absorbs all Portuguese colonies in S. America1776:Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata appears1776: Riseof the Imamate of Futa Toro in the Senegal River valley; Denanke Kingdom fallsto the Imamate1776: TheUnited States gains independence from Great Britain1777:Austra expands against Moldavia1778:Treaty of El Pardo1779:Crimean is Russian vassal1781:Nagapatam to EIC1782:Minorca to Spain1783:United States independence recognised1783:Crimean Khanate to Russia1789: EICsettles Andaman islands1793:Second Partition of Poland1795:Travancore is EIC vassal1796: Dutchcolonies occupied1799:Mysore is EIC vassal, sounding territories annexed1799: SikhConfederacy supplanted by Sikh Empire1801 - 19001802: Peaceof Amiens, Dutch colonies restored1802:Bahawalpur gains independence 1803: DelhiTerritory created1803: Nizamis EIC vassal1804: Haitigains its independence from France.1804: Riseof the Sokoto Caliphate in Northern Nigeria1804: FirstSerbian uprising starts.1805: Cededand Conquered Provinces created1806: EgyptGains independence from the Ottoman Empire1810:Colombia gains independence1810: Chilegains independence1811: Paraguay gains independence1811: Venezuela gains Independence1813: FirstSerbian uprising ends. 1814: Dutchcolonies in Malabar given to EIC1815: Defacto independent principality of Serbia is created1815:Nepalese border settleled (Treaty of Sugauli)1816: Oudhis EIC vassal1816:Kumaun to Ceded and Conquered Territories1816:Argentina gains Independence1817:Rajputana becomes Rajputana Agency (EIC puppet)1817:Ajmer-Merwara Province created1818:Nagpur Kingdom created1818: Riseof the Massina Empire in Mali1820:[CHECK REF. 8]1821:Sultanate of Sennar falls to Egypt 1821: Peru gains independence1821: Costa Rica gains Independence1821: El Salvador gains Independence1821:Guatemala gains Independence1821:Honduras gains Independence1821: Nicaragua gains Independence1822:Ecuador gains Independence1822:Brazil gains Independence1824:Remaining Dutch colonies given to EIC1825: Bolivia gains Independence1825: Uruguay gains Independence1825: Massina Empire conquers Timbuktu1826: FirstAnglo-Burmese War ends; Bengal expands east1826:Durrani Empire collapses1828:Greece appears as Ottoman Vassal.1829:Greece gains Independence1830:Belgium gains Independence1831:Mysore becomes a province1832: DelhiTerritory to Ceded and Conquered Provinces (Two Princely States created)1832:Greece appears independent. 1833:Bahawalpur is EIC vassal1834: Cededand Conquered Provinces becomes Agra Presidency1836: AgraPresidency becomes North-Western Provinces1838:Khairpur is EIC vassal1839:Luxembourg gains independence1839:Baluchistan and Kalat to EIC1843: Sindhis EIC province1844: TheDominican Republic gains Independence1846: SikhEmpire cedes Jullundur Doab1847:Liberia gains Independence1849:Punjab Province created1852:Second Anglo-Burmese War; Pegu annexed by EIC1853:Nagpur becomes a province1854:Central India Agency is created1854:Dejima to Japan1855:Carnatic annexed by EIC1857: SepoyRebellion1858:British Raj supplants EIC1858: Oudhjoins North-Western Provinces1858:Former Delhi Territory to Punjab1859:Imamate of Futa Toro is annexed by the French1861: Riseof the Toucouleur Empire in Mali; the Bambara Empire collapses1861: TheConfederate States of America secede from the Union1861: Italyis formed1861:Central Provinces created out of Saugor & Nerbudda and Nagpur1862:Massina Empire collapses because of invasion by the Toucouleur Empire 1863: Kalatexpands in the south1864:Tashkent to Russia1867: KaabuEmpire falls to the Imamate of Futa Jallon1867:Canada becomes a dominion1867:Samarkand to Russia1868:Denmark sells Nicobar Island to British Raj1868:Bukara to Russia1869:Remaining Danish colonies sold to British Raj1871:Germany is formed.1871: TheGermans annex Alsace-Lorraine1872: Kalatexpands in north1873: Khivato Russia1874:Sultanate of Darfur becomes an Ottoman protectorate1875: JolofKingdom falls to the Imamate of Futa Jallon1877Romania gains Independence1878:North-West Frontier Province created1878:Bulgaria gains Independence1880: Finalexpansion in the west1882: Egyptannexed by the Great Britain 1885: ThirdAnglo-Burmese War; Upper Burma annexed by British Raj1887:Maldives are British protectorate1890:Western portion of the Toucouleur Empire falls to the French1893: Fallof the Toucouleur Empire1893: BornuEmpire falls to the British1896:Ethiopia gains Independence1896:Imamate of Futa Jallon is conquered by the French1896: TheAshanti Kingdom is annexed by Britain 1897:Destruction of Benin City by the British and the end of the Benin Empire1897:Sultanate of Bagirmi becomes a French protectorate1898: ThePhilippines gain Independence.1899:Kashmir recedes in size on eastern border1901