Timeline of sovereign nations

This page is under construction This timeline lists all European sovereign nations, both current and defunct, of the second and third millennia. Vassal states, unrecognized states or states with limited recognition throughout history are GeneRally not included unless they evolved at some point into a sovereign state. Territorial changes that don't consume whole nations or produce new ones are not considered.

Current Sovereign States / Decades

before

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1070

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United Kingdom

927
Kingdom of England

843
Kingdom of Scotland


Ireland

Gaelic Ireland

1171
Lordship of Ireland


Portugal

910
Kingdom of León

1139
Kingdom of Portugal


Spain

910
Kingdom of León

County of Castile

1035
Kingdom of Castile

756
Caliphate of Córdoba

1031
Taifas

1040
Almoravid Dynasty

1121
Almohad Dynasty

824
Kingdom of Navarre

1035
Kingdom of Navarre

1035
Kingdom of Aragon

1137
Kingdom of Aragon

801
County of Barcelona


Vatican City

752
Papal States


Italy

705
Saracens, Giudicati

1185
Giudicati(Holy Roman Empire, Kingdom of Aragon)

965
Emirate of Sicily(Fatimid Caliphate)

1071
County of Sicily

1130
Kingdom of Sicily

1137
Kingdom of Sicily

1155
Kingdom of Sicily

851
Principality of Salerno

1042
Duchy of Apulia and Calabria

571
Duchy of Benevento

839
Principality of Capua

1027
Duchy of Naples

1027
Principality of Capua

697
Republic of Venice

752
Papal States

962
Holy Roman Empire

1032
Holy Roman Empire


France

933
Kingdom of Burgundy

843
Kingdom of France


Belgium

962
Holy Roman Empire


Luxembourg


Netherlands


Switzerland


Liechtenstein


Germany


Poland

991
Civitas Schinesghe

1025
Kingdom of Poland


Austria

962
Holy Roman Empire


Czech Republic


Slovakia


Hungary

896
Principality of Hungary

1000
Kingdom of Hungary


Slovenia

962
Holy Roman Empire


Croatia

925
Kingdom of Croatia

1102
Kingdom of Croatia (Hungary)


Bosnia and Herzegovina

Banate of Bosnia (Bulgaria)

1019
Banate of Bosnia (Byzantine Empire)

1082
Kingdom of Duklja

1102
Banate of Bosnia (Hungary)

1166
Banate of Bosnia (Byzantine Empire)


Serbia

Serb State

1018
Byzantine Empire

1077
Kingdom of Duklja

1102
Kingdom of Duklja


Montenegro


Macedonia

680
First Bulgarian Empire

1077
Byzantine Empire

1185
Byzantine Empire


Bulgaria

1185
Second Bulgarian Empire


Albania

1185
Byzantine Empire

1190
Principality of Arbër

1190
Byzantine Empire

1204
Despotate of Epirus


Greece

330
Byzantine Empire

1204
Latin Empire


Turkey

1077
Sultanate of Rûm


Romania

Pecheneg Khanates

1091
Cuman Khanates


Moldova


Ukraine

880
Kievan Rus'

1001
Kievan Rus'

1162
Kievan Rus'

1175
Principality of Pereyaslavl

1175
Kievan Rus'

1199
Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia


Belarus

1162
Principality of Turov and Pinsk

1001
Principality of Polotsk


Russia

1001
Kievan Rus'

1010
Principality of Smolensk

1010
Kievan Rus'

1024
Principality of Chernigov

1097
Principality of Chernigov

1097
Principality of Novogorod-Seversk

1097
Principality of Murom-Ryazan

1024
Kievan Rus'

1093
Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal

1093
Kievan Rus'

1136
Novgorod Republic


Lithuania

Baltic People

1009
Lithuanians


Latvia

Baltic People

1180
Principality of Koknese


Estonia

Ancient Estonians


Finland

Vikings


Sweden

Vikings

1000
Kingdom of Sweden


Norway

872
Kingdom of Norway

1030
Kingdom of Denmark

1035
Kingdom of Norway


Denmark

980
Kingdom of Denmark

1035
Vikings

1047
Kingdom of Denmark


Iceland

930
Althing

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