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In 1511, Malacca fell into the hands of the Portuguese and that was the beginning of the colonial era in Malaya. After that, Malaya fell into the hands of the Dutch in 1641 and the British in 1824 through the Anglo–Dutch Treaty. British colonization was the longest compared to others. -
Europeans such as the Portuguese arrived in Indonesia in the 16th century seeking to monopolize the sources of valuable nutmeg, cloves, and cubeb pepper in Maluku. In 1602, the Dutch established the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC) and became the dominant European power by 1610. -
The history of Australia from 1788 to 1850 covers the early British colonial period of Australia's history. -
The Austrian Empire (German: Kaiserthum Oesterreich, modern spelling Kaisertum Österreich, pronounced [ˌkaɪzɐtuːm ˈøːstəʁaɪç]), officially known as the Empire of Austria, was a multinational European great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the realms of the Habsburgs. -
The Mexican Empire, 1821–23
The first Mexican Empire spanned only a short transitional period during which Mexico became an independent republic. -
New Zealand as a nation state was born imperial with the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi. The Treaty established a partnership between Māori, the indigenous people, and the British Crown. The Treaty underpins all aspects of modern New Zealand. -
Imperialism in China is considered to have occurred primarily in the 19th century, but outside interest in China began centuries earlier. The major European nations of the time (Britain, France, Portugal, and Germany) played a significant role in imperialism in China
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The period 1700 to 1900 saw the beginnings, and the development, of the British Empire in India. Empire was not planned, at least not in the early stages. In a sense, it just happened. The first British in India came for trade, not territory; they were businessmen, not conquerors. -
The French colonization of Vietnam began in earnest in the 1880s and lasted six decades. The French justified their imperialism with a 'civilizing mission', a pledge to develop backward nations. 2. In reality, French colonialism was chiefly driven by economic interests. -
British rule over Egypt continued throughout the remainder of the 19th century and well into the 20th century. For instance, Britain took even more control over Egypt in 1914, with the outbreak of World War I. In the end, Britain did not formally leave Egypt until June of 1956. -
On February 5, 1885, Belgian King Leopold II established the Congo Free State by brutally seizing the African landmass as his personal possession. Rather than control the Congo as a colony, as other European powers did throughout Africa, Leopold privately owned the region. -
The United States' occupation of Cuba from 1898 until 1902 secured the island as a neo-colonial possession through political coercion, cultural domination, and financial investment. -
Spanish colonial control of the Philippines continued until 1898, when the United States took possession of the islands as a territory after winning the Spanish-American War. -
Between 1899 and 1956 the United Kingdom ruled Sudan through the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium. During this period of colonial rule, British administrators divided the country into two distinct regions, North and South Sudan. -
Kenya was colonized by Great Britain between 1901 and 1960. British settlers, who came to Kenya because of its resources and comfortable climate, forced indigenous farmers and herders onto infertile land or made them work on European-owned farms and plantations.