2014 Event Ukraine exchanges 222 rebel prisoners for 150 Ukrainian soldiers held by separatist forces; for security reasons, the nation also blockades Crimea, the region annexed by Russia, by stopping bus and train service to and from the area 1940 Event Estonia is annexed into Soviet empire 1938 Event Austria annexed by Nazi Germany 1934 Event Italian colonial Tripoli and Cyrenaica annexed to Libya 1925 Event Swain's Island (near American Samoa) annexed by U.S. 1901 Event Cook Islands annexed and proclaimed part of New Zealand 1898 Event Hawaii formally annexed to U.S. 1897 Event Province of Zululand annexed to Natal colony 1868 Event Britain annexed Basutoland in Africa 1809 Event Papal States annexed by France
