List of colonies

This is a list of territories and polities that have been considered colonies.

Colonies of European countries

Main article: List of former European colonies

British

Main article: Territorial evolution of the British Empire
Harbour Street, Kingston, Jamaica, c. 1820
The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. After an initial defeat the British were able to conquer Zululand.
Main article: British Empire

French

Main article: List of French possessions and colonies
French officers and Tonkinese riflemen, 1884

Russian

See also: Russian colonization of America
The Russian settlement of St. Paul's Harbour (present-day Kodiak, Alaska), Russian America, 1814

German

Main article: List of former German colonies
Kamerun (by R. Hellgrewe, 1908)

Italian

Main article: Italian Empire
The Italian invasion of Libya during the Italo-Turkish War, 1911

Dutch

Main article: Dutch colonial empire
View of Cape Town with ships of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), c. 1683

Portuguese

Main article: Evolution of the Portuguese Empire

Spanish

Main article: Spanish Empire
See also: List of countries that gained independence from Spain
An 18th-century casta painting from New Spain shows a Spanish man and his indigenous wife.
Main article: Spanish Empire

Austrian

Main article: Austrian colonial policy
Muslim Bosniak resistance during the battle of Sarajevo in 1878 against the Austro-Hungarian occupation

Danish

Main article: Danish colonial empire
Map of the European Union in the world, with Overseas Countries and Territories and Outermost Regions.

Belgian

Main article: Belgian colonial empire

Swedish

Main article: Swedish overseas colonies

Norse

See also: Scandinavian colonialism

Norwegian

Main article: List of possessions of Norway

Colonies by Oceanian countries

Australian

Australian patrol officer in Australia's Territory of Papua and New Guinea in 1964

New Zealander

Governor Lord Ranfurly reading the annexation proclamation to Queen Makea on 7 October 1900.

Colonies by Asian countries

Japanese

Main articles: Japanese colonial empire and List of territories occupied by Imperial Japan

Chinese

Colonies by American (continent) countries

American

Further information: List of Guano Island claims and United States territorial acquisitions
Governor General William Howard Taft addressing the audience at the Philippine Assembly in the Manila Grand Opera House

Mexican

Ecuadorian

Colombian

Argentine

Argentine C-130 and control tower, Marambio Airport
The Conquest of the Desert extended Argentine power into Patagonia.

Paraguayan

Peruvian

Bolivian

Chilean

Brazilian

Colonies by African countries

Ethiopian

South African

Moroccan

Colonies by former countries

Ancient Greece

See also: Ancient Greece

Ancient Egyptian

Ancient Roman

Carthage

See also: Carthage

Chola (Tamil)

Curonian

Genoese

See also: Genoese colonies

Ottoman (Turkish)

Further information: Vassal and tributary states of the Ottoman Empire
Territorial extent of the Ottoman Empire in 1683[6][7]

Sicilian

Venetian

See also: Stato da Màr

See also

References

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