Colonial Empire - List of Colonial Empires

List of Colonial Empires

  1. Portuguese Empire (1415 to 1999 - or present counting the Azores and Madeira island possessions)
    • Evolution of the Portuguese Empire
    • Portuguese colonization of the Americas
  2. Spanish Empire (1492 to 1975)
    • Spanish colonization of the Americas
  3. Russian empire (1580 to 1917)
    • Russian conquest of Siberia
    • Russian colonization of the Americas
  4. Dutch Empire (1602 to 1975)
    • Dutch colonization of the Americas
  5. French Empire (1605 to present)
    • The French colonial empire
    • The First French Empire of Napoleon I (1804–1814 or 1815)
    • The Second French Empire of Napoleon III (1852–1870)
    • The First and Second French Colonial Empire (1605–1962)
    • French colonization of the Americas
    • List of Colony and possessions of France
  6. British Empire (1607 to present)
    1. Territories and mandates under Australian administration (1901 to 1975)
    2. Territories and mandates under New Zealand administration (1907 to present)
    3. Mandates under South African administration (1915 to 1990)
    • English colonial empire (1583 to 1707)
    • Evolution of the British Empire
    • British colonization of the Americas
    • Scottish colonization of the Americas
  7. Danish colonial empire (1620 to 1953)
    • Danish colonization of the Americas
  8. Couronian colonization (Courland, a vassal of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; 1637 to 1690)
    • Couronian colonization of the Americas
  9. Swedish colonial empire (1638 to 1663 and 1785 to 1878)
    • Swedish colonization of the Americas
  10. German colonial initiatives (1683 to 1721, 1883 to 1919)
    • Colonies of Brandenburg-Prussia (1683–1721)
    • German colonial empire (1883 to 1919)
    • German colonization of the Americas
  11. Habsburg Monarchy colonies (1719–1750, 1778–1783, 1901–1917)
  12. Belgian colonial empire (1885 to 1962)
    • Congo Free State (1885 to 1908)
  13. Italian Colonial Empire (1885 to 1943)
    • Italian colonization of the Americas
  14. List of possessions of Norway
    • Norway Antarctic and sub-Antarctic possessions (1927 to 1957)
    • Norse colonization of the Americas

  • Portuguese Empire

  • Spanish Empire

  • Russian Empire

  • Dutch Empire

  • French Empire

  • British Empire

  • Danish Empire

  • Swedish Empire

  • German Empire

  • Belgian Empire

  • Italian Empire

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