2013 Event In a major effort to reduce dependency on Russian gas imports, the government of Ukraine signs a $10 billion shale gas deal with Royal Dutch Shell 1980 Event Anguilla becomes a British dependency separate from St. Kitts 1933 Event Peter I Island incorporated as a Norwegian dependency 1930 Event Bouvet Island declared a Norwegian dependency 1923 Event New Zealand claims Ross Dependency 1923 Event New Zealand claims Ross Dependency in Antarctica
