Events
July 4, 1776
United States: American
Independence DaySept 3, 1783
United States: 1783 Treaty
of Paris SignedDec 4, 1803
Haiti: French General
Rochambeau
surrenders to the
Haitian forces.Dec 31, 1803
Haiti: Jean-Jacques Dessalines
and his generals
formally sign the
declaration of independence.Jan 1, 1804
Haiti: Dessalines officially
proclaims Haiti’s
independence in
Gonaïves.Apr 24, 1916
Ireland: Irish Proclamation
of IndependenceJan 21, 1919
Ireland: Irish Declaration
of IndependenceDec 6, 1921
Ireland: Anglo-Irish Treaty
signed ending
the Irish War
of IndependenceAug 14-15, 1947
India: Midnight Partition
of India and Pakistan
and subsequent end
to British colonial rule.March 6, 1957
Ghana: Gold Coast, Ashanti,
the Northern Territories,
and British Togoland
are consolidated as one
and declare independence
from Britain. Renamed Ghana.July 1, 1960
Ghana: Kwame Nkrumah
named President and Ghana
declares itself a republic.
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