Thursday, April 25, 2013

Imperialism in Asia

List of European colonial colonies in Asia

Portuguese Ceylon (1505–1658)
Dutch Ceylon (1656–1796)
British Ceylon (1815–1948)
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)
Portuguese Malacca (1511–1641)
Dutch Malacca (1641–1824)
British Malaya, included:
Federation of Malaya (under British rule, 1948–1963)
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)
Spanish Formosa (1626–1642)
Dutch Formosa (1624–1662