word | | Independence |
| government | Niue | 19 October 1974 (Niue became a self-governing parliamentary government in free association with New Zealand) |
| Granada | Spain | ... small Christian redoubts of the north began the reconquest almost immediately, culminating in the seizure of Granada in 1492; this event completed the unification of several kingdoms and is traditionally considered the ... |
| Great | United Kingdom | 12 April 1927 (Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act establishes current name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland); notable earlier dates: 927 (minor English kingdoms united); 3 March 1284 ... |
| Great | United States | 4 July 1776 (declared); 3 September 1783 (recognized by Great Britain) |
| Greenland | Greenland | none (extensive self-rule as part of the Kingdom of Denmark; foreign affairs is the responsibility of Denmark, but Greenland actively participates in international agreements relating to Greenland) |
| Grimaldi | Monaco | 1419 (beginning of permanent rule by the House of Grimaldi) |
| Gustav | Sweden | 6 June 1523 (Gustav VASA elected king) |
| Haiti | Dominican Republic | 27 February 1844 (from Haiti) |
| HARALD | Denmark | ca. 965 (unified and Christianized under HARALD I Gormson); 5 June 1849 (became a constitutional monarchy) |
| held | New Caledonia | none (overseas territory of France); note - a referendum on independence was held in 1998 but did not pass; a new referendum is scheduled to take place between 2014 and 2019 |
| hereditary | Bhutan | 1907 (became a unified kingdom under its first hereditary king) |
| Hetmanate | Ukraine | 24 August 1991 (from the Soviet Union); notable earlier dates: ca. A.D. 982 (VOLODYMYR I consolidates Kyivan Rus), 1648 (establishment of Cossack Hetmanate) |
| Holy | Germany | ... Germany unified on 3 October 1990; all four powers formally relinquished rights on 15 March 1991; notable earlier dates: 10 August 843 (Eastern Francia established from the division of the Carolingian Empire |
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