word | | Independence |
May
 map | Cuba | 20 May 1902 (from Spain 10 December 1898; administered by the US from 1898 to 1902); not acknowledged by the Cuban Government as a day of independence |
May
map | Ecuador | 24 May 1822 (from Spain) |
May
map | Eritrea | 24 May 1993 (from Ethiopia) |
May
map | Germany | ... USSR, and later, France) in 1945 following World War II; Federal Republic of Germany (FRG or West Germany) proclaimed 23 May 1949 and included the former UK, US, and French zones; German ... |
May
map | Guyana | 26 May 1966 (from UK) |
May
map | Israel | 14 May 1948 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration) |
May
map | Jordan | 25 May 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration) |
May
map | Paraguay | 14 May 1811 (from Spain) |
May
map | Romania | 9 May 1877 (independence proclaimed from the Ottoman Empire; independence recognized 13 July 1878 by the Treaty of Berlin); 26 March 1881 (kingdom proclaimed); 30 December 1947 (republic proclaimed) |
May
map | South Africa | 31 May 1910 (Union of South Africa formed from four British colonies: Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange Free State); 31 May 1961 (republic declared) 27 April 1994 (majority rule) |
May
map | Timor-Leste | 28 November 1975 (independence proclaimed from Portugal); note - 20 May 2002 is the official date of international recognition of Timor-Leste's independence from Indonesia |
May
map | Yemen | 22 May 1990 (Republic of Yemen was established with the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and the Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen ... |
| merger | Somalia | 1 July 1960 (from a merger of British Somaliland, which became independent from the UK on 26 June 1960, and Italian Somaliland, which became independent from the Italian-administered UN trusteeship on ... |
| merger | Yemen | 22 May 1990 (Republic of Yemen was established with the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic [Yemen (Sanaa) or North Yemen] and the Marxist-dominated People's Democratic Republic of Yemen [Yemen ... |
| monarchy | Denmark | first organized as a unified state in 10th century; in 1849 became a constitutional monarchy |
| Montenegro | Montenegro | 3 June 2006 (from Serbia and Montenegro) |
| Montenegro | Serbia | 5 June 2006 (from Serbia and Montenegro) |
| move | Cook Islands | none (became self-governing in free association with New Zealand on 4 August 1965 and has the right at any time to move to full independence by unilateral action) |
| Muslim | 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 ... |
| name | United Kingdom | ... as Great Britain; the legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland was implemented in 1801, with the adoption of the name the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; the Anglo-Irish ... |
| Narayan | Nepal | 1768 (unified by Prithvi Narayan Shah) |
| Natal | South Africa | 31 May 1910 (Union of South Africa formed from four British colonies: Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange Free State); 31 May 1961 (republic declared) 27 April 1994 (majority rule) |
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