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1991 Death - Alessandro Lessona, Minister of Italian Colonies 1931 - 1938, dies

1984 Event - French colonies killed 10 Kanaken in New Caledonia

1961 Event - India annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao and Diu

1961 Event - India seizes Goa and 2 other Portuguese colonies

1955 Death - Leopold C M S Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), dies at 81

1940 Event - French colonies Cameroon/Congo-Brazzaville support General De Gaulle

1938 Death - Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44

1921 Event - Winston Churchill becomes British, minister of Colonies

1919 Event - Paris Peace Conference disposes of German colonies; German East Africa is assigned to Britain and France, German SW Africa to South Africa

1912 Event - Comoros proclaimed a French colonies

1901 Event - Australia declares independence from federation of U.K. colonies

1899 Birthday - Willem Kernkamp, Dutch minister of Colonies, Islam and Woman

1894 Birthday - Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch minister of Colonies, 1942-45

1893 Death - Levinus T Keuchenius, Dutch Minister of Colonies (1888-90), dies at 71

1891 Death - Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89

1890 Event - Cecil Rhodes' colonies hoist Union Jack in Mashonaland and Salisbury

1890 Event - Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Ft. Salisbury)

1890 Event - Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Fort Victoria)

1890 Event - Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Lundi

1890 Event - Cecil Rhodes' colonies attack Motlousi at Matabeleland

1873 Birthday - Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies, India

1872 Birthday - George Louis Beer, historian, authority on British colonies

1867 Event - Singapore, Penang and Malakka become British crown colonies

1848 Event - Free last slaves in French colonies

1847 Birthday - Jacob T Cremer, Minister of Colonies/president, Dutch Trading Comp

1843 Death - Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65

1841 Death - Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74

1838 Birthday - Aeneas Mackay, Baron/Dutch minister of interior/Colonies

1836 Birthday - Joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Commerce/Colonies

1833 Event - Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed

1831 Birthday - Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller, Dutch minister of Colonies

1826 Event - Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake Utah

1822 Birthday - Levinus Keuchenius, Dutch minister of Colonies, 1888-90

1821 Event - 1st colonies along Santa Fe Trail

1811 Death - Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies, dies at 47

1801 Birthday - Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies, 1848-49

1791 Event - Vermont admitted as 14th state (1st addition to the 13 colonies)

1790 Event - Rhode Is becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution

1777 Event - France recognizes independence of English colonies in America

1776 Event - Continental Congress renames "United Colonies," "US"

1776 Event - Continental Congress resolves "these United Colonies are and of right ought to be Free and Independent States"

1775 Event - King George III proclaims colonies to be in open rebellion

1775 Event - United Colonies change name to United States

1774 Event - Minute Men organized in colonies

1768 Event - Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act taxes

1765 Event - Stamp Act goes into effect in British colonies

1764 Birthday - Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies

1754 Event - Albany Congress held by 7 British colonies and Iroquois indians

1753 Event - 1st steam engine arrives in U.S. colonies

1752 Event - Last day of Julian calendar in Britain, British colonies

1733 Event - England passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions

1732 Event - 1st play in American colonies acted by professional players, New York City

1693 Event - New York City authorizes 1st police uniforms in American colonies

1675 Event - New England colonies declare war on Wampanoag indians

1664 Event - 1st naturalization act in American colonies

1644 Event - Massachusetts establishes 1st 2-chamber legislature in colonies

1643 Event - Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Harbor form United Colonies of New England

1639 Event - 1st post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts

1629 Event - 1st game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia

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