*SWEDEN GOT ITS INDEPENDENCE IN 1523, I MADE A MISTAKE ON THE MAP* I'm sure I may have made a few other mistakes in this video. It's difficult to find the exact independence date for each country, and the exact day on which they celebrate it. So if you notice any inaccuracies, just let me know!

I am Danish so the date is when the ice age was done.

I love how every country has like multiple Independence days to choose from, yet here in Germany we have multiple Unifications to chose from ;)

England's birth on 12 July 927, the various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were united by Æthelstan (r. 927-939) to form the Kingdom of England. In 1016, the kingdom became part of the North Sea Empire of Cnut the Great, a personal union between England, Denmark and Norway. So maybe England should celebrate '12th July' as England's birthday?

When I was researching Andorra for fun, I read that it got it's independence in 1278.🇦🇩

No mention of the only independent Occitan state, Monaco? even if we speak more Russian, French or English than Occitan in 2021 LOL!

The Philippines is an interesting situation, they celebrate their independence from Spain in 1898, but they truly only gained their independence from the USA in 1946. They chose to celebrate the earlier independence from Spain which was obtained through the military assistance of the US during the Spanish American war. As soon as that war ended the Philippine/American war broke out as the US took control of the islands from Spain. The US eventually pledged in the Jones act of 1916 to give the Philippines their full independence sometime in the 1930s but WW2 interfered before it could be finalized. So on July 4 1946 the US officially acknowledged the independence of the Philippines.

4:50 Why is Puerto Rico colored orange? It never gained independence and remains an ex-colony of Spain and colonial territory of the US. It barely got any autonomy from Spain in the late 19th Century, which itself was quickly disrupted by the United States because of the Spanish-American War and only regained little autonomy in the mid-20th century, with the US ultimately still having supreme power over the territory on anything it may want to do.

Soon : *OCCITANIA.* If the idea that Macron = France is understood, a record unpopularity of the president and its government could result in a rise of the Occitan independence, by rejection of macronism, and therefore rejection of France.

I am proud of my Ethiopian Great grandfathers. We celebrate Victory day!! No independence day

It's weir to label Hungary as getting it's independence in the 20th century. In theory, it was an equal member of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. (I can understand Austria, since it was part of Germany for a short while). By that logic, Russia could be labeled as getting it's independence in the 20th century too, since it got out of the Soviet Union in 1991, and in theory it was only a member of the federation. Also, Hungary celebrates the revolution and independence war of 1848-49, so we have a holiday related to independence.

Anyone else just desperately anticipating the Oman explanation?

No mention of San Marino? It was founded on September 3, 301 AD, making it the oldest independent country.

Great video although a particular fact is incorrect. Portugal became a sovereign nation in 1143. Later and for a period of 60 years, the Portuguese and Spanish empires were united due to royal marriages and the sudden death of the Portuguese King of the time. After that period, the empires separated their joint efforts and resumed their sovereignty. There was never a declaration of independence.

Bulgaria has a Liberation Day (Mar 3, 1878), Unification Day (Sep 6, 1885) and an Independence Day (Sep 22, 1908). Of these the last is the least celebrated as at that point the country had been independent for a while, except on paper, so nothing really changed with the proclamation of independence.

Iceland got independent on dec 1st 1918, we celebrate us becoming a republic which happened 17 of June 1944

Small correction: Brazilian independence involved a war from 1822 to 1825. I think you got it confused with Proclamation of the Republic in 1889 when Brazil ceased to be a monarchy to become a Republic which in fact happened without any conflict. Although Brazilian independence came only in 1822 the country pretty much ceased to be a colony in 1808. In the beginning of the XIX century the Portuguese royal family had a tough choice to make: either maintain their historic alliance with the British and be invaded by the, up until then, undefeated Napoleon or bend the knee to the French and cut ties with Great Britain by joining their naval blockade against the British. In the end, the Portuguese chose Britain but the British said they couldn't defend the country from the French and proceeded escort the Portuguese royal family and most of the court to Brazil in 1808. In 1815 King João VI of Portugal made official what was already a reality since they arrived there, he elevated Brazil from a colony to United Kingdom of Brazil and Portugal, enjoying the same status and freedoms that the people in Portugal had. In 1821 King João and the rest of the Royal Family went back to Portugal but left his son, Pedro, as Prince Regent of Brazil and once there the Portuguese Crown made several threats and laws intended to bring Brazil back to the status of colony. Naturally, the people in Brazil revolted and Pedro took their side officially turning on his father and becoming Pedro I of Brazil. Fun fact 1: During the trip from Portugal to Brazil in 1808 there was a lice infestation in the Royal ship which led several members of the Royal family and the court to have to shave their heads. Upon arrival in Rio the Brazilian high society saw the Queen and her Ladies arriving bald from Europe and thought it to be a trend and the women proceeded to shave their heads themselves to keep up with the latest fashion custom from the Old Continent. Fun fact 2: Queen Carlota hated Brazil.Everything about it, the weather, the people, the customs, the cities and she never missed an opportunity to voice her displeasure for being there. In 1821 the time finally came for her to go back to Portugal and it's said that, upon arrival in Lisbon, the Queen took out her shoes and smashed them against a rock at the port saying "I shan't bring even a speck of dust from that accursed land". Great channel, keep up the good work!!!

Norway did not get their independence in 1814, however their struggle to become independent began the 17th of may 1814

As someone from United Kingdom (England to be precise), I've always found it fascinating that other countries celebrate Independence Days or similar important national holidays. Whilst there are plenty of "significant days" throughout the year (e.g. Easter, Bonfire Night, Christmas, Boxing Day), none really quite compare; the only real events that "feel" like national holiday are when it is the Queen's Jubilees or when there is a Royal Wedding, though these are few and far between (and that's if you're even a royalist...!) It's not even that common for people to celebrate Saint George's Day (the patron saint of England) and though there is a lot of popular support for Saint David's Day being a holiday in Wales, this is currently not the case. Additionally, after some research, Saint Andrew's Day is a national holiday in Scotland, as is Saint Patrick's Day in Northern Ireland; these are the closest holidays that I would compare.

0:20 That TV in the middle: Mr General, I don't feel so good.

Papua New Guinea was split between Germany and Britain prior to World War I with the northern half being German and the southern half being British. Canada celebrates July 1 as on that date in 1867 the British North America Act came into effect. Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa could all celebrate December 11 as on that date in 1931 the Statute Of Westminster came into effect recognizing these territories and Newfoundland as being independent of, but affiliated with Great Britain. I always enjoy your videos.

In Russia there is also Day of National unity, for the date, when Minin and Pozharsky beated Poles.

you should do a video talking about each countries national day, like, whats the day that country celebrates itself and its heritage and history

Sweden got its independence year 1523

Sweden became independent (for the last time I think) from the Kalmar Union in 1523, which is where we get our national holiday, the 6th of June from and it's also the day when Gustav Wasa became our king....it also to celebrate the 1809 government form! So, in 2 years....we've independent, and celebrated our National Holiday for 500 years!

There is a mistake in the map showing the independece days by colour/century. It shows that Romania's independece happened in the 20th century but it happened in 19th century, 10th of May 1877

Mistake: In Spain we don't celebrates "Columbus Day", I mean we don't call it like that. We celebrate the "Day of Spanishness"

Chile got independence in 1818. And the argentinian army fought for it

Ethiopians celebrate the *Victory of Adwa* on March 1 every year since 1896

Marking Sweden as a "Nation that got the independence day from the 1900s (20th century) is very wrong. cause the Date is the 6th of June 1523 when Sweden broke out from the Kalmar union and Gustav Vasa ascended to the throne. And between that time the Swedish state/Government has never ceased to exist nor been annexed by another nation. So yea thats kind off wrong info in the video.

I from Brazil 🇧🇷 and in 1822 we gave independence, huueeeeeeeee

How dose this map know if North Korea has a national day

The Swedish map color does not make any sense, the National day date refers to June 6th 1523...

I love how you always talk about our native land: Portugal to give out example

@General Knowledge, If you research about portuguese history, you will notice that portugal never lost it's independence... They simply had the same king as spain, who promissed to respect portuguese soverany..

"Only Portugal and the Netherlands" Oman: Am I a joke to you?

Sweden should be painted white on the map not the 20th century. You could argue the 16th century when we left the Kalmar Union but even during the union sweden was it's own nation. It was just a personal union.

Bulgaria was founded in 681 and its independence day was in 1877, from the Ottoman empire .

I like how he just ignored Philipinnes as the only country in the 19th century to get independence in most of Asia.

Why is Sweden’s independence from Sweden mark as during the 20 c

I have to thank you for that mention in 1:28 about Serbia,yes we have a lot of history in the middle ages but we celebrate 15th february 1804 and 1835 in which we revolted against the Ottomans(we consider that 2nd birth of a nation)and gained our constitution.

>Guyana independent in the 19th century >Sweden independent in the 20th century Ain’t that cute? BUT IT’S WROOOOOOOONG!

Panama became independent from Spain on November 28, 1821, then joined Colombia and separated on November 3, 1903. But a lot of people outside Panama think we become independent of Colombia when we are independent of Spain

3:32 USA: Gimme a different color.

France was basically formed a few years after the collapse of the Western Roman empire in 476. But obviously it's too far back for the date to be remembered, especially since it was formed over several decades. And it was only in 843 that we were separated from what would become Germany.

In Bulgaria we actually have a couple of independence days. But the main one is on the 3rd of March 1879. No the one from 1908.

France don't have an independence day probably because Germany didn't occupy the whole country in WW2, just the north part; and the southern part remained independent and a continuation of the pre-war French government.

I love your videos nice one and keep going like this congratulations

Why is Egypt marked as none on the map? It was firstly a part of ottoman empire, and then a part of British empire

Dude, that periode of spanish governance over Portugal was of 60 years (1580-1640), not 80.

Belarus got its independence on March 9th, reclamed it on August 25th and celebrates it on July 3th, but July 3th is the date when Minsk was "freed" by the Red Army in 1944 so it makes no sense. But there's an unofficial holiday that is called "Dzien' Voli" ("The Day of Freedom") celebrated on March 9th

3:00 I would say the closest thing to a national day we get in the UK is when the four nations celebrate their patron saints, so Saint Andrew's Day on the 30th of November in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Saint George's Day on the 23rd of April in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Saint David's Day on the 1st of March in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and Saint Patrick's Day on the 17th of March in Northern Ireland 🇬🇧 (as well as the Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪). I think there was talks about a British National Day to celebrate the 1707 Act of Union and the Brexiteers wanting a Independence Day from the EU on 31st of January

General Knowledge became independent on January 17th, 2017

The Austrian Independence Day is actually founded on the end of the Occupation of Foreign Powers in 1955

I have a couple of questions concerning the map at 3:31: - From whom became Iran independent? - Why are Cameroon, Australia and New Zeeland white? You say that these are the centuries the countries define as the point in time they got their independence. Because all these countries became independent. When we follow the rule of your wording, Switzerland should be coloured as well, either purple or orange.

Australia and India both celebrate their national days on 26th January and sometimes play cricket against each other on that day.

3:34 Poor Australia/New Zealand. Canada got its independence but these two are still colonial assets. Wait, is that right? Is this map (*gasp*) incorrect?

In Spain we also celebrate on the October 12th "La virgen del Pilar" day that in fact it can be some kind of Independent Day because she is Zaragoza's Patron one of the most important symbols of the Indenpendence War

The closest Denmark has is the day the constitution was signed. There is also a remembrance of Denmark being liberated in WW2. But Denmark has basically been independent ever since the foundation.

Why is the subtitles completely messed up

Breakup of United Kingdom -State of Scotland -State of Wales -State of Isle of Man -State of England -State of Northern Ireland

Philippines is the first to get independence in Asia

Very interesting video!

Greece Celebrates it's independence Day on March 25th, 1821, which was the day that the nine year rebellion against the ottomans started

The UK does have "national days". We have St. George's Day for England, St. David's Day for Wales, St. Andrew's Day for Scotland and Northern Ireland celebrates St. Patrick's Day with Republic of Ireland

11:40 Switzerland was very close, but not exactly right. The alliance was against the Habsburgian rulers, not the HRE. But it's a complicated Story, so I won't be mad about it :)

Sweden became independent from the danes in 1523 which should be the date here. The date in the map refers to the union between Norway and Sweden and by looking up the flag for that you’ll se who was really in charge. Norway independence date on the map refers to the date it got independent from Denmark, and ignores the union, so you can’t even make that argument either. Besides, independence dates are really only for colonies.

Please make a video on "What would the Constitution of Earth(a nation as a whole) be?

1:58 Romanian one is inaccurate. They gained independence in 9 may 1878 which is 19th century, not 20th century. Don't confuse it with 1st December 1918, that is the Unification Day, not independence one

America and Mexico: Have independence days Canadians: Sad canada noises

Love the video, but would like to point out that as a Canadian we widely celebrate our date of independence, July 1st, referring to it as “Canada day”. You mentioned this but seem not to consider it a celebration of independence, whereas we certainly tend to consider it an “Independence Day”, despite the fact we still have a monarch. If there are any other Canadians here let me know if you agree or disagree.

In Serbia we don't have Independence day, we have Statehood day every February 15th. it commemorates the day when Serbian Revolution began against the Ottoman Empire in 1804. On the same day in 1835 the first modern Serbian constitution was adopted, known as Sretenje Constitution.

3:44 This really bring back a memory from my highschool when I need 30 minutes to explains to my friends that today we are on 21th century

Southeast Asia in 1942: _I fear no man._ _But that thing...._ 🇯🇵 _It scares me._

🇧🇬 Bulgaria's case is the most interesting tho. Our national holiday is on March 3 and we celebrate independence from Ottoman Empire, which we gained on March 3, 1878 with the help of Russia and other European countries + one Japanese samurai who also fought in the war for independence. On July 13, 1878 tho, the great powers signed the Treaty of Berlin, which separated Bulgaria into two parts - Kingdom of Bulgaria (kind of independent, but the Ottoman Empire also has a control) and Eastern Rumelia (an autonomous region of the Ottoman Empire). They were united on September 6, 1886 and we celebrate unification day on that date. We were still not fully independent until September 22, 1908 when we gained independence from the Ottoman Empire. Our national holiday is on March 3 when we celebrate freedom from Ottoman Empire and when Bulgaria finally appeared on the maps again after 482 years, but our independence day is on September 22, but it's not a national holiday. We also celebrate unification day on September 6. To point out - Bulgaria was formed back in 632 AC on the today's Ukrainian territory, but it collapsed. Khan Asparukh, son of the former ruler of Old Great Bulgaria Khan Kubrat, formed a new Bulgarian country on the Balkans in 680 AC and the Byzantine Empire declared the so called Dunabe Bulgaria in 681, merging with slavs. The country was conquered by Byzantine Empire in 1018 and, after several revolutions, it was freed in 1185 only to be conquered again by the Ottoman Empire in 1396. After 482 years under Ottoman rule, Bulgarians gained freedom in 1878 and gained independence in 1908. Though it was conquered 2 times, Bulgaria had its Golden Age in 8-9 century AC when it won countless of battles and was bordering three seas. It's currently located on the Balkans, bordering Romania, Serbia, North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey and Black Sea, as it is much smaller now than it once was when it was bordering three seas. Love to everyone from Bulgaria 🇧🇬

The 1814 of Norway referce to the Constitution Day, which is celebrated as the National Day, the independence didn't happen before 1905, which is not celebrated much, more just marked off on the calender.

Fun fact in Bulgaria we celebrate Foundation Day In the years 81 specificly as our Nation was Founded in the Year 681 also Union Day when we United with East Rumelia

"the uk doesn't have a national day" The 5th of November: "am I a joke to you?"

My friend that’s not true! Portugal didn’t lose independence in 1580, Philip of Spain legally occupied the Portuguese throne, he was next in line, wasn’t? The Portuguese throne was offered to him. If I’m wrong please correct me! The same happened in England when James of Scotland became king of England and Scotland but the English never said they lost independence!

Bangladesh and Singapore could celebrate 2 independence days each. Firstly the anniversary of their independence from the British Empire, the secondly Bangladesh became independent from Pakistan and Singapore from Malaysia. Another possibility, East Timor became independent from Portugal in 1975, but soon became occupied by Indonesia, later becoming independent, in I think, the late 1990s.

You skipped the entire Caribbean

The 5 th of may liberation day of the netherlands, might also be seen as a form of indipendence day

Besides constitution day Denmark also has Valdemar’s day where they celebrate the dropping of the Danish flag from the sky in the battle against the Balken pagans in the year 1219

Philippines' independence was on June 12, 1898 but we were under by the Americans in 1902, after WWII US gave us July 4, 1946 as our new independence day, but in 1962 our original independence day was returned on June 12

Japan's National Foundation Day is February 11🇯🇵🎌

Brexit is the UK's Independence Day now, lol.

In Spain we do have a independence day. In Madrid the actually it's the biggest regional holiday, when Manuela Malasaña started the revolt against the French.

Panama is 20th Century, celebrating secession from Colombia in 1903 as its Independence Day.

God I would love a General Knowledge rendition of some of WhatIfAltHist’s maps.

Awsome video! Much love from Portugal, heróis do mar!!!🇵🇹

Well, the UK got its independence almost 2000 years ago form the Romans. But since then they have been fighting among themselves and the Vikings and later was busy colonizing a quarter of world.

As a Puerto Rican... We have never been independent. There was a foiled rebellion in 1868 from Spain and another in 1950 from US.

The part of the "Brazil didnt go trough Independence war " IS a common error We got into but it wasnt a giant war with Thousands of fronts and deaths It was just some battles before our independence

When was siam/thailand not independet? I tought they escaped colonization

Canadian Historian here. Canada should be in yellow, not orange. Though the British North America Act of 1867 gave Canada a constitution, Foreign Relations stayed in the hands of the UK and Westminster still imposed its views on Canadian affairs. Canada had to follow the Crown in every war and had little say... The Statues of Westminster of 1931 gave Canada and other British Dominions a formal semi independance. Canada was then master of its foreign policy, but still needed UKs agreement to change it's constitution right up to the Constitution of 1982.

Norway gain full autonomy sometime in the early 1900 when the Swedish Norwegian union under the rule of Oscar II, got dissolved

4:17 WTF Svalvard is yellow?

9:31 Find the difference in south east Asia Just don't look to the right u know

While Romania celebrates its unification in 1918 (as mentioned in the video), the independence was in 1877, so technically it should have been orange on the map, not yellow. That is when the Kingdom of Romania was officially formed. Until then it was the United Principalities of Valachia and Moldova which where still technically vasals under the Ottoman Empire and somehow under the Russians as well. (Transylvania was still under the habsurgs at this point). In short, not a fun time to be the battlefield of 3 empires for about 3 centuries

The German national holiday is the 3rd of October and is so arbitrary that Schröder (the Chancellor before Merkel) tried to move in to the first Sunday of October in order to have less public holidays and more productivity lol