Fiji became independent in 1970, after nearly a century as a British

The French annexed various Polynesian island groups during the 19th c

In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by

Equatorial Guinea gained independence in 1968 after 190 years of Span

Although discovered by the Dutch and the British in the 17th and 18th

Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 1

Although first sighted by an English navigator in 1592, the first lan

The Sultanate of Brunei's influence peaked between the 15th and 17th

Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centur

The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Paki