Imperialism in Asia - List of European Colonial Invasions in Asia

List of European Colonial Invasions in Asia

• British Burma (1824–1948, merged with India by the British from 1886 to 1937)
• Ceylon (now Sri Lanka):

Portuguese Ceylon (1505–1658)

Dutch Ceylon (1656–1796)

British Ceylon (1815–1948)

• Portuguese Timor (1702–1975, now East Timor)
• British Hong Kong (1842–1997)
• Colonial India (includes the territory of present day India, Pakistan and Bangladesh):

Portuguese India (1510–1961)

French India (1769–1954)

Dutch India (1605–1825)

Danish India (1696–1869)

British India (1613–1947)

British East India Company (1757–1858)

British Raj (1858–1947)

• French Indochina (1887–1953), including:

• French Laos
• French Cambodia
• Annam (now Vietnam)

• Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) – Dutch colony from 1602–1949 (included Netherlands New Guinea until 1962)
• Macau – Portuguese colony, the first European colony in China (1557–1999), longest European occupation in Asia, 442 years.
• Malaya (now part of Malaysia):

Portuguese Malacca (1511–1641)

Dutch Malacca (1641–1824)

British Malaya, included:

• Straits Settlements (1826–1946)
• Federated Malay States (1895–1946)
• Unfederated Malay States

Federation of Malaya (under British rule, 1948–1963)

• British Borneo (now part of Malaysia), including:

• Labuan (1846–1963)
• British North Borneo (1882–1963)
• Colony of Sarawak (1946–1963)

• Outer Manchuria – ceded to Russian Empire through Treaty of Aigun (1858) and Treaty of Peking (1860)
• Philippines:

Spanish Philippines (1565–1898, 2nd longest European occupation in Asia, 333 years),

Commonwealth of the Philippines, United States colony (1898–1946, excluding the Japanese occupation during World War II)

• Singapore – British colony (1819–1959)
• Taiwan:

Spanish Formosa (1626–1642)

Dutch Formosa (1624–1662)