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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a list of countries in chronological order of their statehood.
Nation-building is a long evolutionary process. It is therefore practically impossible to come up with a single date for a nation&#8217;s &#8220;birth&#8221; in most cases. However, most nations have accepted some dates in their...]]></description>
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<p>Below is a <strong>list of <a title="Countries" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countries">countries</a> in chronological order of their <a title="Sovereign state" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_state">statehood</a></strong>.</p>
<p><a title="Nation-building" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation-building">Nation-building</a> is a long evolutionary process. It is therefore practically impossible to come up with a single date for a nation&#8217;s &#8220;birth&#8221; in most cases. However, most nations have accepted some dates in their respective histories as their symbolic starting points. This is usually done more for <a title="Nationalistic" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalistic">nationalistic</a> propaganda than for scientific reasons. For many ancient and <a title="Medieval" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval">medieval</a> nations these starting points are usually the dates when a nation was mentioned in a written document for the first time or simply a date from their national <a title="Mythology" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythology">mythology</a>. In Europe, this often coincides with the ruler&#8217;s conversion to <a title="Christianity" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity">Christianity</a>. For post-colonial nations, starting with the United States, the beginning of statehood is usually considered to be the date when <a title="Independence" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence">independence</a> was declared, granted or recognised.<br />
The situation is further complicated by the confusion between the terms <a title="Nation" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation">nation</a> (generally considered an ethnic or cultural grouping) and <a title="Sovereign state" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_state">state</a> (an independent political entity). (These two words are commonly used as synonyms.)</p>
<h2>Historical kingdoms<br />
and dynasties</h2>
<p>&#8212;</p>
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<td width="11%" valign="top"><strong>Date</strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_statehood"><strong> </strong></a><strong> </strong></td>
<td width="11%" valign="top"><strong>Nation</strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_statehood"><strong> </strong></a><strong></strong></td>
<td valign="top"><strong>Event</strong><strong></strong></td>
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<td valign="top">-6799 3200 BC</td>
<td valign="top">
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a title="Iran" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran">Iran</a></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(<a title="Persia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persia">Persia</a>)</p>
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<td valign="top">The first state consisting all of western Iran was founded by the <a title="Proto-Elamite" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Elamite">Proto-Elamite</a> with their capital at <a title="Susa" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susa">Susa</a> &amp; <a title="Anshan (Persia)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anshan_%28Persia%29">Anshan</a> which lasted from around 3200 BC to 2700   BC, they were followed by <a title="Elam" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elam">Elam</a> (2700 BC-550 BC) and <a title="Median Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_Empire">Medes</a> who created the first Iranian empire, which encompassed all of Iran and   lasted from 728 to 550 BC, <a title="Cyrus The Great" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_The_Great">Cyrus   The Great</a>, founded <a title="Achaemenid Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire">the world&#8217;s first superstate</a>, stretching from   Greece to India. The last reunification of Iran happened in 1501 AD by the <a title="Safavid dynasty" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safavid_dynasty">Safavid   dynasty</a>. Iran was referred to in the <a title="Western world" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world">West</a> as <a title="Persia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persia">Persia</a> until March 21, 1935 when it was officially recognized as either Persia or   Iran, where the latter has been the local name. <a title="Iran" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran">Iran</a> has had roughly   the same geographical boundaries since its inception and has been using <a title="Persian language" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language">Persian</a> as the official language in addition to <a title="Iranian calendar" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_calendar">Iranian   calendar</a>.</td>
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<td valign="top">-6899 3100 BC</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Egypt" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt">Egypt</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">unification of <a title="Ancient Egypt" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt">Upper and Lower Egypt</a> into one country by <a title="Pharaoh" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaoh">Pharaoh</a> <a title="Narmer" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narmer">Narmer</a> occurred   in <strong>3100 BC</strong>. Despite subsequent conquests, Egypt has roughly remained a   united nation geographically ever since. Egypt was <a title="Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unilateral_Declaration_of_Egyptian_Independence">unilaterally granted</a> nominal independence by the <a title="United Kingdom" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom">United   Kingdom</a> on <strong>February 28, 1922</strong></td>
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<td valign="top">-7666 2333 BC</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Korea" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea">Korea</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">references to <a title="Gojoseon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gojoseon">Gojoseon</a> founded under the <a title="Altaic peoples" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altaic_peoples">Altaic</a>-<a title="Tungusic peoples" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungusic_peoples">Tungusic</a> by <a title="Dangun" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangun">Dangun</a> in   historical records from <strong>2333 BC</strong>. The <a title="Korean peninsula" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_peninsula">Korean   peninsula</a> was re-unified in 668 by the <a title="Silla" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silla">Silla</a> kingdom and   was invaded by the Mongols, the Manchus, and the <a title="Russians" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians">Russians</a>. The   <a title="Japanese Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Empire">Japanese   Empire</a> <a title="Korea under Japanese rule" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_under_Japanese_rule">governed</a> Korea from 1910 to the end of   World War II, when the <a title="Allies of World War II" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II">Allies</a> liberated it, but it was   subsequently divided into two republics by the two <a title="Cold War" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War">Cold War</a> rivals. The modern <a title="South Korea" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea">Republic of Korea</a> was formed on <strong>August 15, 1948</strong> under <a title="United States" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States">United States</a> administration and the modern <a title="North Korea" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea">Democratic   People&#8217;s Republic of Korea</a> was formed on <strong>September 9, 1948</strong> under <a title="Soviet Union" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union">Soviet</a> administration. Although economic and political differences continue to keep   the two countries separate, there is continuing hope that Korea will one day   become a <a title="Korean reunification" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_reunification">united nation</a></td>
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<td valign="top">-7929 2070 BC</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="China" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China">China</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">first state founded by the quasi-legendary <a title="Xia Dynasty" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xia_Dynasty">Xia   Dynasty</a>, which was allegedly the beginning of Chinese <a title="Hereditary monarchy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereditary_monarchy">hereditary monarchy</a> until <a title="Xinhai Revolution" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinhai_Revolution">Xinhai Revolution</a> in 1911, after a period of <a title="Neolithic" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic">Neolithic</a> cultures, according to historical texts. First archeologically confirmed   state was the <a title="Shang dynasty" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shang_dynasty">Shang dynasty</a>. The first unified state   incorporating the majority of modern China, was founded under the <a title="Qin dynasty" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_dynasty">Qin   dynasty</a> by <a title="Qin Shi Huangdi" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qin_Shi_Huangdi">Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi</a> in <strong>221 BC</strong>. On <strong>1   January 1912</strong>, the <a title="Republic of China" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China">Republic of China</a> gained independence from the <a title="Manchu" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchu">Manchu</a>-<a title="Qing Dynasty" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_Dynasty">Qing   Dynasty</a>, but was itself forced to retreat to <a title="Taiwan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan">Taiwan</a> and other   islands after its defeat in the <a title="Chinese Civil War" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War">Chinese Civil War</a> to the <a title="Communist Party of China" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_China">communists</a> in 1949. The latter   established the <a title="People's Republic of China" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China">People&#8217;s Republic of China</a> on the <a title="Mainland China" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_China">mainland</a> on <strong>1 October 1949</strong>, and both governments continue to lay claim to be   the <a title="Successor state" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Successor_state">successor state</a> of all China</td>
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<td valign="top">-8699 1300 BC</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Georgia (country)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28country%29">Georgia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">Georgian Kingdom &#8211; <a title="Colchis" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colchis">Colchis</a> was formed as a result of the increasing   consolidation of the tribes inhabiting the Western Georgian Area. <a title="Colchis" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colchis">Colchis</a> is   sometimes mentioned with original Georgian names: კოლხეთი (Kolkheti) and   ეგრისი   (Egrisi) or also with ancient Greek name Κολχίς   (Kolkis). This kingdom is described in <a title="Greek mythology" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology">Greek   mythology</a> as the destination of the <a title="Argonauts" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argonauts">Argonauts</a>. <a title="Colchis" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colchis">Colchis</a> is a   homeland of <a title="Golden Fleece" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Fleece">Golden Fleece</a>. The most significant thing is that   the language of Colchians is still alive and widely used among Western   Georgians. The modern <a title="Georgia (country)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28country%29">Georgia</a> declared independence from the <a title="USSR" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USSR">USSR</a> in <strong>April 9,   1991</strong></td>
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<td valign="top">-9141 858 BC</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Armenia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia">Armenia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top"><a title="Aramu" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramu">Aramu</a>,   first known king of <a title="Urartu" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urartu">Urartu</a>, an ancient Armenian kingdom; <a title="Hurrians" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurrians">Hurrians</a> present by <a title="2500 BC" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2500_BC">2500   BC</a>. Independence from Russia on May 28, 1918</td>
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<td valign="top">-9149 850 BC</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Syria" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria">Syria</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top"><a title="Assyrian" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian">Assyrian</a> Empier begins to raise to power, and expands between 850 and 650 B.C.For more   than two centuries, the Assyrian army</p>
<p>advanced across Southwest Asia. It overwhelmed foes with its highly   advanced military organization and state-of-the-art weaponry.The Assyrians   came from the northern part of <a title="Mesopotamia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia">Mesopotamia</a>.</td>
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<td valign="top">-9299 700 BC</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Ethiopia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">foundation of <a title="Dʿmt" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%CA%BFmt">D&#8217;mt</a> in the early <a title="8th century BC" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_century_BC">8th   century BC</a>, succeeded by the <a title="Aksumite Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksumite_Empire">Aksumite   Empire</a>; oldest independent country in <a title="Africa" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa">Africa</a> and one of   the oldest in the world. <a title="Land of Punt" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Punt">Punt</a> is thought to have existed in northern Ethiopia   and Eritrea from the <a title="25th century BC" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_century_BC">25th century BC</a> preceding D&#8217;mt.</td>
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<td valign="top">-9339 660 BC</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Japan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan">Japan</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">in traditional discovery side <a title="Emperor Jimmu" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Jimmu">Emperor   Jimmu</a>. Modern Japan was unified in 270 by <a title="Emperor Ojin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Ojin">Emperor   Ojin</a> and again in 1598 by <a title="Toyotomi Hideyoshi" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyotomi_Hideyoshi">Toyotomi Hideyoshi</a>. End of <a title="United States" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States">United   States</a> <a title="Allied" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied">Allied</a> administration on March 20, 1952</td>
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<td valign="top">-9449 550 BC</td>
<td valign="top"></td>
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<td valign="top">-9662 337 BC</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Greece" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece">Greece</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">unification occurred under the <a title="Macedon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedon">Macedonians</a> by <a title="Philip II of Macedon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Macedon">King Philip II of Macedon</a> in <strong>337 BC</strong>.   After decline in power, Greece was incorporated into the <a title="Roman Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire">Roman   Empire</a>, <a title="Byzantine Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire">Byzantine Empire</a> and <a title="Ottoman Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire">Ottoman   Empire</a>. The modern <a title="Greece" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece">Hellenic Republic</a> was established on <strong>25 March 1821</strong> after independence from the <a title="Ottoman Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire">Ottoman   Empire</a></td>
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<td valign="top">-9677 322 BC</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Pakistan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></strong><br />
<strong><a title="India" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India">India</a></strong><br />
<strong><a title="Bangladesh" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">first unified state incorporating the majority of modern India, was   founded under the <a title="Mauryan Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauryan_Empire">Maurya dynasty</a> by <a title="Chandragupta Maurya" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandragupta_Maurya">Emperor Chandragupta Maurya</a> in <strong>322 BC</strong>.   Re-unification occurred in 1600 under the <a title="Mughal dynasty" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_dynasty">Mughal   dynasty</a> by <a title="Akbar the Great" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_the_Great">Akbar the Great</a>. Became part of the <a title="British Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire">British   Empire</a> in 1757. <a title="Independence" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence">Independence</a> declared in 1947. Modern <a title="Pakistan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan">Pakistan</a> was   subsequently established on August 14, 1947 and the modern <a title="India" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India">Republic of India</a> was established on <strong>26 January 1950</strong>, while <a title="Bangladesh" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> finally became a sovereign state on the <strong>16 December 1971</strong></td>
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<td valign="top">00301-09-03 September   3, 301</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="San Marino" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino">San Marino</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">claims to be world&#8217;s oldest surviving <a title="Republic" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic">republic</a></td>
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<td valign="top">00486 486</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="France" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France">France</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">conquered by <a title="Clovis I" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovis_I">Clovis</a>, French Kingdom (West Francia) created in 843 with   <a title="Treaty of Verdun" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Verdun">Treaty of Verdun</a>, although present-day France (<a title="French Fifth Republic" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Fifth_Republic">5th Republic</a>) was created on October 5,   1958.</td>
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<td valign="top">00681 681</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Bulgaria" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">unification of <a title="Bulgars" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgars">Bulgars</a> and <a title="Slavic peoples" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic_peoples">Slavs</a> by <a title="Asparukh" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asparukh">Asparukh</a> after the <a title="Byzantine empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_empire">Byzantine empire</a> was forced to sign a peace   treaty with them. Autonomy from the <a title="Ottoman Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire">Ottoman   Empire</a> on 3 March 1878 and gained independence from <a title="Ottoman Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire">Ottoman   Empire</a> on September 22, 1908</td>
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<td valign="top"><a title="7th century" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_century">7th   century</a></td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Brunei" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunei">Brunei</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">predecessor state of the Sultanate of Brunei established</td>
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<td valign="top">00780 780</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Serbia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia">Serbia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">unification of Serbian tribes under <a title="Višeslav I" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi%C5%A1eslav_I">Višeslav   I</a>, great-grandson of the <a title="Unknown Archont" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unknown_Archont">Unknown   Archont</a>. <a title="Serbian Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_Empire">Serbian Empire</a> is formed in 1346 under Tzar <a title="Stefan Dušan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Du%C5%A1an">Stefan   Dušan</a>. On February 4, 1804, Serbia declares independence from <a title="Ottoman Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire">Ottoman   Empire</a>. Sovereign until 1813. Became an autonomous state in <a title="Ottoman Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire">Ottoman   Empire</a> in 1817 and independence (together with <a title="Montenegro" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montenegro">Montenegro</a>)   from the <a title="Ottoman Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> on 13 July 1878</td>
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<td valign="top">00789 789</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Morocco" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco">Morocco</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">Idriss II founded the city of Fez and unified the tribes between the   Moulouya and Um Rabiaa rivers under first Moroccan dynasty. The country took   the name of <a title="Al Maghrib Al Aqsa (page does not exist)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al_Maghrib_Al_Aqsa&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1">Al Maghrib Al Aqsa</a>. The   Alaouite Dynasty is the name of the current Moroccan Dynasty since 1664.</td>
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<td valign="top">00862 862</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Russia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia">Russia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top"><a title="Rurik" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rurik">Rurik</a> becomes the ruler of <a title="Novgorod" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novgorod">Novgorod</a> in northern <a title="Rus' (region)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rus%27_%28region%29">Rus&#8217;</a>.   He founds the <a title="Rurik Dynasty" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rurik_Dynasty">Rurikid dynasty</a>, which will rule Russian lands for   many ages to come. In 1147, first reference to <a title="Moscow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow">Moscow</a> about an   obscure town in a small province inhabited mostly by <a title="Merya" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merya">Merya</a>.</td>
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<td valign="top">00872 872</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Norway" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway">Norway</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">first establishment of a unified Norwegian state by King <a title="Harald I of Norway" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_I_of_Norway">Harald Hairfair</a> in 872. Present-Day Norway   regained partial independence from Denmark on the 17 May 1814 and established   a constitutional monarchy. Forced into a personal union with <a title="Sweden" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden">Sweden</a> on 4   November 1814 and declared independence on the 7 June 1905, after almost 500   years of unequal unions</td>
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<td valign="top">00882 882</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Ukraine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine">Ukraine</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">Start of Christianity for <a title="Kievan Rus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rus">Kievan Rus</a></td>
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<td valign="top">00925 925</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Croatia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia">Croatia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">transformation of the medieval Croatian state into a <a title="Kingdom of Croatia (medieval)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Croatia_%28medieval%29">kingdom</a> under <a title="Tomislav" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomislav">Tomislav</a> around 925</td>
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<td valign="top">00930 930</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Iceland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland">Iceland</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">founding of a central parliament (<a title="Alþingi" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%C3%BEingi">Alþingi</a>)   for the newly settled country</td>
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<td valign="top">00966 966</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Poland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland">Poland</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">Christianized after being unified by <a title="Mieszko I of Poland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieszko_I_of_Poland">Mieszko I</a>, the first Duke of Poland.   Coronation of <a title="Boleslaus I of Poland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boleslaus_I_of_Poland">Boleslaus I the Brave</a> in 1025, the first   King of Poland. Although, modern-day Poland only regained independence on the   11 November 1918, proclaimed as a republic, which was later confirmed by the   Treaty of Versailles in 1919. <a title="People's Republic of Poland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Poland">People&#8217;s Republic of Poland</a> independence from Nazi Germany on July 21, 1944</td>
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<td valign="top">00980 980</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Denmark" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark">Denmark</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">consolidation in the late 8th century. In the 9th century Denmark was   divided into different kingdoms, but became organized as a unified state by <a title="Harold Bluetooth" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Bluetooth">Harold   Bluetooth</a> around 980. Denmark has been continuously independent ever   since.</td>
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<td valign="top">00995 995</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Sweden" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden">Sweden</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top"><a title="Olof Skötkonung" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olof_Sk%C3%B6tkonung">Olof Skötkonung</a> became the first king to rule   both Svealand and Götaland. Sweden has been continuously independent ever since.</td>
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<td valign="top">01001-01-01 January 1,   1001</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Hungary" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary">Hungary</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">unification by <a title="Stephen of Hungary" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_of_Hungary">King Stephen I</a></td>
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<td valign="top">01002 1002</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Ireland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland">Ireland</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">unified under <a title="Brian Boru" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Boru">King Brian I</a>. <a title="Irish Free State" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Free_State">Irish   Free State</a> independence from United Kingdom on December 6, 1921 by   treaty, most of Ireland (26 counties) became an independent nation known as   the <a title="Irish Free State" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Free_State">Irish Free State</a>; while six counties in the   north remained part of the <a title="United Kingdom" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom">United   Kingdom</a> and were renamed <a title="Northern Ireland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland">Northern   Ireland</a>. The modern <a title="Republic of Ireland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a> exited the <a title="British Commonwealth" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Commonwealth">British Commonwealth</a> and becomes a republic   on April 1, 1949 when the <a title="Republic of Ireland Act 1948" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_Act_1948">Republic of Ireland Act 1948</a> is   empowered.</td>
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<td valign="top">01139 1139</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Portugal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal">Portugal</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top"><a title="County of Portugal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Portugal">County of Portugal</a> becomes independent from   the <a title="Kingdom of León" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Le%C3%B3n">Kingdom of León</a> after the <a title="Battle of Ourique" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ourique">Battle of Ourique</a> as part of the <a title="Reconquista" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconquista">Reconquista</a>.   Recognized by León in 1143 and by the Pope in 1179.</td>
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<td valign="top">01153 1153</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Maldives" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives">Maldives</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">the last <a title="Buddhist" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist">Buddhist</a> king of Maldives converts to <a title="Islam" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam">Islam</a> and adopts   the title <em><a title="Sultan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan">Sultan</a></em></td>
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<td valign="top">01156 1156</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Austria" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria">Austria</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">raised from a <a title="Bavaria" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria">Bavarian</a> margravate to an independent duchy under the <a title="Babenberg" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babenberg">Babenbergs</a> in the <a title="Privilegium Minus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privilegium_Minus">Privilegium Minus</a>. Modern-Day Austria was   created on the 27th of April 1945 after the Fall of the German Reich.</td>
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<td valign="top">01190 1190</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Albania" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albania">Albania</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top"><a title="Progon, Prince of Albania" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progon,_Prince_of_Albania">Progon, Prince of Albania</a>. On November   28, 1443, <a title="Skanderbeg" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skanderbeg">Skanderbeg</a> liberated <a title="Kruja" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kruja">Kruja</a>,   then Albanian capital. Independence from the <a title="Ottoman Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire">Ottoman   Empire</a> on November 28, 1912</td>
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<td valign="top">01206 1206</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Mongolia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolia">Mongolia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">unification of <a title="Mongols" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongols">Mongolian</a> <a title="Tribe" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribe">tribes</a> by <a title="Genghis Khan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_Khan">Genghis Khan</a>. Independence from China on July 11,   1921</td>
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<td valign="top">01238 1238</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Thailand" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand">Thailand</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">traditional founding date after collapse of <a title="Khmer Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Empire">Khmer   Empire</a></td>
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<td valign="top">01253-07-06 July 6,   1253</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Lithuania" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania">Lithuania</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">Coronation of <a title="Mindaugas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindaugas">Mindaugas</a>. Independence from Russia on February 16, 1918   and from USSR on March 11, 1990</td>
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<td valign="top">01278 1278</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Andorra" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andorra">Andorra</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">formed under the joint suzerainty of the French <a title="Count of Foix" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_Foix">count   of Foix</a> and the Catalan <a title="Bishop of Urgell" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_of_Urgell">bishop   of Urgell</a></td>
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<td valign="top">01291 1291</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Switzerland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland">Switzerland</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">date of the <a title="Federal Charter of 1291" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Charter_of_1291">Federal Charter</a>. On August 1, 1291, the <a title="Federal Charter of 1291" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Charter_of_1291">Swiss Federal Charter</a> is signed. Exact   date of the charter&#8217;s signing is still unknown.</td>
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<td valign="top">01419 1419</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Monaco" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco">Monaco</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">beginning of the rule by the <a title="House of Grimaldi" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Grimaldi">House of Grimaldi</a></td>
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<td valign="top">01492 1492</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Spain" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain">Spain</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">With the marriage of the Catholic Monarchs all former Iberian   kingdoms, apart from Portugal, are merged in, latter referred as <a title="Spain" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain">Spain</a>.</td>
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<td valign="top">01581-07-26 July 26,   1581</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Netherlands" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands">Netherlands</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">declared independence from the <a title="Spanish Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Empire">Spanish   Empire</a> during the <a title="Eighty Years' War" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighty_Years%27_War">Eighty Years&#8217; War</a></td>
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<td valign="top">01650 1650</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Oman" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman">Oman</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">expulsion of the Portuguese</td>
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<h2>Modern-day states</h2>
<p>The dates in the table below are celebrated as <a title="Independence Day" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day">Independence Day</a> or an equivalent holiday in some <a title="Countries" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countries">countries</a>.</p>
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<td width="12%" valign="top"><strong>Date</strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_statehood"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong></td>
<td width="16%" valign="top"><strong>Nation</strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_statehood"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong></td>
<td valign="top"><strong>Event</strong><strong></strong></td>
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<td valign="top">01634 1634</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Bhutan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan">Bhutan</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">unified by <a title="Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabdrung_Ngawang_Namgyal">Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal</a> after the <a title="Battle of Five Lamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Five_Lamas">Battle of Five Lamas</a></td>
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<td valign="top">01768-12-21 December   21, 1768</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Nepal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal">Nepal</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">unified by <a title="Prithvi Narayan Shah" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prithvi_Narayan_Shah">Prithvi Narayan Shah</a></td>
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<td valign="top">01776-07-04 July 4,   1776</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="United States" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States">United States of America</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top"><a title="Declaration of Independence (United States)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence_%28United_States%29">declared independence</a> from <a title="Kingdom of Great Britain" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain">Kingdom of Great Britain</a></td>
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<td valign="top">01801-01-01 January 1,   1801</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="United Kingdom" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">The <a title="Acts of Union 1800" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1800">Acts of Union 1800</a> united the kingdoms of <a title="Kingdom of Great Britain" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain">Great Britain</a> and <a title="Kingdom of Ireland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland">Ireland</a>. Great Britain had been formed on 1   May 1707 by the union of <a title="Kingdom of England" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_England">England</a> and the <a title="Kingdom of Scotland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Scotland">Scotland</a> under the <a title="Treaty of Union" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Union">Treaty   of Union</a> and <a title="Acts of Union 1707" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707">Acts of Union 1707</a></td>
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<td valign="top">01804-01-01 January 1,   1804</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Haiti" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti">Haiti</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France</td>
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<td valign="top">01806-07-12 July 12,   1806</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Liechtenstein" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from the <a title="Holy Roman Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a></td>
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<td valign="top">01810-07-20 July 20,   1810</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Colombia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia">Colombia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Spain</td>
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<tr>
<td valign="top">01810-09-16 September   16, 1810</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Mexico" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico">Mexico</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Spain</td>
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<td valign="top">01810-09-18 September   18, 1810</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Chile" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile">Chile</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Spain</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01811-05-14 May 14,   1811</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Paraguay" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguay">Paraguay</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Spain</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top">01811-07-05 July 5,   1811</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Venezuela" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela">Venezuela</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Spain</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01816-07-09 July 9,   1816</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Argentina" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina">Argentina</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Spain</td>
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<td valign="top">01821-07-28 July 28,   1821</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Peru" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru">Peru</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Spain</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01821-09-15 September   15, 1821</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Costa Rica" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Rica">Costa Rica</a></strong><br />
<strong><a title="El Salvador" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Salvador">El   Salvador</a></strong><br />
<strong><a title="Guatemala" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala">Guatemala</a></strong><br />
<strong><a title="Honduras" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honduras">Honduras</a></strong><br />
<strong><a title="Nicaragua" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Mexico</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01822-05-24 May 24,   1822</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Ecuador" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador">Ecuador</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Spain</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01822-09-07 September   7, 1822</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Brazil" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil">Brazil</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">broken ties within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and Algarve</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01825-08-06 August 6,   1825</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Bolivia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolivia">Bolivia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Spain</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top">01825-08-25 August 25,   1825</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Uruguay" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay">Uruguay</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Brazil</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01830-10-04 October 4,   1830</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Belgium" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium">Belgium</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from the Netherlands</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01839 1839</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Luxembourg" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from the Netherlands</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01844-02-27 February   27, 1844</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Dominican Republic" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic">Dominican Republic</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Haiti</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01847-07-26 July 26, 1847</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Liberia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia">Liberia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">founded by American black slaves</td>
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<td valign="top">01861-03-17 March 17,   1861</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Italy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy">Italy</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top"><a title="Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy_%281861%E2%80%931946%29">Kingdom of Italy</a> unified under King <a title="Victor Emmanuel II of Italy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_II_of_Italy">Victor Emmanuel II of Italy</a>.</td>
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<td valign="top">01867-07-01 July 1,   1867</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Canada" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada">Canada</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">the uniting of four British colonies to form a self-governing federal   dominion</td>
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<td valign="top">01868 1868</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Qatar" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar">Qatar</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Bahrain</td>
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<td valign="top">01871-01-18 January   18, 1871</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Germany" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany">Germany</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top"><a title="German Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Empire">German Empire</a> unification. Unification of West   Germany and East Germany on October 3, 1990</td>
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<td valign="top">01877-05-09 May 9,   1877</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Romania" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania">Romania</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from the Ottoman Empire. <a title="Kingdom of Romania" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Romania">Kingdom of Romania</a> formed on March 26, 1881.   Proclaimed as a republic on December 30, 1947</td>
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<td valign="top">01878-07-13 July 13,   1878</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Serbia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia">Serbia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">together with Montenegro, independence from the <a title="Ottoman Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire">Ottoman   Empire</a></td>
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<td valign="top">01878-07-13 July 13,   1878</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Montenegro" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montenegro">Montenegro</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">together with Serbia, independence from the Ottoman Empire</td>
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<td valign="top">01898-06-12 June 12,   1898</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Philippines" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines">Philippines</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">The newly-proclaimed <a title="History of the Philippines (1898–1946)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Philippines_%281898%E2%80%931946%29#Philippine_declaration_of_independence_and_establishment_of_Philippine_governments">Dictatorial Government of the   Philippines</a> declared independence from Spain during <a title="Spanish-American War" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish-American_War">Spanish-American War</a>, and the Philippines   celebrates this date as its Independence Day holiday. Subsequent to the   independence declaration, the nascent Philippine government waged the <a title="Philippine-American War" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine-American_War">Philippine-American War</a> and was   unsuccessful in establishing <a title="Philippine sovereignty" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_sovereignty">sovereignty</a>. Sovereignty over the   Philippines passed from Spain to the United States on December 10, 1898 via   the <a title="Treaty of Paris (1898)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_%281898%29">Treaty of Paris</a>, which ended the   Spanish-American War. On July 4, 1946, the United States recognized the <a title="Republic of the Philippines" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Philippines">Republic of the Philippines</a> as an   independent, sovereign state.</td>
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<td valign="top">01898-12-10 December   10, 1898</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Cuba" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba">Cuba</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Spain and on 20 May 1902, from U.S. administration</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top">01901-01-01 January 1,   1901</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Australia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia">Australia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from the UK as a federation of 6 former colonies</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01903-11-03 November   3, 1903</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Panama" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama">Panama</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Colombia</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top">01907-09-26 September   26, 1907</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="New Zealand" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand">New Zealand</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">granted Dominion status by the UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01910-05-31 May 31,   1910</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="South Africa" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa">South Africa</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">granted Dominion status by the UK</td>
</tr>
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<td valign="top">01917-12-06 December   6, 1917</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Finland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland">Finland</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Russia</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01918-02-16 February   16, 1918</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Lithuania" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania">Lithuania</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Russia</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01918-02-24 February   24, 1918</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Estonia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia">Estonia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Russia</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01918-03-25 March 25,   1918</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Belarus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus">Belarus</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Russia</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01918-05-28 May 28,   1918</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Azerbaijan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Iran &amp; Join to Russia With War</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01918-11-18 November   18, 1918</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Latvia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia">Latvia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Russia</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01919-08-19 August 19,   1919</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Afghanistan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Iran</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01923-10-29 October   29, 1923</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Turkey" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey">Turkey</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">successor state to the Ottoman</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01929-02-11 February   11, 1929</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Vatican City" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City">Vatican City</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Italy</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01932-09-23 September   23, 1932</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Saudi Arabia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">Unification of the Kingdom</td>
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<td valign="top">01932-10-03 October 3,   1932</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Iraq" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq">Iraq</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01943-11-22 November   22, 1943</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Lebanon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon">Lebanon</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from <a title="League of Nations" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations">League of Nations</a> <a title="League of Nations mandate" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations_mandate">mandate</a> under French administration</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01944-06-17 June 17,   1944</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Iceland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland">Iceland</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Denmark</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01946-04-17 April 17,   1946</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Syria" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria">Syria</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from League of Nations mandate under French administration</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01946-05-25 May 25,   1946</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Jordan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan">Jordan</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from League of Nations mandate under British administration</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01948-01-04 January 4,   1948</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Myanmar" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar">Myanmar</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK as <a title="Burma" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma">Burma</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01948-02-04 February   4, 1948</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Sri Lanka" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka">Sri   Lanka</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK as <a title="Ceylon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceylon">Ceylon</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01948-05-14 May 14,   1948</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Israel" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel">Israel</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from League of Nations mandate under British administration</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01949-12-27 December   27, 1949</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Indonesia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia">Indonesia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from the Netherlands</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01951-12-24 December   24, 1951</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Libya" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya">Libya</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK and French administration</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01953-10-22 October   22, 1953</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Laos" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laos">Laos</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01953-11-09 November   9, 1953</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Cambodia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia">Cambodia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France. Became free from Vietnamese occupation on September 26,   1989</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01956-01-01 January 1,   1956</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Sudan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan">Sudan</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Egypt and UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01956-03-20 March 20,   1956</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Tunisia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia">Tunisia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01957-03-06 March 6, 1957</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Ghana" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana">Ghana</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01958-10-02 October 2,   1958</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Guinea" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea">Guinea</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01960-01-01 January 1,   1960</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Cameroon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon">Cameroon</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from French-administered <a title="United Nations" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations">UN</a> <a title="United Nations Trusteeship" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Trusteeship">trusteeship</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01960-04-04 April 4,   1960</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Senegal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal">Senegal</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01960-04-27 April 27,   1960</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Togo" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo">Togo</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from French-administered UN trusteeship</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01960-06-26 June 26,   1960</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Madagascar" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar">Madagascar</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France. In 1817, King <a title="Radama I" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radama_I">Radama I</a> consolidates his authority over all but a small portion of the island and is   recognized as King of Madagascar by the <a title="United Kingdom" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom">United   Kingdom</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01960-06-26 June 26,   1960</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Somalia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia">Somalia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from the UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01960-06-30 June 30,   1960</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Democratic Republic of the Congo" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Belgium as <a title="Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo_%28L%C3%A9opoldville%29">Congo-Léopoldville</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01960-07-01 July 1,   1960</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Somalia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia">Somalia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from the Italian-administered UN trusteeship</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01960-08-01 August 1,   1960</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Benin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin">Benin</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France as <a title="Dahomey" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahomey">Dahomey</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01960-08-03 August 3,   1960</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Niger" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger">Niger</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01960-08-05 August 5,   1960</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Burkina Faso" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso">Burkina Faso</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France as <a title="Upper Volta" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Volta">Upper Volta</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01960-08-07 August 7,   1960</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Côte d'Ivoire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire">Côte d&#8217;Ivoire</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France as <a title="Ivory Coast" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_Coast">Ivory Coast</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01960-08-11 August 11,   1960</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Chad" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad">Chad</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01960-08-13 August 13,   1960</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Central African Republic" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Republic">Central African Republic</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01960-08-15 August 15,   1960</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Republic of the Congo" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo">Republic of the Congo</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01960-08-16 August 16,   1960</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Cyprus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus">Cyprus</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01960-08-17 August 17,   1960</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Gabon" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon">Gabon</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01960-09-22 September   22, 1960</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Mali" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali">Mali</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01960-10-01 October 1,   1960</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Nigeria" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria">Nigeria</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01960-11-28 November   28, 1960</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Mauritania" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania">Mauritania</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01961-04-27 April 27,   1961</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Sierra Leone" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone">Sierra Leone</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01961-06-19 June 19,   1961</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Kuwait" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait">Kuwait</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01962-01-01 January 1,   1962</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Samoa" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa">Samoa</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from New Zealand-administered UN trusteeship as <a title="Western Samoa" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Samoa">Western   Samoa</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01962-07-01 July 1,   1962</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Burundi" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burundi">Burundi</a></strong>,   <strong><a title="Rwanda" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda">Rwanda</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Belgian-administered UN trusteeship</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01962-07-05 July 5,   1962</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Algeria" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria">Algeria</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01962-08-06 August 6,   1962</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Jamaica" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica">Jamaica</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01962-08-31 August 31,   1962</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Trinidad and Tobago" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01962-10-09 October 9,   1962</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Uganda" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda">Uganda</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01963-09-16 September   16, 1963</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Malaysia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia">Malaysia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">Federation of Malaysia formed from Sarawak, North Borneo (now   officially named Sabah), Malaya and Singapore</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01963-12-12 December   12, 1963</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Kenya" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya">Kenya</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01964-04-26 April 26,   1964</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Tanzania" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania">Tanzania</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK-administered UN trusteeship</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01964-07-06 July 6,   1964</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Malawi" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malawi">Malawi</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01964-09-21 September   21, 1964</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Malta" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta">Malta</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01964-10-24 October   24, 1964</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Zambia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambia">Zambia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01965-02-18 February   18, 1965</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="The Gambia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambia">The Gambia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01965-07-26 July 26,   1965</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Maldives" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives">Maldives</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01965-08-09 August 9,   1965</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Singapore" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore">Singapore</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Malaysian Federation</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01966-05-26 May 26,   1966</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Guyana" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana">Guyana</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01966-09-30 September   30, 1966</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Botswana" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana">Botswana</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01966-10-04 October 4,   1966</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Lesotho" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesotho">Lesotho</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01966-11-30 November   30, 1966</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Barbados" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados">Barbados</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01968-01-31 January   31, 1968</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Nauru" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru">Nauru</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from the Australia-, NZ-, and UK-administered UN trusteeship</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01968-03-12 March 12,   1968</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Mauritius" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius">Mauritius</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01968-09-06 September   6, 1968</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Swaziland" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaziland">Swaziland</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01968-10-12 October   12, 1968</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Equatorial Guinea" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Spain</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01970-06-04 June 4,   1970</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Tonga" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonga">Tonga</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01970-10-10 October   10, 1970</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Fiji" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji">Fiji</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01971-08-15 August 15,   1971</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Bahrain" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain">Bahrain</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Iran</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01971-09-03 September   3, 1971</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Qatar" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar">Qatar</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01971-12-02 December   2, 1971</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="United Arab Emirates" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01973-07-10 July 10,   1973</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="The Bahamas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas">The Bahamas</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01973-09-24 September   24, 1973</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Guinea-Bissau" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">declared independence from Portugal</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01974-02-07 February   7, 1974</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Grenada" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenada">Grenada</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01975-06-25 June 25,   1975</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Mozambique" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozambique">Mozambique</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Portugal</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01975-07-05 July 5,   1975</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Cape Verde" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Verde">Cape Verde</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Portugal</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01975-07-06 July 6,   1975</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Comoros" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comoros">Comoros</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01975-07-12 July 12,   1975</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="São Tomé and Príncipe" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Portugal</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01975-09-16 September   16, 1975</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Papua New Guinea" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Australian-administered UN trusteeship</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01975-11-11 November   11, 1975</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Angola" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola">Angola</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Portugal</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01975-11-25 November   25, 1975</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Suriname" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suriname">Suriname</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Netherlands</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01976-06-29 June 29,   1976</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Seychelles" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychelles">Seychelles</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01977-06-27 June 27,   1977</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Djibouti" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibouti">Djibouti</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01978-07-07 July 7,   1978</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Solomon Islands" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands">Solomon Islands</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01978-10-01 October 1,   1978</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Tuvalu" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01978-11-03 November   3, 1978</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Dominica" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominica">Dominica</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01979-02-22 February   22, 1979</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Saint Lucia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Lucia">Saint Lucia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01979-02-12 February   12, 1979</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Kiribati" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiribati">Kiribati</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01979-10-27 October   27, 1979</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01980-04-18 April 18,   1980</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Zimbabwe" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01980-07-30 July 30,   1980</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Vanuatu" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from France and UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01981-09-21 September   21, 1981</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Belize" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belize">Belize</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01981-11-01 November   1, 1981</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Antigua and Barbuda" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigua_and_Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01983-09-19 September   19, 1983</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Saint Kitts and Nevis" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01983-11-15 November   15, 1983</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="North Cyprus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Cyprus">North Cyprus</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from <a title="Cyprus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus">Cyprus</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01984-01-01 January 1,   1984</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Brunei" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunei">Brunei</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from UK</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01986-10-21 October   21, 1986</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Marshall Islands" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Islands">Marshall Islands</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from US-administered UN trusteeship as <a title="Compact of Free Association" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_of_Free_Association">Compact of Free Association</a> takes   effect</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01986-11-03 November   3, 1986</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Federated States of Micronesia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federated_States_of_Micronesia">Federated States of Micronesia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from US-administered UN Trusteeship as Compact of Free Association   takes effect</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01990-03-11 March 11,   1990</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Lithuania" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania">Lithuania</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from USSR</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01990-03-21 March 21,   1990</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Namibia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia">Namibia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from South Africa</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01990-05-22 May 22,   1990</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Yemen" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen">Yemen</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">unification of <a title="North Yemen" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Yemen">North Yemen</a> (independence from the Ottoman Empire on   November 1, 1918) and <a title="South Yemen" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Yemen">South Yemen</a> (independence from UK on November 30,   1967)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01991-04-09 April 9,   1991</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Georgia (country)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28country%29">Georgia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from USSR</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01991-06-25 June 25,   1991</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Croatia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia">Croatia</a></strong>,   <strong><a title="Slovenia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovenia">Slovenia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Yugoslavia</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01991-08-20 August 20,   1991</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Estonia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia">Estonia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from USSR</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01991-08-21 August 21,   1991</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Latvia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvia">Latvia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from USSR</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01991-08-24 August 24,   1991</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Russia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia">Russia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">successor state of USSR</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01991-08-24 August 24,   1991</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Ukraine" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine">Ukraine</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from USSR</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01991-08-25 August 25,   1991</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Belarus" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus">Belarus</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from USSR</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01991-08-27 August 27,   1991</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Moldova" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova">Moldova</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from USSR</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01991-08-30 August 30,   1991</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Azerbaijan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from USSR</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01991-08-31 August 31,   1991</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Kyrgyzstan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from USSR</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01991-09-01 September   1, 1991</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Uzbekistan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from USSR</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01991-09-08 September   8, 1991</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Republic of Macedonia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Macedonia">Republic of Macedonia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Yugoslavia</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01991-09-09 September   9, 1991</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Tajikistan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from USSR</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01991-09-21 September   21, 1991</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Armenia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia">Armenia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from USSR</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01991-10-27 October   27, 1991</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Turkmenistan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from USSR</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01991-12-16 December   16, 1991</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Kazakhstan" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from USSR</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01992-03-01 March 1,   1992</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Bosnia and Herzegovina" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Yugoslavia</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01993-01-01 January 1,   1993</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Czech Republic" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Republic">Czech Republic</a></strong><br />
<strong><a title="Slovakia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovakia">Slovakia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top"><a title="Czechoslovakia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a> dissolved</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01993-05-24 May 24,   1993</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Eritrea" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrea">Eritrea</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Ethiopia</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">01994-10-01 October 1,   1994</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Palau" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau">Palau</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from US-administered UN Trusteeship as <a title="Compact of Free Association" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_of_Free_Association">Compact of Free Association</a> takes   effect</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">02002-05-20 May 20,   2002</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="East Timor" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor">East Timor</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from Portugal (recognition, East Timor was invaded by Indonesia from   1975 to 1999, officially it never ceased to be considered as administrated by   Portugal)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">02006-06-03 June 3, 2006</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Montenegro" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montenegro">Montenegro</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">from <a title="Serbia and Montenegro" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro">Serbia and Montenegro</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">02006-06-05 June 5,   2006</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Serbia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia">Serbia</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top">successor state of Serbia and Montenegro</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">02008-02-18 February   18, 2008</td>
<td valign="top"><strong><a title="Kosovo" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo">Kosovo</a></strong></td>
<td valign="top"><a title="2008 Kosovo declaration of independence" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Kosovo_declaration_of_independence">declares independence</a> from <a title="Serbia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia">Serbia</a></td>
</tr>
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		<title>where is her grave?</title>
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The Muslims have been deeply pained.
Their beloved prophet has passed away.
And especially for his kith and kin,
it is one of their live&#8217;s saddest day.
A lady who happens to be his  daughter,
Above all, is the most afflicted one.
She was the nearest to her father.
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<p>The Muslims have been deeply pained.</p>
<p>Their beloved prophet has passed away.</p>
<p>And especially for his kith and kin,</p>
<p>it is one of their live&#8217;s saddest day.</p>
<p>A lady who happens to be his  daughter,</p>
<p>Above all, is the most afflicted one.</p>
<p>She was the nearest to her father.</p>
<p>Alas!  Her troubles have just begun.</p>
<p>What in the Prophet&#8221;s eyes was her status?</p>
<p>Unfortunately the people shall forget.</p>
<p>She should be respected by all of us.</p>
<p>But a harsh treatment, she&#8221;ll be met.</p>
<p>Everyone had heard her father say,</p>
<p>&#8220;My daughter is a part of me&#8221;.</p>
<p>For  her safety he would often pray;</p>
<p>Not wanting her  to bear any agony.</p>
<p>But his  words fell on deaf ears</p>
<p>As his followers were lead  astray.</p>
<p>And were realized those worst fears,</p>
<p>Because his tidings were disobeyed.</p>
<p>Each forthcoming day brings her  sorrow</p>
<p>And only a few more months she&#8221;ll live.</p>
<p>Each night she worries about her woes.</p>
<p>Her tormentors, she may not forgive.</p>
<p>In her last days, she is seen  weeping.</p>
<p>Awake all night, she seldom sleeps.</p>
<p>Of her troubles, she keeps thinking.</p>
<p>The wounds in her heart are so deep.</p>
<p>The thoughts of her father alone</p>
<p>Cause tears from her eyes to flow</p>
<p>And  what will happen to her children?</p>
<p>What fate do  they have in stow?</p>
<p>&#8220;Be kind  to them and take care&#8221;,</p>
<p>She wills about her poor  children,</p>
<p>Because she&#8221;ll be no longer near</p>
<p>And they&#8221;ll soon be orphans.</p>
<p>As she spends the time crying,</p>
<p>Her  neighbors come and complain.</p>
<p>But look! She is  already dying.</p>
<p>Their complaint will be in vain.</p>
<p>And that dark moment finally  comes,</p>
<p>For her heavenly abode, she departs.</p>
<p>Holding back their tears, her children,</p>
<p>See baba leaving with a heavy heart.</p>
<p>Hands trembling and with great  anguish,</p>
<p>He takes away her coffin during the  night.</p>
<p>And he makes sure to fulfill her last wish.</p>
<p>She will rest, out of everyone’s&#8221; sight.</p>
<p>Has gone from this world forever,</p>
<p>The mother of children so brave!</p>
<p>But  why was she buried in a manner</p>
<p>That no one knows  where is her grave?</p>
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		<title>Imperial History of the middle east</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Islamic Revolution of Iran will not budge to enemy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting with thousands of people from northern Mazandaran province Tuesday said there are many lessons in historical events that the nation could take in its future path, adding that different plots of enemy were futile during the past due to the faith and vigilance of people.</p>
<p>Ayatollah Khamenei said some nations failed in their national aspirations because they were unprepared for facing with the challenges ahead and therefore their history could teach us to be ready for the threats ahead.</p>
<p>Ayatollah Khamenei then noted that in the past thirty years, the opponents of the Islamic System have made two major mistakes; they considered themselves superior to people and have relied on the enemies of the Iranian nation.</p>
<p>Ayatollah Khamenei elaborated that the superior mood had caused the opponents to brand any legal action or choice of people as populist. The IR Leader added that the opponents of the System were seriously wrong in their reliance on enemies.</p>
<p>The IR Leader said that the US plots in the past thirty years were evidently futile, adding that a clear proof to the argument was that the Islamic Republic of Iran was many times more powerful than the early revolutionary period and keeps its path more robustly.</p>
<p>Ayatollah Khamenei expressed wonder that the enemies fail to take lesson from their past records and continue to push their plots against the Iranian nation.</p>
<p>&#8220;American authorities say they have approved a 45 million dollar budget to defeat the Islamic Republic through the Internet. This is the height of frustration of enemy because they have already spent many 45 million dollar sums in their fight against the Islamic System through diplomacy, sanctions, dispatching of spies, recruitment of henchmen and other methods, all futile,&#8221; the IR Leader said.</p>
<p>The Leader of Islamic Revolution referred to enemies&#8217; inability to comprehend the reality of 1979 Revolution and power of the masses as the will of God and said the enemies of Iranian nation had long planned to incite riots in Tehran, but their efforts only made people become more determined in defending the Islamic Republic.</p>
<p>Ayatollah Khamenei asserted that recent events caused people to feel more obliged to defend the Islamic Republic.</p>
<p>The Leader of Islamic Revolution said some of the enemy plots were designed to make the Islamic Republic to budge, adding however that the Islamic administration will not budge to enemy and the late Imam Khomeini did too.</p>
<p>Ayatollah Khamenei said the nation has stood firm in demanding their rights and added that Iranians want to be a free, independent, and developing nation.</p>
<p>Ayatollah Khamenei said according to Islamic teachings, if the followers of truth are sincere they would overcome any obstacles and what the people have learned since the revolution has proven this.</p>
<p>Active participation in the scene was what the Leader of Islamic Revolution noted as the crucial duty of the people and officials especially the younger generation and those influential in the society.</p>
<p>The Leader of Islamic revolution added that everyone ought to feel responsible in defending the Islamic Republic of Iran and the December 30 rallies were the manifestation of this sense of responsibility. He added that people will show their liveliness in the forthcoming February 11 rallies.</p>
<p>&#8220;The heads of three powers in the country should think of serving the nation with prudence as their solemn duty and should not let anything deter them in their task,&#8221; The Leader of Islamic Revolution said and added that the country&#8217;s forward movement shouldn&#8217;t be obstructed.</p>
<p>Ayatollah Khamenei also spoke of numerous evidences that show the hand of God is behind the nation. He expressed hope that with the help of God and Imam Mahdi&#8217;s praying the nation will achieve its lofty goals.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[8 Aban(Eighth Month) 1388 (persian Date)  Is equal the Birthday eighth Imam of Shiites ,  Imam Ali bin Mousa al-Reza (As)
8 Aban 1388 = 30 Oct 2009
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<p><strong>8</strong> Aban(Eighth Month) 13<strong>88</strong> (persian Date)  Is equal the Birthday <strong>eighth</strong> Imam of Shiites ,  Imam Ali bin Mousa al-Reza (As)</p>
<p>8 Aban 1388 = 30 Oct 2009</p>
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