1995 Centennial of Canadian Mounties presence in Canada's Yukon Territory
1992 Lloyd "Slim" Andrews, actor (Buf Bill in Tomahawk Territory), dies
1982 Anguilla, dependent territory of U.K., adopts constitution
1981 Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is) becomes self-governing
1978 Northern Territory of Australia becomes self-governing
1977 Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel
1972 Wake Island becomes unincorporated territory of U.S., U.S. Air Force
1972 Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory
1971 Rodd Redwing, actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory), dies at 66
1967 House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87
1965 British Indian Ocean Territory formed
1962 British Antarctic Territory forms
1961 Wallis and Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory
1961 Twins agree on $500,000 payment to AA for Minn/St. Paul territory
1956 Delhi becomes a territory of Indian union
1956 James H Newman, Trust Territory of Pacific, PhD/Astronaut, STS 51, 69
1956 Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory
1950 Gary Frank, Spokane, Washington, actor, Enemy Territory, Deadly Weapon
1949 Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian government
1948 Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created
1947 U.S. begins administering Trust Territory of Pacific Islands
1946 Togo made a trusteeship territory of UN
1944 Allied troops 1st set foot on Japanese territory
1943 U.S. 7th div lands on Attu, Aleutian, (1st U.S. territory recaptured)
1939 Lithuania state, forced to give Memel territory to Germany
1938 Munich Agreement-forced Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany
1936 Australian Antarctic Territory created
1932 Fascist coup in the Memel territory
1929 American Samoa organizes as territory of U.S.
1923 Allies accept Latvia's occupation of Memel territory
1920 France occupies (German) Memel territory
1917 Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, U.S. citizenship granted
1912 Territory of Alaska organizes
1911 South Australia transfers Northern Territory to federal government
1910 JWEL Hilgers is 1st Dutchman to fly above Dutch territory
1904 Rod Redwing, New York, actor, Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory
1900 Hawaii became a U.S. territory
1898 Guam becomes a territory of U.S.
1898 Yukon Territory of Canada organized, Dawson chosen as capital
1892 Edmund Cobb, born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, western actor, Comanche Territory
1890 Klaas Schilder, Dutch theologist/vicar, Occupied Territory
1890 Territory of Oklahoma created
1884 Alaska becomes a U.S. territory
1880 House Peters, England, silent film actor, Kansas Territory
1879 Will Rogers, Oologah Indian Territory, Okla, humorist
1869 Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (U.S. 1st)
1869 Hudson Bay Company cedes it's territory to Canada
1868 U.S. Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah and Idaho)
1864 Territory of Montana formed
1863 Battle of Honey Springs - largest battle in Indian Territory
1863 Northern Territory passes from New South Wales to South Australia
1863 Territory of Idaho established
1863 Idaho Territory forms
1863 Arizona Territory created
1862 Battle at Old Fort Wayne, Indian Territory
1862 Battle of La Glorieta Pass, New Mexico Territory (Apache Canyon, Pigeon's Ranch)
1862 Confederate Territory of Arizona forms
1861 CS Gen Sibley is given command of rebel troops in New Mexico territory
1861 President Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory
1861 Arizona Territory votes to leave the Union
1854 1st election in Washington Territory; 1,682 votes cast
1853 Olympia forms as capital of Washington Territory
1853 Territory of Washington organized after separating from Oregon Territory
1849 Minnesota Territory is organizes
1849 Territory of Minnesota organizes
1848 Oregon Territory created
1844 Texas became a U.S. territory
1841 Hong Kong proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain
1838 Iowa Territory forms
1838 Iowa Territory is organized
1836 Wisconsin Territory forms
1836 Territory of Wisconsin created
1836 Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin
1834 Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
1822 Congress combined East and West Florida into Florida Territory
1819 Territory of Arkansas organized
1817 Mississippi Territory is divided into Alabama Territory and Mississippi
1812 Gen Hull surrenders Detroit and Michigan territory to England
1812 Louisiana Territory officially renamed "Missouri Territory"
1809 Territory of Illinois organizes (including present-day Wisconsin)
1805 Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms
1805 Michigan Territory organizes
1804 Territory of Orleans organizes in Louisiana Purchase
1803 Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France
1800 Indiana Territory organized
1798 Mississippi Territory organized
1792 Prussia army moves into French territory
1790 Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress
1787 Congress establishes Northwest Territory (excludes slavery)
1787 Ord of 1787-a territory can become 3 to 5 states at 60,000 pop
1774 Britain gives Quebec, Labrador and territory north of Ohio
1681 English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania
918 Boudouin II the Bare, originator of Flanders territory, dies
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