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Territories


1997 British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires

1991 Territories of Amapa and Roraima become states in Brazil

1990 Iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories

1967 Yellowknife replaces Ottawa as capital of NW Territories, Canada

1941 All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star

1924 Memel territories given to Lithuania

1898 China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years

1882 Edmunds Act adopted by U.S. to suppress polygamy in the territories

1870 Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province and NW Territories created

1870 Hudson's Bay and Northwest Territories transferred to Canada

1870 Manitoba and Northwest Territories incorporated

1862 Slavery outlawed in U.S. territories

1861 U.S. creates Dakota and Nevada Territories out of the Nebraska and Utah territories

1861 Territories of Nevada and Colorado created

1854 Territories of Kansas and Nebraska created

1850 Territories of New Mexico and Utah created

1848 Slavery abolished in all French territories


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