Venice also declared its independence from Austria.

Following independence, Ukraine declared itself a neutral state.

Tajikistan declared its independence on 9 September 1991.

On 17 February 2008, Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia.

Mongolia declared its independence in 1911, under the Bogd Khan.

It ended when Israel declared independence and annulled the White Paper.

The province of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008.

The province of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008.

On 6 December 1917, shortly after the October Revolution in Russia, Finland declared its independence.

Declaration of independence After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Georgia declared independence on 26 May 1918, in the midst of the Russian Civil War.

In late 1975, East Timor declared its independence but later that year was invaded and occupied by Indonesia and was declared Indonesia's 27th province the following year.

On March 12, 1939, the Slovak State declared its independence as a satellite state under Jozef Tiso.

After the failure of the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, Moldova declared its independence on 27 August 1991, Romania being the first state to recognize its independence.

Even the tiny country of Montenegro has had a hopeful few years since it declared independence in 2006.

In 1972 University of Haifa declared its independence and became the sixth academic institution in Israel and the fourth university.

Independence, Kingdom of Libya and Libya under Gaddafi On 24 December 1951, Libya declared its independence as the United Kingdom of Libya, a constitutional and hereditary monarchy under King Idris, Libya's only monarch.

Modern Greek state (1821 ) In the early months of 1821, the Greeks declared their independence but did not achieve it until 1829.

It was adopted as the national flag on 17 August 1945, when independence was declared and has been in use since then.

At the time of the declaration of independence, monarchists were a minority in the Finnish Parliament, and Finland was declared a republic.

The area came under Dutch control in 1677, and became part of Indonesia when it declared independence from the Netherlands in 1945.

History The office of Prime Minister was established in 1912, shortly after (Outer) Mongolia first declared independence from the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

A standing army was formed by the United Colonies, and independence was declared by the Second Continental Congress on 4 July 1776.

Struggle for Independence During the struggle for independence, before Peru or Ecuador became independent nations, a few areas of the former Vice Royalty of New Granada Guayaquil, Tumbez, and Jaén declared themselves independent from Spain.

The area now known as the Netherlands was once part of the Spanish Empire but in 1581, the northern Dutch provinces declared independence.

Rather than acknowledge the authority of the Power Law of a few months earlier, the right wing government declared independence on 6 December 1917.

His son, Dom Pedro, was left in charge of Brazil and in 1822 he declared independence from Portugal and himself the Emperor of Brazil.

It made a wretched start at independence when the industrial region of Transdnistria populated by Russian and Ukrainian speakers who feared that the majority of Moldovans, who are of Romanian descent, planned closer ties with Romania declared independence.

With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Chechens declared independence in November 1991, under the leadership of a former Air Forces officer, General Dzhokar Dudayev.

The newly created republic of Ingushetia then joined the Russian Federation, while Chechnya declared full independence from Moscow in 1993 as the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (ChRI).

The Republic of Latvia declared the end of the transitional period and restored full independence on 21 August 1991, in the aftermath of the failed Soviet coup attempt.

General Chiang Kai shek declared in 1946 that the Tibetans were Chinese, and he certainly would not have granted them independence if his Nationalists had won the civil war.

After gaining its independence in 1991, the Republic of Armenia declared itself the successor of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Armenia, thus assuming the legal obligations of the former.

The Socialist Republic was dissolved in 1990 when it abandoned communist institutions and adopted market ones, as the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina which declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1992.

One year ago, on February 17, 2008, Kosovo declared its independence, and has so far been recognized by more than 50 countries representing close to 60 of the world s economic power.

If the Palestinians declared independence unilaterally, and if, as is expected, some sort of recognition by at least some states followed, the contours of the Israeli Palestinian conflict would change dramatically.

On 1 July 1823, the congress of Central America declared absolute independence from Spain, Mexico, and any other foreign nation, including North America and a Republican system of government was established.

When the Portuguese Government attempted the following year to return the Kingdom of Brazil to subordinate status, his son Pedro, with the overwhelming support of the Brazilian elites, declared Brazil's independence from Portugal.

When he suspended the 1824 Constitution, civil war spread across the country, and three new governments declared independence the Republic of Texas, the Republic of the Rio Grande and the Republic of Yucatán.

The first major battle of the American Revolutionary War after independence was declared and the largest battle of the entire war was fought in New York at the Battle of Long Island (a.k.a.

In response to the annexation, the Thirty Three Orientals, led by Juan Antonio Lavalleja, declared independence on 25 August 1825 supported by the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (present day Argentina).

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Soon, Charles Albert, the King of Sardinia (who ruled Piedmont and Savoy), urged by the Venetians and Milanese to aid their cause, decided this was the moment to unify Italy and declared war on Austria (First Italian Independence War).