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)

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