Honduras
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Hong Kong
none (special administrative region of China)
Hungary
25 December 1000 (crowning of King STEPHEN I, traditional
founding date)
Iceland
1 December 1918 (became a sovereign state under the Danish
Crown); 17 June 1944 (from Denmark)
India
15 August 1947 (from UK)
Indonesia
17 August 1945 (declared)
note: recognized by the Netherlands on 27 December 1949; in August
2005, the Netherlands announced it recognized de facto Indonesian
independence on 17 August 1945
Iran
1 April 1979 (Islamic Republic of Iran proclaimed)
Iraq
3 October 1932 (from League of Nations mandate under British
administration); note - on 28 June 2004 the Coalition Provisional
Authority transferred sovereignty to the Iraqi-controlled Government
Ireland
6 December 1921 (from UK by treaty)
Isle of Man
none (British crown dependency)