Former Overseas and European Territories (Spain)

Last modified: 2003-02-01 by santiago dotor
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• Former Colonies and Overseas Territories
• Former European Territories of the Spanish Hapsburgs

See also:

• Historical Flags (Spain)
• Spain

Dates when the territories became independent or changed hands are shown in square brackets:

Africa

• Algiers, in nowadays Algeria
• Bougie, in nowadays Algeria
• Spanish Guinea, nowadays Ecuatorial Guinea
• Sidi Ifni, in nowadays Morocco
• Spanish Morocco
• Oran, in nowadays Algeria
• Spanish Sahara, nowadays Western Sahara [1975]
• Tunis, in nowadays Tunisia

America

• Viceroyalty of New Spain (Virreinato de Nueva España)
  • New Spain, nowadays Mexico [1821]
  • Inner Provinces (Provincias Internas), including nowadays:
    • Arizona [1821]
    • California [1821]
    • Colorado [1821]
    • Nevada [1821]
    • New Mexico [1821]
    • Texas [1821]
    • Utah [1821]
  • Captaincy-General of Guatemala [1821], including the provinces of:
    • Costa Rica [1821]
    • El Salvador [1821]
    • Honduras [1821]
    • Nicaragua [1821]
  • La Florida, including nowadays:
    • Florida [1810]
    • southern Alabama [1810]
    • southern Mississippi [1810]
  • Spanish Antilles, including the islands of:
    • Cuba [1898]
    • Jamaica [1670]
    • Puerto Rico [1898]
    • Hispaniola (La Española), nowadays Haiti [1697] and Dominican Republic [1795]
    • Trinidad [1797]

• Viceroyalty of New Granada (Virreinato de Nueva Granada)
  • Captaincy-General of Venezuela [1819]
  • Audience of Santa Fé, nowadays Colombia [1819]
  • Audience of Panamá [1819]
  • Audience of Quito, nowadays part of Ecuador [1822]

• Viceroyalty of Peru [1827] (Virreinato del Perú)
  • Captaincy-General of Chile [1821]

• Viceroyalty of the Plate River (Virreinato del Río de la Plata)
  • Argentina [1816]
  • High Peru (Alto Perú), nowadays Bolivia [1825]
  • Malvinas, nowadays Falkland Islands [1816]
  • Paraguay [1813]
  • Uruguay [1816]

Asia

• Formosa Island, nowadays Taiwan [1642]
• Philippines [1898]
• Spratley Islands [1898]

Oceania

• Carolinas Islands, nowadays the Federated States of Micronesia [1899]
• Marianas Islands, nowadays Guam [1898] and Northern Marianas [1899]
• Palaos Islands, nowadays Palau [1899]

Dates when the territories became independent or changed hands are shown in square brackets:

• County of Charolais [1714], nowadays Saône-et-Loire in southern Burgundy (France)
• Franche-Comté [1678] (France)
• Duchy of Milan [1714], nowadays part of Lombardy (Italy)
• Kingdom of Naples [1714], comprising nowadays Abruzzi, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise and Puglia (Italy)
• Kingdom of Portugal [1640]
• Roussillon [1648] (France)
• Spanish Netherlands [1714], later Austrian Netherlands, nowadays roughly Belgium, Luxemburg and Artois (France)
• Sardinia [1714] (Italy)
• Kingdom of Sicily [1714] (Italy)