word | | Independence |
| became | Somalia | 1 July 1960 (from a merger of British Somaliland that became independent from the UK on 26 June 1960 and Italian Somaliland that became independent from the Italian-administered UN trusteeship on ... |
| became | Tanzania | 26 April 1964; Tanganyika became independent on 9 December 1961 (from UK-administered UN trusteeship); Zanzibar became independent on 19 December 1963 (from UK); Tanganyika united with Zanzibar on 26 April 1964 ... |
| became | Yemen | ... and the Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen (Aden) or South Yemen]); note - previously North Yemen became independent in November 1918 (from the Ottoman Empire) and became a republic ... |
| began | Egypt | 28 February 1922 (from UK protectorate status; the revolution that began on 23 July 1952 led to a republic being declared on 18 June 1953 and all British troops withdrawn on 18 ... |
| began | Spain | ... the Iberian peninsula was characterized by a variety of independent kingdoms prior to the Muslim occupation that began in the early 8th century A.D. and lasted nearly seven centuries; the small Christian ... |
| beginning | Monaco | 1419 (beginning of permanent rule by the House of Grimaldi) |
| Belgian | Burundi | 1 July 1962 (from UN trusteeship under Belgian administration) |
| Belgium | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 30 June 1960 (from Belgium) |
| Belgium-administered | Rwanda | 1 July 1962 (from Belgium-administered UN trusteeship) |
| Berlin | Romania | 9 May 1877 (independence proclaimed from the Ottoman Empire; independence recognized on 13 July 1878 by the Treaty of Berlin); 26 March 1881 (kingdom proclaimed); 30 December 1947 (republic proclaimed) |
| Bishop | Andorra | 1278 (formed under the joint sovereignty of the French Count of Foix and the Spanish Bishop of Seu d'Urgel) |
Brazil
 map | Uruguay | 25 August 1825 (from Brazil) |
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