The most recent significant migrations came as a result of the Croatian War of Independence when hundreds of thousands were displaced.

Independence came gradually for Comoros.

It came into force with the Jamaica Independence Act, 1962 of the United Kingdom Parliament, which gave Jamaica political independence.

His death came 55 years after the U. S. Declaration of Independence was proclaimed and 5 years after the death of two other Founding Fathers who became Presidents: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

Independence came to Northern Rhodesia in 1964.

Independence for French Togoland came in 1960 under Sylvanus Olympio.

Independence came in 1991, as Saparmurat Niyazov, a former local communist party boss, declared himself absolute ruler for life as Turkmenbashi or Leader of the Turkmen and transitioned the newly independent Turkmenistan into an authoritarian state under his absolute control and has thus far resisted the democratization that has influenced many of the other former Soviet Republics.

While not being present in the national parliaments of France and the United Kingdom, Jean-Marie Le Pen of the National Front came second in the first round of the 2002 French presidential elections, and in the 2009 European Parliament election, the UK Independence Party came second, beating even the Labour Party, while the British National Party managed to win two seats for the first time.

The Mozambican War of Independence came to an end in 1974 following a leftist military coup in Portugal.

* Carrollton, Maryland, a former town now in the City of Baltimore, from which came the signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, Charles Carroll of Carrollton

One of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, William Ellery, came from Newport.

The Riots came at the height of the American War of Independence with Britain fighting American rebels, France, Spain and the Dutch Republic.

This came at a time when Britain was searching for allies, particularly Catholic Austria, in the American War of Independence to challenge the strong coalition the French had built.

Denying that his program was socialist, Long stated that his ideological inspiration for the plan came not from Karl Marx but from the Bible and the Declaration of Independence.

After the Mexican War of Independence in 1821, the region came under Mexican control until they sold the land to the United States as part of the Gadsden Purchase.

After the Mexican War of Independence in 1821, the region came under Mexican control until they sold the land to the United States as part of the Gadsden Purchase.

The township was named by one of its earliest settlers, Joseph Van Sycle, who came to the area in 1834 from Independence, New Jersey.

Jeremiah Clark, from Onondaga County, New York, came to Detroit in 1831, and in the autumn of 1832 located on section 7 in Independence Township where he built a log cabin.

During the negotiations over the creation of the League of Nations, the topic of " all men being created equal " came up in the context of the American Declaration of Independence.

Independence came to Belize on 21 September 1981, without reaching an agreement with Guatemala.

Twelve guns were put there during the War of American Independence, but were removed when peace came in 1783.

Seventh-day Adventists interpret the " two horned beast " that " came out of the wilderness " and " spoke meekly " to mean the United States because it passed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, was established in a thinly settled part of the world compared to Roman and Byzantine Europe, and because it declared support for democracy, rule of law, and at least the rights of all white men, rich or poor.

The Yippies used media attention to make a mockery of the proceedings: Rubin came to one session dressed as an American Revolutionary War soldier, and passed out copies of the United States Declaration of Independence to people in attendance.

The theme of Rhode Island Heritage Week for 1961 will be `` Independence and Union ''.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Sierra Leone from United Kingdom in 1961.

On the conclusion of talks in London, Britain agreed to grant Sierra Leone Independence on the 27 of April 1961. however, the outspoken trade unionist Siaka Stevens was the only delegate who refused to sign Sierra Leone's declaration of Independendence on the grounds that there had been a secret defence pact between Sierra Leone and Britain ; another point of contention by Stevens was the Sierra Leonean government's position that there would be no elections held before independence which would effectively shut him out of Sierra Leone's political process.

On 27 April 1961, Sir Milton Margai lead Sierra Leone to Independence from Britain and became the country's first Prime Minister.

* 1961 – The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.

After the Angolan War of Independence ( 1961 – 1974 ) which ended with an army mutiny and leftist coup in Lisbon, Angola's independence from Portugal was achieved on November 11, 1975 through the Alvor Agreement.

In 1961 the 30-year Eritrean Struggle for Independence began, following the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I's dissolution of the federation and shutting down of Eritrea's parliament.

Founded in 1966, UNITA fought alongside the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ( MPLA ) in the Angolan War for Independence ( 1961 – 1975 ) and then against the MPLA in the ensuing civil war ( 1975 – 2002 ).

The Kachin insurgency by the Kachin Independence Organisation ( KIO ) had begun earlier in 1961 triggered by U Nu's declaration of Buddhism as the state religion, and the Shan State Army ( SSA ), led by Sao Shwe Thaik's wife Mahadevi and son Chao Tzang Yaunghwe, launched a rebellion in 1964 as a direct consequence of the 1962 military coup.

Kachin soldiers once formed a core part of the Burmese armed forces and many stayed loyal after the Kachin Independence Organisation ( KIO ) with its military wing, the Kachin Independent Army ( KIA ) was formed in 1961.

The Eritrean War of Independence ( 1 September 1961 – 29 May 1991 ) was a conflict fought between the Ethiopian government and Eritrean separatists, both before and during the Ethiopian Civil War.

This led to the Eritrean War of Independence ( 1961 – 1991 ).

From 1946 to 1961, this day was celebrated as Independence Day.

The Commando also deployed briefly to Kuwait following an Iraqi threat to her Independence in 1961 and also to Tanganyika during the Zanzibar Revolution for internal security duties in 1964, returning to Aden after each deployment.

Temaru entered the French Navy for three years in 1961 and participated in the Algerian War of Independence.

Before Independence in 1961, Marangu used to be the headquarters of the Vunjo district led by Chief ( Mangi Mwitori ) Petro Itosi Marealle and Paramount Chief ( Mangi Mkuu ) Thomas Marealle, installed in 1951, who lived in Moshi itself.

A monument was erected in 1961 in Oldcastle Square by Meath Brigades Executive, Old IRA Federation, 1916-1921 to the memory of Commandant Seamus Coogan and Commandant Patrick McDonnell who were killed by the British Forces during the war of Independence.

The Angolan War of Independence ( 1961 – 1975 ) began as an uprising against forced cotton cultivation, and became a multi-faction struggle for the control of Portugal's Overseas Province of Angola among three nationalist movements and a separatist movement.

In 1961 Lange founded the " Independence Party ", but he did not register it publicly.

When the Federation was dissolved in 1961 ( following the withdrawal of Jamaica ), this majority allowed the PNM to write the Independence Constitution without input from the DLP.

During the Eritrean War of Independence ( 1961 – 1991 ), Tessenei was repeatedly bombed, and was subject to severe fighting because of its proximity to the borders of Sudan, from which the Eritrean insurgents receive weapons and supplies, but it was also the first to be liberated in 1988, having suffered extensive damage.

Moyamba District is the birthplace of many of Sierra Leone's most prominent politicians who helped the country's gained Independence in 1961, including Sir Milton Margai, who led Sierra Leone to independence in 1961 and became the nation's first prime minister ; Siaka Stevens, former prime minister and Sierra Leone's president from 1971 to 1985 ; former Sierra Leone's prime minister Sir Albert Margai ; John Karefa-Smart, one of Sierra Leone's most prominent political figure and former minister of foreign affairs ; Sir Banja Tejan-Sie, former Sierra Leone chief justice, former speaker of parliament and former attorney general, Ella Koblo Gulama, Sierra Leone's first elected female Member of Parliament and Sierra Leone's first female Cabinet Minister ; Sierra Leonean diplomat John Akar, who composed the music of Sierra Leone's National Anthem.