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 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.

Independence came in 1961, however, and three years later the state patronage system was set up, and most of the previous bands fell apart.

* Bloody Sunday ( 1921 ), a day of violence in Belfast, Northern Ireland during the Irish War of Independence

Since the Irish War of Independence, the name ' Boxing Day ' is used only by the authorities in Northern Ireland, which remains part of the UK.

As colonial rule was ending throughout the continent and as African-majority governments assumed control in neighbouring Northern Rhodesia and in Nyasaland, the white-minority Rhodesia government led by Ian Smith made a Unilateral Declaration of Independence ( UDI ) from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965, effectively repudiating the British plan that the country should become a multi-racial democracy.

* 1922 – Irish War of Independence: In Belfast, Northern Irish policemen break into the home of a Catholic family and shoot all eight males inside.

* 1964 – Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes the Republic of Zambia ( Southern Rhodesia remained a colony until the next year, with the Unilateral Declaration of Independence )

The First War of Scottish Independence can be loosely divided into four phases: the initial English invasion and success in 1296 ; the campaigns led by William Wallace, Andrew de Moray and various Scottish Guardians from 1297 until John Comyn negotiated for the general Scottish submission in February 1304 ; the renewed campaigns led by Robert the Bruce following his killing of The Red Comyn in Dumfries in 1306 to his and the Scottish victory at Bannockburn in 1314 ; and a final phase of Scottish diplomatic initiatives and military campaigns in Scotland, Ireland and Northern England from 1314 until the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton in 1328.

* 25px Route 291-Formerly an eastern bypass route of US 71, the minor freeway connects Harrisonville and Lee's Summit to Independence, Sugar Creek, Liberty, KCI Airport and Northern Kansas City.

During the War of Independence he commanded the Fourth Northern Division of the Irish Republican Army ( IRA ).

" Some criticised the film as an attempt to blacken the legacy of the 1916 Easter Rising and the subsequent Irish War of Independence in relation to the eruption of " the Troubles " in Northern Ireland at the time of the film's release, but approval of the project had started years before the Troubles.

In the aftermath of this episode, the southern government under Seán Lemass, himself an IRA veteran of the War of Independence and Civil War, tried to forge closer ties with the authorities in Northern Ireland in order to promote peaceful cooperation on the island.

The pogrom of Igbos followed in Northern Nigeria beginning in July 1966. Eventually, then Lt. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu declared Biafra's Independence on 30 May 1967.

Short's father was a Catholic from Crossmaglen, South Armagh ( present-day Northern Ireland ), who came to North America as a stowaway during the Irish War of Independence.

Many important historical figures were born on the Northern Neck, including U. S. presidents George Washington ( Westmoreland ), James Madison ( Port Conway in King George ), and James Monroe ( Westmoreland ), as well as the Civil War general Robert E. Lee and signers of the Declaration of Independence, Francis Lightfoot Lee and Richard Henry Lee.

Violence escalated, resulting in the rise of the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) from the Catholic community, a group reminiscent of those from the War of Independence and the Civil War that occurred in the 1920s that had launched a campaign of violence to end British rule in Northern Ireland.

The suppression of Dáil Éireann precipitated the Irish War of Independence and the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921, ultimately leading to the establishment of the Irish Free State, which excluded the territory of Northern Ireland.

Said Shamil, a grandson of Imam Shamil, became one of the founders of the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus, which survived between 1917 and 1920 and later, in 1924, he established the " Committee of Independence of the Caucasus " in Germany.

* In the United Kingdom ( excluding Northern Ireland ), the right-wing and eurosceptic UK Independence Party has chosen to use the non-aligned colour purple.

His father was a member of the Fourth Northern Division of the Irish Republican Army during the War of Independence.

This act started the long war, the first official document of independence was the Solemn Act of the Declaration of Independence of Northern America signed in 1813 by the Congress of Anáhuac.

Although he defeated inferior Federal forces at Glasgow, Lexington, the Little Blue River and Independence, Price was ultimately boxed in by two Northern armies at Westport, located in today's Kansas City, and forced to fight against overwhelming odds.

Other ships in Europe are Liberty of the Seas, Independence of the Seas, Navigator of the Seas, Adventure of the Seas, Voyager of the Seas, Grandeur of the Seas and Splendour of the Seas ( all Mediterranean ), as well as Vision of the Seas which will sail to Northern Europe and the Mediterranean.

In 1813, the Congress of Chilpancingo was convened and on 6 November of that year, the Congress signed the first official document of independence, known as the " Solemn Act of the Declaration of Independence of Northern America ".

Kerr went on to appear on the candidate list for the Ulster Independence Movement in the 1996 Forum election and the 1998 election to the Northern Ireland Assembly, although he was not elected.

* In Ireland, the Irish War of Independence and The Troubles in Northern Ireland ; also, the Provisional IRA insurgency against the United Kingdom, aimed at creating a socialist republic within a united Ireland, from 1969 until 1998.