List of national border changes from 1815 to 1914

The list of national border changes from 1815 to 1914, refers to the changes in international borders since the end of the Napoleonic Wars until World War I. For border changes from 1914 to present, see List of national border changes since World War I. Internationally, this period saw the fall of Spanish colonial empire to the United States and the steady progression of European colonial efforts. This period saw the reshaping of Europe with the rise of Germany and Italy as unified states while the Ottoman Empire's territory in Europe steadily dissolved. This period was one of continued colonization of Africa during the age of New Imperialism. In Asia, the Mughal Empire of present-day India, Afghanistan and Pakistan fell to the British while the French colonized Indochina. In North America the United States as well as the new nation of Canada expanded their territories to largely what is their present-day boundaries.

Africa

Asia

Europe

North America

South America

Oceania

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