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    This list, though not quite complete, contains a widely varied spectrum of colonies, protectorates, mandate -, trust - and occupied or annexed states, dependent territories and other political entities that were (or in some cases are) subjected to another sovereign power, or in (de facto unequal) personal union, arranged by these dominant nations or empires.
    They need to be sorted out further by type of control.


        List of colonial, imperial and otherwise controlled foreign territories by dominant power
            {{flagicon|Austria}} Austria {{flagicon|Hungary}} Hungary
                Other European
                Crown lands
                Colonial
            {{flagicon|Belgium}} Belgium
                Colonial
            {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} British Empire
                Claim
            Courland
            {{flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark
                Colonial
            {{flagicon|France}} France
                Amical protectorate
                Claim
                Napoleonic empire & European satellites
                Colonial
                Condominium
                International mandate
            {{flagicon|Germany}} Germany / Prussia / Third Reich
                World Wars I and/or II control
                Colonial
                Claim
            {{flagicon|Italy}} Italy including Genoa and Venice
                World War II control
            {{flagicon|Malta}} Knights of St. John / Malta
                Colonial
            {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands|Netherlands, the
                Colonial
            {{flagicon|Norway}} Norway
            {{flagicon|Turkey}} Ottoman Empire / Turkey
            {{flagicon|Portugal}} Portugal
            {{flagicon|Russia}} Russian empire / Soviet Union
                Conession territories
                Internationally mandated & unilateral/allied occupation after WW II
            {{flagicon|Spain}} Spain
                Colonial
            {{flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden
                Colonial
            {{flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina
            {{flagicon|Australia}} Australia
                International mandates
                Claim
            {{flagicon|Chile}} Chile
            {{flagicon|Peoples Republic of China}} China
                Integral parts
                World War II imperial control
                Colonization
                Other
                Protectorates
            {{flagicon|Turkey}} {{flagicon|Egypt}} Ottoman Egypt
                Condominium
            {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand
            Image:Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg|20px20px| South Africa
            {{flagicon|United States}} United States
                Sui generis
                Internationally mandated
                Antigua
        Source

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    {{flagicon|Austria}} Austria {{flagicon|Hungary}} Hungary
    In Europe:

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    Other European
      Cracow (1795-1809, 1847-1918)
      Dalmatia (Illyria) (1797-1805, 1815-1918)
      Fiume (1471-1809, 1813-1918)
      Görz (Gorizia) and Gradisca (Go: 1500-1809, 1813-; Gr: 1511-1647, 1717- )
      Istria (1797-1805, 1814-1918)
      Lombardy (Milan) (1714-1796, 1814-1859)
      Trent/Trient (1801-1805, 1813-1918)
      Tyrol (1363-1805, 1814 - )
    (Sundgau to 1648, Breisgau, Burgau, Fricktal)


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    {{flagicon|Belgium}} Belgium
    Two territories were assimilated after World War I:

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    Colonial


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    {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} British Empire
    Including colonies of earlier constituent countries, England and Kingdom of Scotland.
      Berbice (1781-1782, 1796-1802, 1803-1970)
      British Lower Burma (1824-1948)
      Cape colony (1795-1803, 1806-1910)
      Dutch India (1780-1784, 1795-1818)
      Egypt (1801-1803, 1882-1922)
      French India (1760-1765, 1778-1783, 1793-1816)
      Gambia (1661-1695, 1713-1779, 1816-1970)
      Goa (1797-1802, 1803-1813)
      Gorée (1758-1763, 1809-1817)
      Grenada (1609, 1762-1779, 1783-1974)
      Malacca (1795-1802, 1807-1818, 1824-1957)
      Minorca (1708-1756, 1763-1782, 1798-1802)
      Natal (1829-1839, 1843-1910)
      Nova Scotia (1621-1632, 1654-1670, 1690-1691, 1710-1867)
      Quebec (1629-1632, 1759-1867)
      Saba (1781,1801-1803, 1810-1816)
      Saint Lucia (1664-1667, 1762-1763, 1781-1783, 1794-1795, 1796-1802, 1803-1797)
      Senegal (1693, 1758-1779, 1809-1817)
      Syria (1914-1919, 1941-1946)
      Tobago (1762-1781, 1793-1802, 1803-1962)

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    Courland

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    {{flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark
      Norway (1000-1015, 1028-1035, 1375-1814)


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    {{flagicon|France}} France
    Certain European territories have become part of metropolitan France, enjoying full citizenship.
      Alsace (1678-1870, 1918-1940,1944- )
      Lorraine (1766-1870, 1918-1940, 1944- )
      Nice Nizza (to 1388, 1792-1814, 1860- )
      Orange (1660-65, 1673-97, 1702- )
      Savoy (1537-after 1547, 1797-1815, 1861- )

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      Amical protectorate

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    Claim

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    Napoleonic empire & European satellites
      Belgium (1703-1706, 1745-1748, 1795-1814)
      Ilyrian (Dalmatia) provinces (1808-1813)
      Liguria/Genoa (1396-1406, 1458-1461, 1507-1515, 1512-1528, 1800-1814)
      Valais (Wallis, canton in Switzerland) (1810-1813)
      Venetia (1797-1798, 1805-1813, 1866)

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    Colonial
    This includes short—mainly Napoleonic—overseas occupation and presently integral overseas territories
      Charlesfort (South Carolina) (1562-1563)
      Cochinchina in southern Vietnam (capital Saigon) (1862-1949)
      Dahomey (Benin) (1894-1960)
      French Concession in Shanghai, China (1849-1946)
      French Possessions in the Americas (1939-1943)
      French Southern and Antarctic Lands (1924- )
      French (Shoals) Treaty Shore (1713-1904)
      Gorée (1626-1758, 1763-1809, 1817-1960)
      Hudson's Bay (1672-1673, 1686-1693, 1694-1696, 1697-1713, 1782-1783)
    (Fort Bourbon, Fort St. Anne, Fort Charles, Fort St. Jacques)

      Mexico military control over Habsburg Emperor Maximilian (1863-1867)
      Réunion (Bourbon/Bonaparte) (1642-1810, 1815- )
      Saba (1781-1784, 1795-1801)
      Senegal (1626-1758, 1779-1809, 1817-1960)
      Tobago (1666-1667, 1781-1793, 1802-1803)

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    Condominium

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    International mandate
    League of Nations mandates/ U.N. trust territories:
    Allied occupation after World War II:
      Berlin French Zone (1945-1990)
      Vienna French Zone (1945-1955)



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    {{flagicon|Germany}} Germany / Prussia / Third Reich
      Danzig (1793-1807, 1814-1919, 1939-1945)
      Memel (1618-1920, 1939-1945)

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    World Wars I and/or II control
      Poland (1916-1918, 1939-1944)

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    Colonial
      Kiautschou concession territory in China (1897-1914)

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    Claim


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    {{flagicon|Italy}} Italy including Genoa and Venice
      Italian East Africa (1940-1942)
      Tientsin concession in China (1900-1943)

      Bona/Bone ?
      Corsica (c.1050-1077, 1285-1297, 1559-1768)
      Monaco (1174-1297, 1301-1331, 1357-1395, 1402-1419)
      Samos (1204-1475, 1502-1558)
      Cerigo (1205-1275, 1309-1797)
      Corone (1209-1500, 1685-1715)
      Crete (1204-1363, 1364-1669)
      Kos (1204-1215)
      Lemnos (1457-1459, 1464-1477)
      Modon (1209-1500, 1686-1715)
      Parga (1401-1452, 1454-1797)
      Skyros (1261-1269, 1453-1538)
      Thasos (1457-1459, 1460-1466)
      Zara/Zadar (1115-1154, 1160-1183, 1204-1797)

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    {{flagicon|Malta}} Knights of St. John / Malta
      Kos (1215-1522)
      Orange (1180 -1307)
      Smyrna (modern Izmir) (1344-1402)

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    {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands|Netherlands, the
      Berbice (1666-1781, 1784-1796, 1802-1803)
      Ceylon present Sri Lanka (1658-1796)
      Deshima (Dejima artifial island, factory sui generis in Japan) (1641-1860)
      Gorée (1617-1663, 1664-1677)
      Malacca (1641-1795, 1802-1807, 1818-1826)


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    {{flagicon|Norway}} Norway

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    {{flagicon|Turkey}} Ottoman Empire / Turkey
      Abadan (1514-1529, 1543-1623, 1639-1847)
      Egypt (1517-1798, 1801-1914)
      Oman (1550-1551, 1581-1588, 1659-1741)
      Yemen (1517-1636, 1872-1918)

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    {{flagicon|Portugal}} Portugal
      Arzila/Asilah (1417-1550, 1577-1589)
      Cabinda (Portuguese Congo) (1885-1975)
      Goa (Portuguese India) (1510-1961)
    (São Jorge da Mina and Axim)

      Safim (present Safi, in Morocco) (1488-1541)

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    {{flagicon|Russia}} Russian empire / Soviet Union

      Aland Islands (1809-1917)
      Ili (1871-1881)
      Latvia (1710-1917, 1940-1991)