2023-MAR-13

Polity Timeline
BASQUE COUNTRY

Flag or logo changes:

1900-01-01:

Foral Provinces of Basque Country and Navarre : Division of FORAL SPAIN

(Vitoria)

- FORAL SPAIN

1918-12-02:

Lordship of BISCAY

(Bilbao)

- BISCAY

1931-04-14:

Region of BASQUE COUNTRY

(Vitoria)

- BASQUE COUNTRY

1939-04-01:

BASQUE Government-in-Exile

(Paris)

- EUZKADI

1979-12-22:

Autonomous Community of BASQUE COUNTRY

(Vitoria-Gasteiz)

- BASQUE COUNTRY

Emblem or Symbol changes:

1900-01-01:

Foral Provinces of Basque Country and Navarre : Division of FORAL SPAIN

(Vitoria)

- FORAL SPAIN

1918-12-02:

Lordship of BISCAY

(Bilbao)

- BISCAY

1931-04-14:

Region of BASQUE COUNTRY

(Vitoria)

- BASQUE COUNTRY

1936-10-19:

Basque Republic of EUZKADI

(Bilbao + Guernica)

- EUZKADI

1979-12-22:

Autonomous Community of BASQUE COUNTRY

(Vitoria-Gasteiz)

- BASQUE COUNTRY

1982-04-01:

Autonomous Community of BASQUE COUNTRY

(Vitoria-Gasteiz)

- BASQUE COUNTRY

1986-01-01:

Autonomous Community of BASQUE COUNTRY

(Vitoria-Gasteiz)

- BASQUE COUNTRY

Sovereignty changes:

1900-01-01:

SPAIN

1931-04-16:

SPAIN +

BASQUE COUNTRY +

1931-04-21:

SPAIN

1931-05-31:

SPAIN +

BASQUE COUNTRY +

1931-06-28:

SPAIN

1936-07-18:

SPAIN

1936-10-07:

SPAIN +

EUZKADI +

1938-03-29:

CATALONIA +

SPAIN +

EUZKADI +

1938-09-30:

CATALONIA +

SPAIN +

EUZKADI +

LEAGUE OF NATIONS +

1939-01-26:

EUZKADI +

FRANCE +

1940-05-09:

BELGIUM +

EUZKADI +

1940-05-10:

GERMANY +

EUZKADI +

1941-01-18:

GERMANY +

EUZKADI +

UNITED KINGDOM +

1941-05-23:

EUZKADI +

SWEDEN +

UNITED KINGDOM +

1941-08-01:

EUZKADI +

PANAMA +

SWEDEN +

UNITED KINGDOM +

1941-08-27:

BRAZIL +

EUZKADI +

UNITED KINGDOM +

1941-10-09:

ARGENTINE +

EUZKADI +

UNITED KINGDOM +

1941-11-06:

EUZKADI +

UNITED KINGDOM +

AMERICA +

1942-05-23:

EUZKADI +

AMERICA +

1945-10-11:

EUZKADI +

FRANCE +

1946-10-27:

EUZKADI +

FRENCH UNION +

FRANCE +

1979-12-22:

SPAIN

1993-11-01:

SPAIN +

EUROPEAN UNION +

Capital Local Name changes:

1900-01-01:

Vitoria

1918-12-02:

Bilbao

1931-04-14:

Vitoria

1931-04-16:

Guernica

1931-04-17:

Bilbo

1931-04-21:

Bilbao

1931-05-08:

San Sebastián

1931-06-28:

Vitoria

1936-07-20:

Bilbao

1936-10-05:

Bilbo

1936-10-07:

Bilbo + Gernika

1937-06-19:

Santander

1937-08-23:

Barcelona

1939-01-26:

Paris

1940-05-09:

Bruxelles

1940-05-10:

Brüssel

1940-12-01:

Berlin

1941-01-18:

London + Berlin

1941-05-23:

Göteborg + London

1941-08-27:

Rio de Janeiro + London

1941-10-09:

Buenos Aires + London

1941-11-06:

New York City + London

1942-05-23:

New York City

1945-10-11:

Paris

1979-12-22:

Vitoria-Gasteiz

Local Name of Country changes:

1900-01-01:

ESPAÑA FORAL

1918-12-02:

VIZCAYA

1931-04-14:

VASCONGADAS

1931-05-31:

EUZKADI

1931-06-28:

VASCONGADAS

1936-07-18:

PAÍS VASCO

1936-10-05:

EUSKADI

1940-07-11:

EUZKADI

1942-05-23:

EUSKADI

1979-12-22:

PAÍS VASCO-EUSKADI

Status changes:

1900-01-01:

Foral Provinces of Basque Country and Navarre : Division of FORAL SPAIN

1918-12-02:

Lordship of BISCAY

1931-04-14:

Region of BASQUE COUNTRY

1931-04-16:

Independent Region of BASQUE COUNTRY

1931-04-21:

Region of BASQUE COUNTRY

1931-05-08:

Semi-Autonomous Region of BASQUE COUNTRY

1931-05-31:

BASQUE State autonomous within the Spanish State

1931-06-28:

Region of BASQUE COUNTRY

1936-10-05:

Autonomous Region of BASQUE COUNTRY

1936-10-06:

Autonomous Government of BASQUE COUNTRY

1936-10-07:

Basque Republic of EUZKADI

1937-06-19:

Republican Basque Territories-in-Exile : Autonomous Government of BASQUE COUNTRY

1937-08-23:

BASQUE Government-in-Exile

1940-07-11:

BASQUE Government-in-Exile : Basque National Council

1942-05-23:

BASQUE Government-in-Exile

1979-12-22:

Autonomous Community of BASQUE COUNTRY

Ruler changes:

1931-04-16:

Independent Region of BASQUE COUNTRY

(Guernica)

- Tomas Bilbao Hospitalet
(Tomás Bilbao Hospitalet)

1931-04-21:

Region of BASQUE COUNTRY

(Bilbao)

-
()

1931-05-31:

BASQUE State autonomous within the Spanish State

(Saint Sebastian)

- Tomas Bilbao Hospitalet
(Tomás Bilbao Hospitalet)

1931-06-28:

Region of BASQUE COUNTRY

(Vitoria)

-
()

1936-10-06:

Autonomous Government of BASQUE COUNTRY

(Bilbao)

- President Jose Antonio de Aguirre y Lecube
(Lehendakari José Antonio de Aguirre y Lecube)

1936-10-07:

Basque Republic of EUZKADI

(Bilbao + Guernica)

- President Jose Antonio de Aguirre y Lecube
(Lehendakari José Antonio de Aguirre y Lecube)

1960-03-23:

BASQUE Government-in-Exile

(Paris)

- Interregnum
(Interregnum)

1960-03-28:

BASQUE Government-in-Exile

(Paris)

- President Jesus Maria de Leizaola
(Lehendakari Jesús María de Leizaola Sánchez)

1979-12-22:

Autonomous Community of BASQUE COUNTRY

(Vitoria-Gasteiz)

-
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