Declaration_of_Independence

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Declaration of independence Declaration of independence This article is about declarations of independence in general. Specific declarations of independence are listed below in alphabetical order. For the painting of this name, see Trumbull’s Declaration of Independence. For the Declaration of Independence signed in 1776, see United States Declaration of Independence. For the Declaration of Independence signed in 1912, see Albanian Declaration of Independence. For the 1938 short film see Declaration of Independence (film). A declaration of independence is an assertion of the independence of an aspiring state or states. Such places are usually declared from part or all of the territory of another nation or failed nation, or are breakaway territories from within the larger state. Not all declarations of independence were successful and resulted in independence for these regions. Declarations of independence are typically made without the consent of the parent state, and hence are sometimes called unilateral declarations of independence (UDI), particularly by those who question the declarations’ validity. U.S. Declaration of Independence, 1776 independence. Iraqi Kurdistan was de facto independent from the central Iraqi government between the Persian Gulf War and the Iraq War, but could not declare statehood out of fear of losing international support. Such regions often refer to themselves as autonomous regions, with or without the assent of the central government. Independence without a Declaration In many cases, independence is achieved without a declaration of independence but instead occurs by bilateral agreement. An example of this is the independence of many components of the British Empire, most parts of which achieved independence through negotiation with the United Kingdom government and legislation by the parliament of the United Kingdom. Australia and Canada, for example, achieved full independence through a series of acts of their respective national governments and parliaments and the British government and parliament. On the other hand, regions often achieve de facto independence, but do not declare independence. Notable examples include Taiwan, which China has threatened to invade should it officially declare See also • Independence Day • Separatism • The Thirteen Colonies Notes [1] Singapore was forced out of Malaysia by the Malaysian parliament, and the proclamations were then agreed by the two governments. See the Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965 (1985 Rev. Ed.). 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Region Albania Declaration Albanian Declaration of Independence Date Year Parent Declaration of independence Signatories First recognising state November 1912 Ottoman 28 Empire July 9 1816 Spain Congress of Tucumán United Argentine DeProvinces of claration of South Amer- Independence ica (Argentina) Armenia Democratic Re- May 28 public of Armenia 1918 Armenian Con- Russia gress of Eastern Armenians Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF Dashnak) Bhutan Bangladesh Bangladeshi De- December 1971 Pakistan claration of 16th Independence Belavezha Accords Belarus December 1991 Soviet Union Presidents of Turkey 8 Russia, Ukraine and Belarus Provisional Government of Belgium Pedro I of Brazil Ferdinand of Bulgaria and the Government of Bulgaria Belgium Belgian Declar- October 4 1830 Netherlands ation of Independence Brazilian Declaration of Independence Bulgarian Declaration of Independence September 1822 Portugal 7 September 1908 Ottoman 22 Empire Brazil Bulgaria Central America Central Americ- September 1821 Spain an Declaration 15 of Independence Chilean Declar- February ation of 12 Independence Colombian Declaration of Independence Croatian Declaration of Independence July 20 1818 Spain National Congress Portugal Chile Colombia 1810 Spain Croatia June 25 1991 Yugoslavia Iceland 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dominican Republic East Timor Dominican Declaration of Independence East Timorese Declaration of Independence Estonian Declaration of Independence February 27 1844 Haiti Declaration of independence November 1975 Portugal 28 February 24 1918 Russia Salvation Committee Congress of Estonia Morocco Estonia Russian SFSR Iceland (reconfirmed earlier recognition) Estonia Estonian Recon- August 20 1991 Republic of firmation of Estonia Independence Finland’s Declaration of Independence Georgia’s Declaration of Independence December 1917 Russia 19 April 9 1991 Soviet Union Finland Parliament of Finland Germany Georgia (country) Georgia (U.S. state) GuineaBissau Haiti Georgia’s seces- January 29 1861 United States sion declaration Guinea-Bissau Declaration of Independence September 1973 Portugal 24 1804 France Jean-Jacques Dessalines Haitian Declara- January 1 tion of Independence Hungarian Declaration of Independence Icelandic Declaration of Independence April 17 Hungary 1848 Austrian Empire 1944 Denmark Iceland June 17 India Indian Declara- August 15 1947 United tion of Kingdom Independence Indonesian Declaration of Independence August 17 1945 Netherlands United Kingdom Sukarno & Mo- Egypt hammad Hatta Irish Volunteers Irish Citizen Army Dáil Éireann Russian SFSR Indonesia Ireland Proclamation of April 24 the Irish Republic Irish Declaration of Independence Israeli Declaration of Independence 1916 United Kingdom Irish Republic Israel January 21 1919 United Kingdom May 14 1948 United Kingdom Jewish People’s United Council States 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Katanga Katangan Declaration of Independence Korean Declara- March 1 tion of Independence 1990 Kosovo declaration of independence ? Declaration of independence 1960 Congo (Léopoldville) 1919 Japan Korea Kosovo 1990 Serbia Albania Kosovo Kosovo declara- February tion of 17 Independence On the Restora- May 4 tion of Independence of the Republic of Latvia Act of Independence of Lithuania Act of the ReEstablishment of the State of Lithuania February 16 March 11 2008 Serbia Assembly of Kosovo Afghanistan Latvia 1990 Soviet Union Supreme Soviet Iceland of the Latvian SSR Lithuania 1918 Germany, Russia Council of Lithuania Germany Lithuania 1990 Soviet Union Supreme Coun- Iceland cil of Lithuania Low CounAct of tries (the Abjuration Netherlands) Republic of Macedonia Mississippi Independence of the Republic of Macedonia July 26 1581 Spain 1991 Yugoslavia Bulgaria A Declaration of January 9 the Immediate Causes which Induce and Justify the Secession of the State of Mississippi from the Federal Union Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova 1861 United States Moldova August 27 1991 Soviet Union Parliament of Romania the Republic of Moldova 2006 Serbia and Montenegro 1835 United Kingdom Assembly of the Iceland Republic of Montenegro Māori chiefs Montenegro Montenegro de- June 3 claration of independence New Zealand Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Northern America (Mexico) Solemn Act of November 1813 Spain the Declaration 6 of Independence of Northern America Declaration of Independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Constitution of Norway Independence Day Act of the Declaration of Independence of Peru Philippine Declaration of Independence November 1983 Cyprus 15 Declaration of independence Congress of Anáhuac Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Turkey Norway May 17 1814 Union acConstitutional cording to assembly Treaty of Kiel 1975 Australia First Prime Minister: Michael Somare José de San Martín Papua New Guinea Peru Sept 16 July 28 1821 Spain Philippines June 12 1898 Spain Emilio AguinUnited aldo, Katipunan States Ian Smith and the rest of the Cabinet King Carol I none Rhodesia Rhodesian Uni- November 1965 United lateral Declara- 11 Kingdom tion of Independence Romanian Declaration of Independence Belavezha Accords Declaration of Arbroath May 22 1877 Ottoman Empire Romania Russia December 1991 Soviet Union Presidents of 8 Russia, Ukraine and Belarus April 6 1320 England 1965 Malaysia Scottish leaders Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore Croatia Scotland Singapore Proclamation of August 9 Singapore[1] Slovenian Declaration of Independence Somaliland Declaration of Independence June 25 Slovenia 1991 Yugoslavia Somaliland 1991 Somalia none South Carolina Declaration of December 1860 United States South Carolinithe Immediate 24 ans in Causes Which Charleston Induce and Justify the 5 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union Southern Cameroons Southern Cameroons Declaration of Independence Texas Declaration of Independence December 1999 Cameroon 31 Declaration of independence none Texas March 2 1836 Mexico France Texas A Declaration of February the Causes 1 which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union Declaration of Independence of Ukraine United States Declaration of Independence Declaration of Independence 1861 United States Texas Legislature Ukraine August 24 1991 Soviet Union Verkhovna Rada July 4 Poland United States Uzbekistan 1776 Great Britain Second Contin- France ental Congress August 31 1991 Soviet Union Supreme Coun- Turkey cil of Uzbekistan 1811 Kingdom of Spain Representatives of the States of Venezuela Hồ Chí Minh Soviet Union Venezuela Venezuelan De- July 5 claration of Independence Vietnam Proclamation of September 1945 Japan Independence 2 of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_independence" Categories: Declarations of independence This page was last modified on 21 May 2009, at 06:07 (UTC). 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