| LEGEND |
| 1. |
Europe |
| Name |
Date |
How acquired |
| Gibraltar |
1704 |
Captured from Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession |
| Malta |
1800 |
Captured during the Napoleonic Wars |
| 2. |
Asia |
| India |
1600 - 1858 |
Gradually occupied in opposition to Portuguese Dutch and French
claims, in endless wars with the native princes and tribes |
| Penang |
1786 |
Ceded by the Rajah of Kadah |
| Ceylon |
1796 - 1815 |
Captured from the Dutch during the Napoleonic Wars |
| Malacca |
1795 (1824) |
Taken during the Napoleonic Wars after expulsion of the Dutch |
| Singapore |
1819 |
Occupied by Sir H. Raffles |
| Burma |
1824 - 1886 |
Conquered in the 3 Burmese Wars |
| Aden |
1839 |
Occupied as a hostile act against Turkey |
| Hongkong |
1841 |
Taken from China as the fruits of the Opium War |
| Perim |
1857 |
Occupied to assure the command over the Red Sea after completion
of the Suez Canal |
| Kowloon |
1860 |
Taken from China and annexed |
| Bahrein Islands |
1867 |
Taken from the native tribes |
| Nicobar Islands |
1869 |
Taken by the English after previous Danish occupation |
| Socotra |
1886 |
Declared a protectorate |
| Cocos Islands |
1886 |
Annexed |
| Baluchistan |
1877 |
Conquered in wars with the native prince, the Khan of Kalat |
| Laccadive Islands |
1877 |
Occupied |
| Cyprus |
1878 |
Occupied during the Russo-Turkish War |
| Br. North Borneo |
1888 |
Declared a protectorate |
| Sikhim |
1890 |
Taken from China and declared a protectorate |
| Mainland of Kowloon |
1898 |
In consequence of the German lease of Kiauchou England forced
China to lease this colony to her |
| Weihaiwei |
1898 |
In consequence of the German lease of Kiauchou England forced
China to lease this colony to her |
| Indian North West Frontier Province |
1901 |
Conquered by military force |
| Hinderland of Aden |
1905 |
Taken from Arab tribes |
| Federated Malay States |
1874 - 1909 |
Forced from the Siamese and native rulers as a protectorate |
| Cyprus |
1914 |
Annexed during the present war |
| Tenedos Lemnos |
1915 |
Military occupation in connection with the action against the
Dardanelles |
| 3. |
America |
| Barbados |
1605 |
Taken after previous occupation by the Portuguese |
| Bermuda Islands |
1609 |
Taken after previous occupation by the Spaniards |
| Jamaica |
1655 |
Conquered in the war against Spain |
| New Foundland |
1713 |
Captured from France in the War of the Spanish Succession |
| Dominion of Canada |
1713 - 1763 |
Captured from France in the War of the Spanish Succession and
in the Seven Years War |
| Bahama Islands |
1783 |
Taken from Spain in the Anglo-Franco-Spanish War at the Peace
of Versailles |
| Leeward Islands |
1756 - 1784 |
Taken from the French and the Spaniards in the Seven Years War
and in the Anglo-Franco-Spanish War |
| Winward Islands |
1762 - 1796 |
Taken from the French and finally ceded at the conclusion of
the Napoleonic Wars |
| Trinidad |
1797 |
Taken from the Spaniards in the Napoleonic Wars |
| Br. Honduras |
1798 |
Taken from the Spaniards in the Napoleonic Wars |
| Br. Guiana |
1803 |
Taken from the Dutch in the Napoleonic Wars |
| Falkland Islands |
1832 |
Occupied despite previous Spanish claims |
| 4. |
Africa |
| St. Helena |
1673 |
Taken from the Dutch during the Anglo-Franco-Dutch War |
| Sierra Leone |
1788 |
Declared a protectorate |
| Seychelles |
1794 |
Captured from the French in the Napoleonic Wars |
| Cape of Good Hope Province |
1806 |
Taken from the Dutch during the Napoleonic Wars |
| Mauritius |
1810 |
Taken from the French during the Napoleonic Wars |
| Ascension |
1815 |
Occupied as a naval basis |
| Tristan da Cunha |
1815 |
Occupied as a naval basis |
| Gambia |
1821 |
Annexed |
| Natal Province |
1842 |
Taken from the Boers |
| Gold Coast Colony |
1871 |
Ceded by Holland |
| Basutoland |
1871 |
Annexed after long wars against the Basutos |
| Egypt |
1882 |
Occupied and taken from Turkey during the insurrection of 1882 |
| Nigeria |
1885 |
Declared a protectorate |
| Zululand |
1887 |
Annexed after long wars against the Zulus |
| Rhodesia |
1888 - 1900 |
Acquired by a Chartered Company |
| Bechuanaland |
1895 |
Annexed after long wars against the native tribes |
| East Africa Protectorate, Br. Central Africa and Uganda |
1895 |
Declared a protectorate |
| Zanzibar Protectorate |
1896 |
Declared a protectorate after a bombardment |
| Sudan |
1896 - 1899 |
Conquered in a war against the Mahdi |
| Orange Free State Province |
1900 |
Conquered by military force in the Boers War |
| Transvaal Province |
1900 |
Conquered in the Boers War |
| Somaliland |
1901 |
Conquered in the war against the wild Mullah |
| 5. |
Australia |
| Commonwealth of Australia |
1770 - 1788 |
Occupied |
| Tasmania |
1803 |
Occupied after previous Dutch settlements |
| New Zealand |
1840 |
Occupied after wars against the native tribes |
| Fiji Islands |
1874 |
Annexed |
| Br. New Guinea |
1883 |
Annexed to prevent foreign settlements |
| Solomon Islands |
1899 |
Declared a protectorate after an agreement with Germany |
| Western Pacific Islands |
1877 - 1907 |
Annexed or declared protectorates after agreements with France
and Germany |
