| Year |
Date |
Event
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| 1962 |
January 30 |
NM’s first volume of poems, Deaths for the Ladies (and Other Disasters), is published by Putnam’s
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| February 7 |
The Republic of Bolivia changes its name to the Plurinational State of Bolivia. La Paz and Sucre remain the capitals.
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| 2008 |
August 27 |
The Russian Federation recognizes the independence of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Republic of Abkhazia from Georgia. Georgia and much of the international community maintain that they are both were illegally occupied by Russia during Russo-Georgian War and legally remain integral regions of Georgia. Their capitals are Tskhinval and Sukhumi, respectively.
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| May 28 |
The State of Nepal changes its name to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Kathmandu remains the capital.
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| February 17 |
The Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija declares its independence from the Republic of Serbia as the Republic of Kosovo. Priština remains the capital. Serbia maintains that Kosovo remains a part of Serbia.
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| 2007 |
October 22 |
The Republic of Montenegro changes its name to Montenegro. Podgorica remains the capital.
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| February 21 |
The French Republic separates the Overseas Collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy and the Overseas Collectivity of Saint-Martin from the Overseas Region of Guadeloupe. Gustavia and Marigot are the capitals respectively.
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| January 15 |
The Kingdom of Nepal changes its name to the State of Nepal. Kathmandu remains the capital.
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| 2006 |
October 7 |
The Republic of Palau moves its capital from Koror to Ngerulmud.
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| August 14 |
The Federal Republic of Nigeria transfers sovereignty of Bakassi to the Republic of Cameroon.
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| June 5 |
The Republic of Serbia supersedes the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. Belgrade remains the capital.
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| June 3 |
Montenegro secedes from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro as the Republic of Montenegro. Podgorica remains the capital.
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| 2005 |
November 6 |
The Union of Myanmar moves its capital from Yangon to Naypyidaw.
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| 2004 |
September 1 |
The Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty administering Antarctica and all lands and waters south of the 60th parallel south establishes its headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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| February 27 |
The French Republic elevates the Overseas Collectivity of French Polynesia to the Overseas Country of French Polynesia. Papeetē remains the capital.
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| January 4 |
The Islamic State of Afghanistan changes its name to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Kabul remains the capital.
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| 2003 |
May 26 |
The Rwandese Republic changes its name to the Republic of Rwanda. Kigali remains the capital.
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| March 28 |
The French Republic revises its constitution. New polities include:
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| February 4 |
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia changes its name to the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. Belgrade remains the capital.
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| 2002 |
May 21 |
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland changes the title of each of its British Dependent Territories to that of a British Overseas Territory. The citizens of each British Overseas Territory gain full British citizenship.
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| May 20 |
East Timor gains independence from the Portuguese Republic as the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. East Timor was occupied by Indonesia in 1975, and was placed under United Nations administration in 1999. Dili remains the capital.
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| March 10 |
The Union of the Comoros reabsorbs the de facto independent State of Anjouan and the Democratic Republic of Mohéli. Mutsamudu and Fomboni yield to Moroni as the capital.
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| February 14 |
The State of Bahrain changes its name to the Kingdom of Bahrain. Manama remains the capital.
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| 2001 |
December 23 |
The Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros changes its name to the Union of the Comoros. Moroni remains the capital.
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| November 13 |
The Islamic State of Afghanistan supersedes the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Kabul remains the capital.
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| July 1 |
The "temporarily independent" Puntland State of Somalia adopts a new constitution explicitly identifying itself as part of the Somali Republic. Garowe yields to Mogadishu as the capital.
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| January |
Taloqan, the de facto capital of the Islamic State of Afghanistan government, falls to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The capital moves to Fayzabad.
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| 2000 |
July 16 |
Somalia changes its name to the Somali Republic. Mogadishu remains the capital.
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| February 6 |
The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria capitulates and is reabsorbed by the Russian Federation. Ƶovxar-Ġala (Grozny) yields to Moscow as the capital.
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