An independence referendum was held in Liberia on 27 October 1846. The result was 52% in favor, with independence being declared on 26 July 1847. The American...

towards Liberian territorial expansion or sovereignty. Upon Liberian independence, Roberts was elected as the first president of Liberia. Liberia retained...

An independence referendum that results in a vote for independence does not always ultimately result in independence. An independence referendum typically...

The 1871 Liberian coup d'état, also known as the Roye affair, resulted in the overthrow and death of President Edward James Roye of the True Whig Party...

within the nation. Liberian nationality is based on descent from a person who is "Negro", regardless of whether they were born on Liberian soil, jus soli...

during 1847 in Liberia. July 5 – The constitutional convention, which would produce the 1847 Liberian constitution as well as the Liberian Declaration of...

between Cape Mesurado and Cape Palmas. It encloses the present republic of Liberia. The name was given by European traders. The Pepper Coast got its name...

Roberts (March 15, 1809 – February 24, 1876) was an Americo-Liberian merchant who emigrated to Liberia in 1829, where he became a politician. Elected as the...

of sovereign states with the dates of their formation (date of their independence or of their constitution), sorted by continent. This list includes the...

The white people of South Africa approve of De Klerk's reforms in a referendum. 45 people are killed in the Boipatong Massacre, an attack committed by...

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of Central Italy. 1860 – Parma, Tuscany, Modena, and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia. France forces the Kingdom of Sardinia...

competition to find a national anthem in August 2010. This preceded the independence referendum in January 2011 that led to South Sudan becoming a sovereign state...

League of Nations mandate of Syria. 1944 Syrian independence. Aleppo - Antakya 1939 after referendum, border between Turkey and the French League of Nations...

composed by Egyptian composer Rageh Daoud. In March 2017, following a referendum to amend the Constitution of July 1991, the Mauritanian National Assembly...

have died while incarcerated. On 25 March 2006, with the election of Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo permitted...

1991 Ukrainian independence referendum, which dissolved the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and formalized Ukraine's independence from the Soviet...

a referendum in a territory to confirm a change in status towards independence or départementalisation, so the voters who had rejected independence in...

States from 1801 to 1809. He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. Following the American Revolutionary War and prior to becoming president...

result of the independence referendum held in January. July 12 – The planet Neptune completes its first orbit since it was discovered in 1846. July 14 –...

their claimed territory and were self-governing with a desire for full independence; or if they lacked such control over their territory, they were recognized...

support for a Constitutional Amendment that would require a national referendum on a declaration of war. Several constitutional amendments, such as the...

Accords were signed, paving the way for a referendum in which Algerians overwhelmingly voted in favour of independence, which was duly granted. Although "Kassaman"...

reported to have received assistance from the Liberian government, reflecting a partial spillover of the Liberian Civil War, and, according to a March 2003...

Ertra) is the national anthem of Eritrea. Adopted in 1993 shortly after independence, it was written by Solomon Tsehaye Beraki and composed by Isaac Abraham...

Latvia and Lithuania, led to the three Baltic countries' restoration of independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 [citation needed]. Recently, nonviolent...

legislature voted on April 17 to secede on the condition it was approved in a referendum the next month. The convention then voted to join the Confederacy, which...

pro-Indonesian militia Stabilisation of East Timor East Timorese independence referendum US embargo of military sales to Indonesia from 9 September 1999...

Dominican Republic (1844–1861) California Republic (June–July 1846) Second Mexican United States (1846–1863) First Costa Rican Republic (1848–1948) State of Deseret...

country. In the following year, he would restore the French Empire after a referendum. February 23, 1899: Paul Déroulède attempts to overthrow the French Third...