word | | Independence |
| count | Andorra | 1278 (formed under the joint suzerainty of the French count of Foix and the Spanish bishop of Urgel) |
| counties | United Kingdom | ... the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 formalized a partition of Ireland; six northern Irish counties remained part of the United Kingdom as Northern Ireland ... |
| Countries | Netherlands | 23 January 1579 (the northern provinces of the Low Countries conclude the Union of Utrecht breaking with Spain; on 26 July 1581 they formally declared their independence with an Act of Abjuration ... |
| creation | Bangladesh | 16 December 1971 (from West Pakistan); note - 26 March 1971 is the date of independence from West Pakistan, 16 December 1971 is known as Victory Day and commemorates the official creation of the state of Bangladesh |
| crown | Guernsey | none (British crown dependency) |
| Crown | Iceland | 1 December 1918 (became a sovereign state under the Danish Crown); 17 June 1944 (from Denmark) |
| crown | Isle of Man | none (British crown dependency) |
| crown | Jersey | none (British crown dependency) |
| crowning | Hungary | 25 December 1000 (crowning of King STEPHEN I, traditional founding date) |
| Cuban | 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 |
| culminating | Spain | ... nearly seven centuries; the 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 ... |
| current | United Kingdom | ... of 1921 formalized a partition of Ireland; six northern Irish counties remained part of the United Kingdom as Northern Ireland and the current name of the country, the United Kingdom of Great ... |
| Cypriots | Cyprus | 16 August 1960 (from UK); note - Turkish Cypriots proclaimed self-rule on 13 February 1975 and independence in 1983, but these proclamations are only recognized by Turkey |
| Czech | Czech Republic | 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia) |
| Czech | Slovakia | 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia) |
| Czechoslovakia | Czech Republic | 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia) |
| Czechoslovakia | Slovakia | 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia) |
| Danish | Iceland | 1 December 1918 (became a sovereign state under the Danish Crown); 17 June 1944 (from Denmark) |
| date | Bangladesh | 16 December 1971 (from West Pakistan); note - 26 March 1971 is the date of independence from West Pakistan, 16 December 1971 is known as Victory Day and commemorates the official creation of the state of Bangladesh |
| date | Hungary | 25 December 1000 (crowning of King STEPHEN I, traditional founding date) |
| date | Thailand | 1238 (traditional founding date; never colonized) |
| date | 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 |
| Day | Bangladesh | 16 December 1971 (from West Pakistan); note - 26 March 1971 is the date of independence from West Pakistan, 16 December 1971 is known as Victory Day and commemorates the official creation of the state of Bangladesh |
| day | 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 |
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