak their own dialect of Catalonian (Valencia and Balearic Islands, everyone with their own peculiarities). I am not expert at linguistics so I can't say much...
To other different level, the European Union promote, recognise and finance this languages and regions, even in different lines of international borders. Another example would be Galicia (Spain) and Baixo Minho (Northern Portugal) or Alsancia and Lorene (German native speakers in France), plus smaller minorities such Frisian in Netherlands, etc.
It's weir to label Hungary as getting it's independence in the 20th century. In theory, it was an equal member of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. (I can understand Austria, since it was part of Germany for a short while). By that logic, Russia could be labeled as getting it's independence in the 20th century too, since it got out of the Soviet Union in 1991, and in theory it was only a member of the federation. Also, Hungary celebrates the revolution and independence war of 1848-49, so we have a holiday related to independence.
Technically the two halves were just in personal union
You are so very wrong …
@@syphernynx4186 Why?
Small correction: Brazilian independence involved a war from 1822 to 1825. I think you got it confused with Proclamation of the Republic in 1889 when Brazil ceased to be a monarchy to become a Republic which in fact happened without any conflict.
Although Brazilian independence came only in 1822 the country pretty much ceased to be a colony in 1808. In the beginning of the XIX century the Portuguese royal family had a tough choice to make: either maintain their historic alliance with the British and be invaded by the, up until then, undefeated Napoleon or bend the knee to the French and cut ties with Great Britain by joining their naval blockade against the British. In the end, the Portuguese chose Britain but the British said they couldn't defend the country from the French and proceeded escort the Portuguese royal family and most of the court to Brazil in 1808. In 1815 King João VI of Portugal made official what was already a reality since they arrived there, he elevated Brazil from a colony to United Kingdom of Brazil and Portugal, enjoying the same status and freedoms that the people in Portugal had. In 1821 King João and the rest of the Royal Family went back to Portugal but left his son, Pedro, as Prince Regent of Brazil and once there the Portuguese Crown made several threats and laws intended to bring Brazil back to the status of colony. Naturally, the people in Brazil revolted and Pedro took their side officially turning on his father and becoming Pedro I of Brazil.
Fun fact 1: During the trip from Portugal to Brazil in 1808 there was a lice infestation in the Royal ship which led several members of the Royal family and the court to have to shave their heads. Upon arrival in Rio the Brazilian high society saw the Queen and her Ladies arriving bald from Europe and thought it to be a trend and the women proceeded to shave their heads themselves to keep up with the latest fashion custom from the Old Continent.
Fun fact 2: Queen Carlota hated Brazil.Everything about it, the weather, the people, the customs, the cities and she never missed an opportunity to voice her displeasure for being there. In 1821 the time finally came for her to go back to Portugal and it's said that, upon arrival in Lisbon, the Queen took out her shoes and smashed them against a rock at the port saying "I shan't bring even a speck of dust from that accursed land".
Great channel, keep up the good work!!!
falou tudo e mais um pouco!! parabéns, deveria ter mais likes nesse comentário, mais as pessoas parecem estar com preguiça de ler isso tudo 😅
Help the first fun fact😭
Anyone else just desperately anticipating the Oman explanation?
Yemen, I've been waiting for that too.
Great video although a particular fact is incorrect. Portugal became a sovereign nation in 1143. Later and for a period of 60 years, the Portuguese and Spanish empires were united due to royal marriages and the sudden death of the Portuguese King of the time. After that period, the empires separated their joint efforts and resumed their sovereignty. There was never a declaration of independence.
No mention of San Marino? It was founded on September 3, 301 AD, making it the oldest independent country.
This is true! Can't believe I forgot about it
Japan is the most oldest its from B.C
Japans date is very much so mythical in nature
@@Adam-dd5fx No it is short for Anno Domini, which is Latin for "in the year of our Lord." Meaning that AD is after Jesus' birth. We are technically currently living in 2021 AD right now.
@@raysux Japan had an independence day in 1951 at the end of American occupation as a result of WWII.
Bulgaria has a Liberation Day (Mar 3, 1878), Unification Day (Sep 6, 1885) and an Independence Day (Sep 22, 1908). Of these the last is the least celebrated as at that point the country had been independent for a while, except on paper, so nothing really changed with the proclamation of independence.
As someone from United Kingdom (England to be precise), I've always found it fascinating that other countries celebrate Independence Days or similar important national holidays. Whilst there are plenty of "significant days" throughout the year (e.g. Easter, Bonfire Night, Christmas, Boxing Day), none really quite compare; the only real events that "feel" like national holiday are when it is the Queen's Jubilees or when there is a Royal Wedding, though these are few and far between (and that's if you're even a royalist...!)
It's not even that common for people to celebrate Saint George's Day (the patron saint of England) and though there is a lot of popular support for Saint David's Day being a holiday in Wales, this is currently not the case. Additionally, after some research, Saint Andrew's Day is a national holiday in Scotland, as is Saint Patrick's Day in Northern Ireland; these are the closest holidays that I would compare.
British, you can make national day from day when you liberated yourselves from vikings
What about Brexit day?
@@ermin2248 being British didn't truly exist till for formation of Great Britain. Before that you had many many others like Britons, Anglo Saxons, Celts etc
I'm surprised we don't have Union of Great Britain Day and Union of everything else Day
@DitDotDan You forgot the day the five other nations in the six nations celebrate when "England" don't win the tournament. We call it "ABE" day (anybody but England), so France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales all celebrate together :-)
Norway did not get their independence in 1814, however their struggle to become independent began the 17th of may 1814
France don't have an independence day probably because Germany didn't occupy the whole country in WW2, just the north part; and the southern part remained independent and a continuation of the pre-war French government.
Or because occupation doesn't count as a temporary annexation, just like in case of Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Poland Czechia Serbia and Greece
Occupation is different to colonisation and annexation
How dose this map know if North Korea has a national day
Iceland got independent on dec 1st 1918, we celebrate us becoming a republic which happened 17 of June 1944
Wasnt Iceland ruled by Denmark until June 17th 1944?
@@AnnaMaria-zm8cv no, Iceland became independent in 1918 in a personal union with DK (ie: we had the same monarch). This ended in 1944.
Chile got independence in 1818. And the argentinian army fought for it
Yes! But we don't celebrate our independece day. We celebrate "Fiestas Patrias", which marks the day the independence process started.
Si! Pero nosotros no celebramos el día de la independencia. Celebramos las Fiestras Patrias, que es cuando comenzó el proceso independentista.
@@Matix666rock the same situation that almost all Latin America. All the independence process started in 1809~1810 with the juntas
In Russia there is also Day of National unity, for the date, when Minin and Pozharsky beated Poles.
Also 12 June - Day of adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of RSFSR (“Day of Russia” or “Russia Day”).
There is a mistake in the map showing the independece days by colour/century. It shows that Romania's independece happened in the 20th century but it happened in 19th century, 10th of May 1877
According to the other map, Romania isn’t in the category of independence days, but of “other”. So maybe they consider another holiday as the main Romanian national holiday?
I think he moght had googled 'Romanian Independence Day' and it showed the National Day, which comemorates the Great Union of 1918. It has nothing to do with the Independence. The main part of Romanian was independent at that time. And in our calendar 10th of May is noted as "Independence Day"
It also says puerto rico gained its independence which it has not
@@bottiglia4764 The independence day, discussed in the video and map, is referring to a national holiday, not just a day country got it's independence
@@bottiglia4764 Romania was already independent, but before 1878 was Recognized as a Ottoman Vassal
Sweden should be painted white on the map not the 20th century. You could argue the 16th century when we left the Kalmar Union but even during the union sweden was it's own nation. It was just a personal union.
This! Most people get the Kalmar union wrong, all three kingdoms in it were sovereign states with only a shared monarch. Each kingdom had its own council of the realm and it were first after Sweden left the union that Norway lost its sovereignity to Denmark.
@@johanskoglund Yes. I mean personal unions were so common in Europe. Very few instances did it lead to a nation losing it's sovereignty.
I like how he just ignored Philipinnes as the only country in the 19th century to get independence in most of Asia.
Its latest independence date being the 4th of July is also amusing trivia.
@@NobodyofTwilgiht yeah but Philippines sticked with it's independence with Spain
@@jrexx2841 yeah i meant it to be used as a segue from the US in a 'speaking of the 4th of July' way or smth
They weren't actually independent back then, though. For some reason, they now celebrate the date of their declaration of independence in 1898, despite how badly that bid for independence failed so that they didn't actually become independent until 1946.
@@Compucles How about Indonesia? Everyone recognizes their independence in 1945 well in fact they became independent in 1949. Same thing as ours.
The Swedish map color does not make any sense, the National day date refers to June 6th 1523...
Sweden owned what is now Finland for about 600 years, 1209, although officially it was 1323, although I just read something about 1362, to 1809, plus some Baltic lands.
Ethiopians celebrate the *Victory of Adwa* on March 1 every year since 1896
Pretty cool.
I love how you always talk about our native land: Portugal to give out example
He is Portuguese.
@@diogorodrigues747 he did sound european but I thought he was german or something
@@wetplant1748 The channel's description is in Portuguese.
@@diogorodrigues747 The Portuguese are England's oldest ally.
@@diogorodrigues747 I see it in English
Mistake: In Spain we don't celebrates "Columbus Day", I mean we don't call it like that. We celebrate the "Day of Spanishness"
Viva la hispanidad!
That sounds like a meme.
@@flowerpower8722 the translation can be difficult. "Hispanity Day" would be a better translation to English
1492 was really the best year for Spain
Oh Ok that sounds better.
@General Knowledge, If you research about portuguese history, you will notice that portugal never lost it's independence... They simply had the same king as spain, who promissed to respect portuguese soverany..
Why is Egypt marked as none on the map? It was firstly a part of ottoman empire, and then a part of British empire
Because Egypt was never freed silly, can't you see the Turkish flags everywhere ? The Ottoman empire is still kicking down there /jk
@@sephikong8323 it was free for thousands of years
@@alphagamer9505 The thing is .......... it also was constantly under occupation for the last 500 years as well so saying it never gained independence is wrong as it would imply it's still part of another empire
Apparently what he meant is not that it was not colonised or something.
But it has not a specific date for its independance as the date they are celebrating is tbat of the revolution it had against the kingdom and formation of the republic in 1952
See in 11:28
Sweden became independent (for the last time I think) from the Kalmar Union in 1523, which is where we get our national holiday, the 6th of June from and it's also the day when Gustav Wasa became our king....it also to celebrate the 1809 government form!
So, in 2 years....we've independent, and celebrated our National Holiday for 500 years!
That is very true
Do they write it Wasa or Vasa in Swedish or is am i just confused.
@@franklinclinton4539
Both are being used, but his family name was Vasa. I'm a Swede and I find myself use both, because I've seen them both being used quite a lot, but the correct way I'd say is Vasa!
@@franklinclinton4539 Good question, had never thought about it so had to do some research. Vasa is the standard spelling today. But back in the 16th century, the v-sound was - due to the influence of German spelling norms - written with w or u. You sometimes see "Wasa" today, usually in the names of restaurants/pubs/companies that want to give an old-fashioned and historic feel
Papua New Guinea was split between Germany and Britain prior to World War I with the northern half being German and the southern half being British. Canada celebrates July 1 as on that date in 1867 the British North America Act came into effect. Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa could all celebrate December 11 as on that date in 1931 the Statute Of Westminster came into effect recognizing these territories and Newfoundland as being independent of, but affiliated with Great Britain. I always enjoy your videos.
Panama became independent from Spain on November 28, 1821, then joined Colombia and separated on November 3, 1903. But a lot of people outside Panama think we become independent of Colombia when we are independent of Spain
Not in the U.S., we don't. It's commonly taught that we funded Panama's successful revolution from Columbia in exchange for the rights to build the Panama Canal after Columbia refused us.
@@Compucles First, is Colombia not Columbia. Second, I said "a lot of people" not everybody and third, you are correct in what you said. The US did help us separate from Colombia and yes, we made a treaty that said we would give you some land to build the Canal in exchange for the freedom of the Republic.
You skipped the entire Caribbean
I think most people think of Central America as part of Northern America, Since it's only called as Central America in the American continent's
If anything, most of the islands are orange.
a good hunk of those Islands are still under US/UK/Dutch control
@@xxxBradTxxx less than 1/4 are under foreign control
I'm suprised he left Haiti out which gained its independence from France on January 1, 1804
I have to thank you for that mention in 1:28 about Serbia,yes we have a lot of history in the middle ages but we celebrate 15th february 1804 and 1835 in which we revolted against the Ottomans(we consider that 2nd birth of a nation)and gained our constitution.
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Ya it’s the same wth my home Hungary we were pre Middle Ages also but we celebrate our independence from communism. Hello my Srbski brother cuz I’m part Serb part Hun
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@lunatic. Dragutin Dimitrijević Apis
@lunatic.
Dragutin Dimitrievich Apis :
Dragutin T. Dimitrijević - Apis (Belgrade, August 18, 1876 - Thessaloniki, June 26, 1917) was a General Staff officer and intelligence officer in the Kingdom of Serbia.
He was one of the main organizers of the conspiracy of the officers who carried out the May coup in 1903, which overthrew and killed King Aleksandar Obrenović and his wife Queen Drago, and brought King Petar I Karađorđević to the throne. He was a member of the Supreme Central Administration of the secret military organization "Unification or Death", better known as the Black Hand, some members of which are associated with members of Young Bosnia who carried out the Sarajevo assassination. During the First World War, he was the head of the intelligence service of the General Staff, the Chief of Staff of the Užice Army, the Chief of Staff of the Timok Army and the Assistant Chief of Staff of the Third Army on the Thessaloniki Front.
At the Thessaloniki trial, under the accusation that he was the mastermind of the failed assassination of the heir to the throne, Regent Aleksandar Karađorđević, he was sentenced to death by shooting together with Rade Malobabić and Ljubomir Vulović. They were shot at dawn on June 26, 1917. Although the surviving comrades on several occasions, after the First World War, sought a renewal of the process, this did not happen until 1953, during the time of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. Then the process was renewed, and the convicts were posthumously rehabilitated. At the renewed trial, it was proven that the assassination did not even take place and that the Thessaloniki trial was staged. The possible reasons that led to that are the negotiations on a separate peace that Austria-Hungary had with France and the political showdown at the top of the Serbian state.
In 2012, Apis was rehabilitated for the second time by the Serbian judiciary.
Belarus got its independence on March 9th, reclamed it on August 25th and celebrates it on July 3th, but July 3th is the date when Minsk was "freed" by the Red Army in 1944 so it makes no sense. But there's an unofficial holiday that is called "Dzien' Voli" ("The Day of Freedom") celebrated on March 9th
Bulgaria was founded in 681 and its independence day was in 1877, from the Ottoman empire .
France was basically formed a few years after the collapse of the Western Roman empire in 476. But obviously it's too far back for the date to be remembered, especially since it was formed over several decades. And it was only in 843 that we were separated from what would become Germany.
not really what would become Germany, Germany as a country was never a thing before the 19th century, but what would become a collection of small kingdoms and states under the authority of the HRE which are not all part of what is now Germany.
(just to precise)
Not really. The South and West of France were different countries in the Middle Age... Alsacia, Franche-Comté, Savoy, Béarn, the old duchies of Normandy (which included the Channel Islands), Gascony and Aquitaine. Corsica currently is a mediterranean French island and it was in 1768 (with the Treaty of Versailles) when the Genoese republic ceded all its rights on the island to France... France is not as antique country as you say.
@@RubenRodriguez-qo8vr Those duchies and comtés were under the authority of the French Kindgom, they were vassals. So yes it is.
@@DaDa-ui3sw No it isn't.
For example, Aquitaine passed to France in 1137 when the duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine married Louis VII of France, but their marriage was annulled in 1152. When Eleanor's new husband became King Henry II of England in 1154, the area became an English possession, and a cornerstone of the Angevin Empire. Aquitaine remained English until the end of the Hundred Years' War in 1453, when it was annexed by France. During the three hundred years that the region was ruled by the Kings of England. You should study the Angevin Empire.
The Franche-Comté was a Spanish possession during the Spanish Empire.
Or the French Savoy, with Nice (linked historically to Genoa Republic) was annexed to France in 1860 after the Treaty of Turin was signed in 1860 between the Sardinian king and Napoleon III, the county was definitively ceded to France as a territorial reward for French assistance in the Second Italian War of Independence against Austria.
Study a little bit.
@@RubenRodriguez-qo8vr Yeah of course I know that the borders would change a lot, as Brittany wasn't part of the kingdom originally, neither was much of the East, the country also sometimes extended further south than it does today, and of course we didn't have any overseas regions and collectivities yet. I didn't specify all of that, but I could have.
Dude, that periode of spanish governance over Portugal was of 60 years (1580-1640), not 80.
I was never great at maths
@@General.Knowledge 🤣🤣🤣😂😂
@@General.Knowledge although i don't understand how Sweden got indipendence From Swedan because the kalamar Union was a union of sovereign states Which had Three kings one kingdom
@@sumreensultana1860 wut
@@sumreensultana1860 wut
Why is Sweden’s independence from Sweden mark as during the 20 c
It should be none
BRUH HACKER I SAW NO TEXT THERE
I was wondering that as well
Search about United Kingdoms and you'll know
When sweden got independance from having to control norway
Sweden got its independence year 1523
From the Kalmar Union
Yes it did! My mistake, sorry!
@Moljo Yeah, but is difficult to agree a precise date of independence...
Sweden have always been indipendent. During the Kalmarunion we had three countries with three kings
@Moljo yes, I didn't say that but between the first king, the Kalmar Union, etc, its difficult to set a clear date. And then comes up the problem of the date... But you're technically right.
I from Brazil 🇧🇷 and in 1822 we gave independence, huueeeeeeeee
@Vitor Brawl Stars Why? General Knowledge is portuguese and you don't hear him speak in portuguese. Daniboy0826 just wanted to interact also with people from non portuguese speaking countries
@Vitor Brawl Stars por que ele não pode falar inglês?
3:34 Poor Australia/New Zealand. Canada got its independence but these two are still colonial assets.
Wait, is that right? Is this map (*gasp*) incorrect?
Well (Canada)
We are in the commonwealth but the Queen doesn't have any real power here
Her powers are mostly symbolic and her day-to-day symbolic duties are done by the governor general of Canada
@@amira_the_lynx same as australia and nz. All 3 have the queen and her representative the Governor General as their head of state.
@@amira_the_lynx that’s basically what she’s like in all of the commonwealth including the uk she has some power but would never use it
In Bulgaria we actually have a couple of independence days. But the main one is on the 3rd of March 1879. No the one from 1908.
@Best Danila GAMING AND VIDEO only on paper,in reality we were independent
0:20 That TV in the middle: Mr General, I don't feel so good.
Marking Sweden as a "Nation that got the independence day from the 1900s (20th century) is very wrong. cause the Date is the 6th of June 1523 when Sweden broke out from the Kalmar union and Gustav Vasa ascended to the throne. And between that time the Swedish state/Government has never ceased to exist nor been annexed by another nation. So yea thats kind off wrong info in the video.
He probably refers to that one time of Sweden-Norway when sweden and norway were united from 1815-1912. So yea he is sorta right
@@newstartyt3700 but sweden was above norway
@@spesd8567 true but sweden wasnt like sweden sweden it was sweden norway
@@newstartyt3700 though if you go by that logic then why is norway listed as independent in the 19th century and not sweden aswell?. But still it doesnt affect swedens independence date since norway was under personal union of sweden, which means sweden was the overlord not like some join nation union like Austro-hungarian nations etc,
Heck it was even before the union took place that the Government instituted the 6th of june as a national holiday.
@@molin1999ify well didnt see that norway was listed as independent so thought about that. Sorry
Breakup of United Kingdom
-State of Scotland
-State of Wales
-State of Isle of Man
-State of England
-State of Northern Ireland
Scottish independence 2022 💯💯
I don't think the Isle of Man should be its own thing, just under the autonomy of England
Also The Republic of Ireland should annex Northern Ireland
@@mike_chr_ No, no, no. When the people of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are ready for unification - we will unify. Annexations were an English thing in the past, now-a-days it's a Russian thing.
In Serbia we don't have Independence day, we have Statehood day every February 15th.
it commemorates the day when Serbian Revolution began against the Ottoman Empire in 1804.
On the same day in 1835 the first modern Serbian constitution was adopted, known as Sretenje Constitution.
I have a couple of questions concerning the map at 3:31:
- From whom became Iran independent?
- Why are Cameroon, Australia and New Zeeland white?
You say that these are the centuries the countries define as the point in time they got their independence. Because all these countries became independent.
When we follow the rule of your wording, Switzerland should be coloured as well, either purple or orange.
"Only Portugal and the Netherlands"
Oman: Am I a joke to you?
True
Im fine because im 100%Portugese so VIVA A PORTIGAL🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹
That's why it has "And Oman*" above "17th Century and Earlier"
100 years ago Oman was part of the British Empire
The Austrian Independence Day is actually founded on the end of the Occupation of Foreign Powers in 1955
@@Dougulas322 Of course, just like every American a British Patriot, what else
Liberia was started by the US but was by no means a United States colony. The US did not gain anything from it, did not fight there, did not send money or soldiers there, and did not claim it as theirs at all.
Greece Celebrates it's independence Day on March 25th, 1821, which was the day that the nine year rebellion against the ottomans started
1:58 Romanian one is inaccurate. They gained independence in 9 may 1878 which is 19th century, not 20th century. Don't confuse it with 1st December 1918, that is the Unification Day, not independence one
Philippines is the first to get independence in Asia
I think it's Yemen 18th century
17th
Australia and India both celebrate their national days on 26th January and sometimes play cricket against each other on that day.
Sweden became independent from the danes in 1523 which should be the date here. The date in the map refers to the union between Norway and Sweden and by looking up the flag for that you’ll se who was really in charge. Norway independence date on the map refers to the date it got independent from Denmark, and ignores the union, so you can’t even make that argument either. Besides, independence dates are really only for colonies.
The UK does have "national days". We have St. George's Day for England, St. David's Day for Wales, St. Andrew's Day for Scotland and Northern Ireland celebrates St. Patrick's Day with Republic of Ireland
But not really a national day for the whole of the United Kingdom. Maybe besides from the 5th of November and pancake Day.
Surprised we don't have a Union of Great Britain Day and Union of Everything Else Day
>Guyana independent in the 19th century
>Sweden independent in the 20th century
Ain’t that cute?
BUT IT’S WROOOOOOOONG!
It just occurred to me that my Swedish grandparents were born before Sweden and Norway split in 1905. Does that mean I'm Norwegian, too. A Swedonorge, eh? 😄
As a Puerto Rican... We have never been independent. There was a foiled rebellion in 1868 from Spain and another in 1950 from US.
Los yankees os tienen como colonia. Mucha fuerza desde España hermanos
you should do a video talking about each countries national day, like, whats the day that country celebrates itself and its heritage and history
Kosovo is NOT independent, Kosovo is Serbia! 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
Kosovo is independent, I don't care what you Serbians think
@@zachatck6567 Per resolution 12 44, Kosovo and Metohija are still Serbian land, but with their government and NATO control of bigger part of KiM, but Serbia control North, Štrpce and every church and temple.
status quo is better
it is still populated by Albanians
@@zachatck6567 it's not because its not fully recognised.
Fun fact in Bulgaria we celebrate Foundation Day In the years 81 specificly as our Nation was Founded in the Year 681 also Union Day when we United with East Rumelia
And also, we waited for our Independece 500 years.
Drustar what are you doing here
Philippines' independence was on June 12, 1898 but we were under by the Americans in 1902, after WWII US gave us July 4, 1946 as our new independence day, but in 1962 our original independence day was returned on June 12
Good video but I think a minute or two should have been spared for the unique situation of the Phillipines. They declared independence from Spain in 1898 but the United States occupied the Phillipines for around 50 years after this as result of defeating Spain in the Spanish American War. So the Phillipines independence day is actually in the previous century from its final independence from the U.S. after WW2. In a similar vein, Puerto Rico is marked as independent on your map but is still controlled by the United States even now.
11:40 Switzerland was very close, but not exactly right. The alliance was against the Habsburgian rulers, not the HRE. But it's a complicated Story, so I won't be mad about it :)
The Rütli-Schwur and its following agreement was against Habsburg, the final independende was against the HRE, so he mixed the two events
8:44 you said the same logic the baltic states use, but while we do consider it an occupation, we weren't on a map for 50 years which is why we celebrate 2 independence days, one in 1918 and the other in 1991. Fun fact, in Lithuania we also celebrate the coronation of King Mindaugas the founder of the Lithuanian nation.
3:32 USA: Gimme a different color.
Canadian Historian here. Canada should be in yellow, not orange. Though the British North America Act of 1867 gave Canada a constitution, Foreign Relations stayed in the hands of the UK and Westminster still imposed its views on Canadian affairs. Canada had to follow the Crown in every war and had little say... The Statues of Westminster of 1931 gave Canada and other British Dominions a formal semi independance. Canada was then master of its foreign policy, but still needed UKs agreement to change it's constitution right up to the Constitution of 1982.
The Portuguese Independence Day turns out to be also a nacional holiday, but that's because the Portuguese Republic started on the exact same day as the Treaty of Zamora (5th October)! 😉
And 24 of April is another national holiday making the rise of democracy in the country
@@sushilsapkota4117 25th
General Knowledge became independent on January 17th, 2017
Of course!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The closest Denmark has is the day the constitution was signed. There is also a remembrance of Denmark being liberated in WW2. But Denmark has basically been independent ever since the foundation.
The 1814 of Norway referce to the Constitution Day, which is celebrated as the National Day, the independence didn't happen before 1905, which is not celebrated much, more just marked off on the calender.
The part of the "Brazil didnt go trough Independence war " IS a common error
We got into but it wasnt a giant war with Thousands of fronts and deaths
It was just some battles before our independence
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WTF Svalvard is yellow?
Good question
@@icedragon2328 I know Svalvad is part of Norway
That is those islands at the top of the map right ???
@@LoneWolf-je9vr Yeah
@@icedragon2328 islands not island
Svalbard is made up of spitzbergen, edgeøya, nordaustlandet and other islands
You know very well that the holiday celebrated in Portugal does nor represent Portuguese sense of independence. Every Portuguese knows that 1143 is the date where the Treaty of Zamora was signed and this is when Portugal becomes officially recognized as an independent kingdom.
The restoration of our independency has near to no value to Portuguese in terms of actual establishment of our national identity. It was nothing more than a short stint under the Spanish King ruling over the Kingdom of Portugal and Spain.
Portugal never stopped to be Portugal and it's very specific Kingdom.
Further more, the Implementation of the Republic is celebrated the 5th October. The same day Dom Afonso Henriques became official King of Portugal. And this is not a coincidence.
Bangladesh and Singapore could celebrate 2 independence days each. Firstly the anniversary of their independence from the British Empire, the secondly Bangladesh became independent from Pakistan and Singapore from Malaysia. Another possibility, East Timor became independent from Portugal in 1975, but soon became occupied by Indonesia, later becoming independent, in I think, the late 1990s.
The Dutch actually celebrate freedom's day and remembrance day on may 4th and 5th for being freed from the third Reich
Yes and there are some local celebrations that commemorate events in the 80 Years War like Leidens Ontzet and April 1st in Brielle, but there's no national holiday for the Plakkaat van Verlatinghe or something.
And the main national holiday is actually King's Day on April 27th, when we celebrate the King's birthday.
Awsome video! Much love from Portugal, heróis do mar!!!🇵🇹
O dono do canal é português, sabia?
Much love from Portugal *to* Portugal
Sabes que ele é português certo?
You too Diogo
Much love o caraças pá. O gajo só disse disparates sobre Portugal!!!!! Se não entendestes isso, és tão ignorante quanto ele!
While Romania celebrates its unification in 1918 (as mentioned in the video), the independence was in 1877, so technically it should have been orange on the map, not yellow. That is when the Kingdom of Romania was officially formed. Until then it was the United Principalities of Valachia and Moldova which where still technically vasals under the Ottoman Empire and somehow under the Russians as well. (Transylvania was still under the habsurgs at this point). In short, not a fun time to be the battlefield of 3 empires for about 3 centuries
Well, the UK got its independence almost 2000 years ago form the Romans. But since then they have been fighting among themselves and the Vikings and later was busy colonizing a quarter of world.
But that hardly counts, considering they weren't the UK and none of the states within the UK today existed back then, but rather a mess of petty kingdoms, clans and tribes.
11:47
While October 12 is the day Colombus discovered America, it is not referred as Colombus day in Spain.
Instead the national holiday is called Hispanity Day and officially, Spain's national holiday.
Almost like they're trying to distance themselves from colonisation...
No, its because in Spain we have never used the name "Colombus Day", that name was invented by the USA.
In Spain we also celebrate on the October 12th "La virgen del Pilar" day that in fact it can be some kind of Independent Day because she is Zaragoza's Patron one of the most important symbols of the Indenpendence War
Fun fact: Ireland doesn't have an independence day and only a national day on 17th March (St. Patricks Day) because since the island was partitioned, many early leaders and today don't see Ireland as having gotten independence, and independence will only happen when Ireland is United
Tiocfaidh ar lá
The treaty was singed on the 06/12/1921, with full control of the reins 06/12/1922.
St. Patricks day on 17th March was invented by a few Irish in the US as excuse for a drinking party.
We should be celebrating the 6th December here in the Republic.
Wanna point out a mistake about Italy.
In Italy we celebrate 2 dates that you somehow mixed.
2th June we celebrate the birth of the Republic, since on 2th June 1947 the population voted against monarchy and settled the Republic therefore we celebrate the “Republic Day”.
On 25th of April we celebrate “Liberation Day” from remembering the 25th April of 1945 day in which Milan was liberated by Nazis since was one of the last major city to be freed by Nazi that year.
We do not have an holiday for unification of the country that should be on 17th March but nobody really care since the country has still a lot of internal disputes and differences.
0:10 "Their independece day obviously isn't any more important than other countries" You gotta be kidding me?
The American war of independence changed the entire worlds path and future.
The 4th of July is thus way more important than most of the worlds other countries, since the U.S has molded most of the world since it´s forming.
Southeast Asia in 1942: _I fear no man._
_But that thing...._
🇯🇵
_It scares me._
Italy doesn't have a single public holiday, but we have 2 holidays related to our independence, and other 2 days, which aren't celebrated as holidays because they're related to monarchy:
- 2nd of June (1946) proclamation of the Republic
- 25th of April (1945) liberation from fascism (same date - not year - as Portugal ;) )
- 20th of September (1870) capture of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy
- 4th of November (1918) end of WWI, and completion of the "resurrection" of Italy
There's also 17th of March (1861) with the proclamation of the Kingdom, but at that point it was just a declaration of intents, so no one even remembers it (I had to look it up myself)
Very few countries (e.g., the UK, the USA,Switzerland) have 200+ years without foreign occupation and maintaining the same form of government.
You do have those islands in Alaska that were conquered and occupied by Japan for a short time during WW2.
@@Captain_Yorkie1 - Alaska was only a territory then; the islands were sparsely inhabited, and the occupation was *very* short.
Here in Paraguay we celebrate our independence day(s) on both the 14th and 15th of May. Only 3 countries in the world can say they have 2 independence days.
Those other countries are Mexico and Slovenia if I'm not mistaken.
In Hungary we actually have "Foundation of the State - Day" on the 20th of August, when we celebrate the foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary in AD 1000. We also have National Holidays on the 15th of March (Day of the 1848. Revolution and for Independence) anf on the 23rd of October (Day of the 1956 Revolution)
Romania got it's independence in May 10th, 1877, ratified by the Berlin Treaty in 1878. Not in the 20th century.
More over, you should stick to the theme in the title, which is independence day in each country, and not create confusion about what is their main holiday. You should focus on the independence day of each country, whether they celebrate it or not.
Romania obtained their independence in 1877 from the Ottomans so its 19th century not 20th in the 20th we re-united with Transylvania making it a reunion day and a national holiday yes but independence wise it was 1877.
the video is called "when did each country become independent" but you skipped vast majority of countries that actually have independence day and went over a lot of countries that doesnt even have any real independence day and spent way more effort on their presentations?
Is common western centrism. Asian youtubers focus on asia, hispanics focus on latin america. Is not unusual.
When was siam/thailand not independet? I tought they escaped colonization
Europeans did not colonize them, however they had occupation zones there like in Persia or China. Probably the nearby countries annexed them for some time, maybe Burma as the Toungoo dinasty or whoever...
@@isbadatnaming8526 Toungoo never fully annexed Thailand so doesn't count, so the real foreign power to rule the land directly was Khmer
@@isbadatnaming8526 I think japan occupied them in WW2.
@@itsourtubenow9729 yes
@@itsourtubenow9729 yeah japan "forcefully allied" them in support of their indo china campaign
Portugal wasn't ruled by Spain; in 1580 Portugal and Spain formed a dual monarchy until 1640.
Correction: Norway got its constitution in 1814 century, but it left a union with Sweden i 1905, but we still celebrate our national holiday on constitution day.
9:31
Find the difference in south east Asia
Just don't look to the right u know